A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

by Jimmy Buffett

A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1973
  • Label: Dunhill
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in Key West, this breakthrough album definitively established Jimmy Buffett's signature 'Gulf and Western' persona, blending laid-back country-rock with humorous, beach-bum storytelling. Anchored by the infamous novelty hit 'Why Don't We Get Drunk', the record effectively balances unabashed hedonism with surprisingly poignant, introspective songwriting about Gulf Coast life. It laid the crucial stylistic foundation for his subsequent empire of escapist tropical pop.

Genres

Descriptors: hedonism, crime, folk, acoustic, storytelling, narrative, traditional

Tracklist

  1. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  2. Railroad Lady
  3. He Went To Paris
  4. Grapefruit - Jucy Fruit
  5. Cuban Crime Of Passion
  6. Why Don't We Get Drunk
  7. Peanut Butter Conspiracy
  8. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
  9. I Have Found Me A Home
  10. My Lovely Lady
  11. Death Of An Unpopular Poet

Credits

  • Jimmy Buffett - primary artist, backing vocals, rhythm guitar [acoustic], written-by
  • Buzz Cason - backing vocals
  • Carol Montgomery - backing vocals
  • Diane Harris - backing vocals
  • Ed "Lump" Williams - bass guitar
  • Phil Royster - congas
  • Sammy Creason - drums
  • Vassar Clements - fiddle

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