Off to See the Lizard
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| Studio album by Jimmy Buffett | ||||
| Released | June 19, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | at The Hit Factory in New York City and Shrimpboat Sound in Key West, Florida | |||
| Genre | Rock, Gulf and Western | |||
| Length | 47:06 | |||
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MCA MCA-42093 (U.S., CD) |
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| Producer | Elliot Scheiner, Jimmy Buffett | |||
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Off to See the Lizard is the seventeenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Initially to be called Stranger than Fishing, it was released in June 1989 as MCA 6314 and was produced by Elliot Scheiner and Buffett. The album is the first to feature much of the current[update]Coral Reefer Band. Following the release of this album, Buffett paused his normal output of one album every year or two and did not release another album until 1994's Fruitcakes.
All but one of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett. "Mermaid in the Night" was written by Coral Reefer Band members Roger Guth and Jay Oliver. "Boomerang Love" also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1989 movie Always. Buffett recorded a live version of "The Pascagoula Run" for his 2003 greatest hits collection Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection. Most of the songs are related to Jimmy's first book of stories, Tales from Margaritaville, released the same year.
Off to See the Lizard reached #57 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The song "Take Another Road" hit #18 Adult Contemporary.
The Coral Reefer Band:
1989 brought yet another summer tour, with all the usual stops, but this time Jimmy had brought back the Neville Brothers for an opening act. In April, Jimmy played Jazz Fest for the first time, while December brought the mini “Buffett Does Ballads” Tour with Mac McAnally and Larry Knight in support of the new book Tales from Margaritaville.
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