Jimmy Buffett discography explained

Artist:Jimmy Buffett
Studio:32
Live:14
Compilation:11
Soundtrack:1
Singles:67
Music Videos:19
Option:4
Option Name:No. 1 singles

The discography of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett consists of 32 studio albums, 11 compilations albums, 14 live albums, one soundtrack album, and 67 singles. Buffett was known for his unique style of music called "Gulf and Western", which combines elements of country, folk rock, pop, and Caribbean, with tropical lyrical themes. Buffett has sold over 20 million albums worldwide[1] and had a net worth of $550 million.[2]

Studio albums

1970s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
[3]
US Country
[4]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[6]
Down to Earth
High Cumberland Jubilee
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Barnaby Records
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean 20543
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
  • Release date: February 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
17646
A1A
  • Release date: December 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
254325
Havana Daydreamin'
  • Release date: January 1976
  • Label: ABC Records
6521
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
  • Release date: January 1977
  • Label: ABC Records
12243
Son of a Son of a Sailor
  • Release date: March 1978
  • Label: ABC Records
106527
  • RIAA: Platinum
Volcano 14135026
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
US Country
AUS
CAN
Coconut Telegraph
  • Release date: February 1981
  • Label: MCA Records
3051
Somewhere over China
  • Release date: January 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
317243
One Particular Harbour
  • Release date: September 1983
  • Label: MCA Records
5935
Riddles in the Sand
  • Release date: September 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
9518
Last Mango in Paris
  • Release date: June 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
537
Floridays
  • Release date: June 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
67298891
Hot Water
  • Release date: June 20, 1988
  • Label: MCA Records
4685
Off to See the Lizard
  • Release date: June 19, 1989
  • Label: MCA Records
57
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
CAN
Fruitcakes
  • Release date: May 24, 1994
  • Label: Maragaritaville/MCA Records
548
  • RIAA: Platinum
Barometer Soup
  • Release date: August 1, 1995
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
6
  • RIAA: Gold
Banana Wind
  • Release date: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
4
  • RIAA: Platinum
Christmas Island
  • Release date: October 8, 1996
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
27
  • RIAA: Platinum
Don't Stop the Carnival 15
  • RIAA: Gold
Beach House on the Moon
  • Release date: May 24, 1999
  • Label: Margaritaville/Island Records
8
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s–2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
US Country
US Rock
[8]
CAN
[9]
Far Side of the World 5
License to Chill 11
  • RIAA: Platinum
Take the Weather with You
  • Release date: October 10, 2006
  • Label: Mailboat/RCA Nashville
41
  • RIAA: Gold
Buffet Hotel
  • Release date: December 8, 2009
  • Label: Mailboat Records
172
Songs from St. Somewhere
  • Release date: August 20, 2013
  • Label: Mailboat Records
422
'Tis the SeaSon
  • Release date: October 28, 2016
  • Label: Mailboat Records
5066
Life on the Flip Side
  • Release date: May 29, 2020
  • Label: Mailboat Records
21
Songs You Don't Know by Heart
  • Release date: November 27, 2020
  • Label: Mailboat Records
32
Equal Strain on All Parts
  • Release date: November 3, 2023
  • Label: Mailboat Records
621
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
Certifications
US
US Country
Before the Salt
Songs You Know by Heart
  • Release date: January 1, 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
43
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
53
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
Before the Beach
  • Release date: May 1993
  • Label: Margaritaville/MCA Records
169
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Great American Summer Fun
with Jimmy Buffett
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: MCA Records
Biloxi
  • Release date: June 30, 1998
  • Label: Premium Music
Meet Me in Margaritaville:
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: April 15, 2003
  • Label: UTV/MCA/Mailboat Records
9
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Now Yer Squawkin'
  • Release date: March 28, 2005
  • Label: Recall Records
Buried Treasure: Volume One
  • Release date: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Mailboat Records
85
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
US
US Country
CAN
You Had to Be There
  • Release date: October 1978
  • Label: ABC Records
722980
  • RIAA: Gold
  • Release date: October 1990
  • Label: MCA Records
68
  • RIAA: Gold
  • Release date: November 9, 1999
  • Label: Mailboat Records
37
  • RIAA: Gold
Live in Auburn, WA
  • Release date: November 4, 2003
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Las Vegas, NV
  • Release date: November 2003
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Mansfield, MA
  • Release date: January 2004
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Cincinnati, OH
  • Release date: January 2004
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Live in Hawaii
  • Release date: March 2005
  • Label: Mailboat Records
66
Live at Fenway Park
  • Release date: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Mailboat Records
41
Live at Texas Stadium
(with George Strait and Alan Jackson)
  • Release date: April 3, 2007
  • Label: Mailboat Records
114
Live in Anguilla
  • Release date: November 2007
  • Label: Mailboat Records
54
Encores
  • Release date: April 20, 2010
  • Label: Mailboat Records
7
Volcano (Live 2011)
  • Release date: September 9, 2011
  • Label: Mailboat Records
Welcome to Fin City: Live in Las Vegas
  • Release date: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Mailboat Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[10]
US AC
[11]
US Country
[12]
AUS
CAN
[13]
CAN AC
[14]
CAN Country
[15]
1969"Abandoned on Tuesday"[16]
1970"The Christian?"[17] Down to Earth
"Ellis Dee (He Ain't Free)"[18]
"Captain America"[19]
1973"The Great Filling Station Holdup"58A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
"Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit"2347
"He Went to Paris"
1974"Saxophones"Living and Dying in ¾ Time
"Come Monday"303581923
"Pencil Thin Mustache"44997522
1975"A Pirate Looks at Forty"A1A
"Door Number Three"88
"Havana Daydreamin'"[20] Havana Daydreamin
1976"The Captain and the Kid"[21]
"Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street"[22]
1977"Margaritaville"811398418Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"37112434621
1978"Cheeseburger in Paradise"3227Son of a Son of a Sailor
"Livingston Saturday Night"52916625
"Mañana"8497
1979"Fins"3542100643562Volcano
"Dreamsicle"[23]
"Volcano"66431
"Chanson pour les petits enfants"[24]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US AC
US Country
US Main. Rock
[25]
CAN AC
CAN Country
1980"Survive"7710Volcano
"Hello Texas"[26] Urban Cowboy
1981"It's My Job"573251Coconut Telegraph
"Stars Fell on Alabama"[27]
1982"It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet"32Somewhere Over China
"Where's the Party"[28]
"I Don't Know (Spicoli's Theme)"[29] Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1983"One Particular Harbour"224One Particular Harbour
"Brown Eyed Girl"13
1984"When the Wild Life Betrays Me"4234Riddles in the Sand
"Bigger Than the Both of Us"58
"Who's the Blonde Stranger?"3739
1985"Gypsies in the Palace"56Last Mango in Paris
"If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"371645
"Christmas in the Caribbean"[30] Tennessee Christmas
1986"Please Bypass This Heart"50Last Mango in Paris
"I Love the Now"[31] Floridays
"Creola"[32]
1987"Take It Back"[33]
1988"Homemade Music"[34] Hot Water
"Bring Back the Magic"24
1989"Take Another Road"18Off to See the Lizard
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2020s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US AC
US Country
US Rock
[35]
CAN
CAN AC
1993"Another Saturday Night"2974Margaritaville Cafe: Late Night Menu
1994"Fruitcakes"29Fruitcakes
"Frenchman for the Night"[36]
1995"Mexico"255038Barometer Soup
"Bank of Bad Habits"
1998"Island Fever"Don't Stop the Carnival
1999"Pacing the Cage"79Beach House on the Moon
"I Will Play for Gumbo"
"Southern Cross" Buffet Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays
2002"Savannah Fare You Well"[37] Far Side of the World
"Far Side of the World"[38]
2004"Hey, Good Lookin'" 638License to Chill
"Trip Around the Sun" 20
2005"Piece of Work"[39]
2006"Barefootin'" Hoot
"Bama Breeze"58Take the Weather with You
"Here We Are"
2007"Everybody's on the Phone"
"Getting the Picture"
2009"Summerzcool"Buffet Hotel
2015"The Ever Elusive Future"[40]
2023"Bubbles Up"1745Equal Strain on All Parts
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As a featured artist

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
US AC
US Country
CAN
[41]
1991"Voices That Care" 11661
2003"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
171 Greatest Hits Volume II
2011"Knee Deep"
18142
  • CAN: Gold
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
You Get What You Give
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Digital
US Country
1999"Margaritaville"
63Under the Influence
2023"Why Don't We Get Drunk"44A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
"Brown Eyed Girl" 48Buffett Live: Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideoDirector(s)
1973"Pencil Thin Moustache"Rick Trow
"Come Monday"
"He Went to Paris"
"Nautical Wheelers"
1983"Livin' It Up"Michael Nesmith
"One Particular Harbour"Frank Martin
1985"La Vie Dansante"Michael Nesmith
"Who's the Blonde Stranger"Rick Bennett
1988"Homemade Music"Jeff Stein
1989"Take Another Road"Jim Shea
1990"Jamaica Farewell"
1991"Voices That Care" (Various)David S. Jackson
1993"Another Saturday Night"Bret Redman
1994"Fruitcakes"Jim Shea
1999"Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"Stan Kellam/Mike Ramos/Kevin McGrath
"The City"Mike Ramos
2003"It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" (with Alan Jackson)Trey Fanjoy
2004"Hey Good Lookin'" (with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney,
Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait)
Trey Fanjoy/Stan Kellam
"Trip Around the Sun" (with Martina McBride)Trey Fanjoy
2006"Bama Breeze"
2011"Knee Deep" (with Zac Brown Band)Darren Doane
2013"Too Drunk to Karaoke" (with Toby Keith)[42] Michael Salomon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walk of Fame Honorees . msarts.org . 30 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Jimmy Buffett Is More Business Than Booze These Days. Price, Emily. Fortune. February 8, 2018. July 9, 2019.
  3. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. September 12, 2023.
  4. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Top Country Albums). Billboard. November 14, 2023.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 49.
  6. Web site: Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Top Albums/CDs. RPM. September 7, 2023.
  7. United States. Jimmy Buffett. July 28, 2023. Standard.
  8. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Top Rock Albums). Billboard. November 14, 2023.
  9. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Canadian Albums). Billboard. September 6, 2023.
  10. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard Hot 100). Billboard. September 6, 2023.
  11. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. October 31, 2023.
  12. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Hot Country Songs). Billboard. September 6, 2023.
  13. Web site: Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Top Singles. RPM. September 6, 2022.
  14. Web site: Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Adult Contemporary. RPM. September 6, 2022.
  15. Web site: Search results for Jimmy Buffett - Country Singles. RPM. September 6, 2023.
  16. "Abandoned on Tuesday" / "Don't Bring Me Candy". 1969. 7" vinyl single. Audio Mobile. 500.
  17. "The Christian?" / "Richard Frost". 1970. 7" vinyl single. Barnaby Records. ZS7 2013.
  18. "He Ain't Free" / "There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times". 1970. 7" vinyl single. Barnaby Records. ZS7 2019.
  19. "Captain America" / "Truckstop Salvation". 1970. 7" vinyl single. Barnaby Records. ZS7 2023.
  20. "Havana Daydreamin'" / "Big Rig". 1975. 7" vinyl single. ABC Records. 12143.
  21. Top Single Picks. Billboard. 65. April 10, 1976.
  22. Top Single Picks. Billboard. 72. August 7, 1976.
  23. "Dreamsicle" / " Dreamsicle". 1979. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. S45-1845.
  24. "Chanson pour les petits enfants" / "Boat Drinks". 1979. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA 540.
  25. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay). Billboard. September 6, 2023.
  26. Top Single Picks. Billboard. 85. October 25, 1980.
  27. "Stars Fell on Alabama" / "Growing Older but Not Up". 1981. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-51105.
  28. "Where's the Party" / "If I Could Just Get It On Paper". 1982. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-52050.
  29. Top Single Picks. Billboard. 62. November 6, 1982.
  30. "Christmas in the Caribbean" / "Christmas in the Caribbean". 1985. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. S45-17084.
  31. "I Love the Now" / "No Plane on Sunday". 1986. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-52849.
  32. "Creola" / "You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again". 1986. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-52932.
  33. "Take It Back" / "Floridays". 1987. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-53035.
  34. "Homemade Music" / "L'Air de la Louisiane". 1988. 7" vinyl single. MCA Records. MCA-53360.
  35. Jimmy Buffett Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Billboard. September 19, 2023.
  36. Single Reviews. Billboard. 75. October 29, 1994.
  37. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 31. March 15, 2002.
  38. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 33. June 21, 2002.
  39. New Year, New Music. Radio & Records. 35. January 7, 2005.
  40. Web site: The Ever Elusive Future - Single by Jimmy Buffett. Apple Music. September 6, 2023.
  41. Web site: Jimmy Buffett - Chart History (Billboard Canadian Hot 100). Billboard. September 6, 2023.
  42. Web site: CMT : Videos : Jimmy Buffett : Too Drunk to Karaoke. https://web.archive.org/web/20130726142224/http://www.cmt.com/videos/jimmy-buffett/938288/too-drunk-to-karaoke.jhtml. dead. July 26, 2013. Country Music Television. July 23, 2013.