One Particular Harbour


One Particular Harbour is the twelfth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in September 1983 as MCA 5447 and was produced by Buffett and Michael Utley. It was Buffett's first involvement producing an album. Stars On The Water was written by and a minor hit for country music songsmith Rodney Crowell and also covered by Texan country music singer George Strait on his 2001 album, The Road Less Traveled.

Songs

In addition to songs written or co-written by Buffett, the album includes four cover songs: "Stars on the Water" by country songwriter Rodney Crowell, "California Promises" by Steve Goodman, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison, and "Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart?" written by the Neville Brothers' Art Neville. Buffett's version of "Stars on the Water" also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1993 movie The Firm.

Chart performance

One Particular Harbour reached #59 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #35 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The song "One Particular Harbour" hit #22 Adult Contemporary and "Brown Eyed Girl" made it to #13 Adult Contemporary.
Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums35
U.S. Billboard 20059

Critical reception

Allmusic reviewer William Ruhlmann says One Particular Harbour was something like a comeback, with Buffett's best batch of songs since Son of a Son of a Sailor in 1978" and the title single, "One Particular Harbour," is a fan favorite, and is sometimes considered part of "The Big 8" that Buffett has played at almost all of his concerts.

Track listing

Side 1:
  1. "Stars on the Water" – 3:16
  2. "I Used to Have Money One Time" – 3:25
  3. "Livin' It Up" – 2:59
  4. "California Promises" – 3:42
  5. "One Particular Harbour" – 5:44
Side 2:
  1. "Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart?" – 2:42
  2. "Honey Do" – 4:32
  3. "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" – 3:21
  4. "Twelve Volt Man" – 4:00
  5. "Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:55
  6. "Distantly In Love" – 2:53

    Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band: