A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
| A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean | ||||
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| Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
| Released | June 4, 1973 (LP) October 26, 1987 (CD) |
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| Recorded | Glaser Sound in Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country, Gulf and Western | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
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Dunhill (LP) 50150 MCA (CD) |
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| Producer | Don Gant | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Billboard | (positive) |
| Robert Christgau | B |
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the first major-label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase", although Buffett himself frequently refers to "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean" as his first album. It was initially released on June 4, 1973 in LP as Dunhill DS-50150 and October 26, 1987 on CD as MCA. It was the first album of his career to feature Jimmy Buffett's trademark mustache, and it would remain in use until Floridays.
The title of the album is a play on the country song "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" by Marty Robbins and it contains several of what would later become Buffett's most popular songs. The album was recorded at outlaw country singer Tompall Glaser's studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It marks the first reference to Buffett's backup band as "The Coral Reefer Band" and is the first album on which long-time Reefers Michael Utley and Greg "Fingers" Taylor play.
The album reached #43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart but did not make the Billboard 200 album chart, his last major release not to make that chart. The single of "The Great Filling Station Holdup" reached #58 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and "Grapefruit Juicy Fruit" was #23 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
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