Floridays

Guest · Post by **Guest** » February 23, 2000 12:22 pm

Posted By Anonymous
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Guest · Post by **Guest** » March 28, 2000 5:01 am

Posted By Son of a beach
****4 out of 5 stars
I listened to it once when I first bought & then I threw it on the cd rack.But a few months later I gave it another chance and now I love it.I don't know what was thinking.I was still in my early Parrotthead stage and I was only wanting to hear songs like Margaritaville.(Buffet stereotype)
This album is kind of mellow with a few exceptions
and I love to listen to it while laying in my hammock.It takes me to Magaritaville anyway~~~^~^^~^^phinz up

Guest · Post by **Guest** » May 3, 2000 4:32 pm

Posted By brentmorgan
AHHHH i love this Album no true Buffett fan
can go without it!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 10, 2000 7:21 pm

Posted By fred
I just enjoed this while cleaning the pool. love Floridays & no plane on sunday, love em all

Guest · Post by **Guest** » June 12, 2000 10:52 pm

Posted By headparrothead
"With calypso beat and down-island sound" this disc really grooves. The one song that doesn't seem to fit here is "You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again". It sounds too rough and poppy with the rest of the songs. The live version on "Feeding Frenzy" is absolutely flawless and not performed live as often as it should be. "I Love the Now" is reminiscent of "Everybody's on the Run" and "Creola" has just the right dash of cajun spice in its calypso rhythms. The same is true for "First Look" which takes you down to Brazil for a short 4 minutes that seems to last all day. "Meet Me in Memphis" has enough blues and soul in it to sound like a Temptations cover and yet, it surprisingly fits in on this disc. There are two songs on here that tend keep the cd from being a tour-de-force; they are "Nobody Speaks to the Captain No More" and "When the Coast is Clear". They are good songs, but they could've been a pair of nice surprises for the Ballads cd in the Boxed Set. Listening to the title track makes you think you're listening to A1A. There are 2 songs on here that sound like they are actually one song; "If It All Falls Down" and "No Plane on Sunday" are 9 solid minutes of hot and wild caribbean fun.

score: 4 1/2 of 5 coronas

Guest · Post by **Guest** » November 3, 2000 7:05 pm

Posted By Captain Morgan
Good aspects of Floridays:
It's better than the preceding album (Last Mango) although that isn't saying much. The production is clearer and cleaner than some of the '70s albums like Havana and Changes in Latitude...

Bad aspects of Floridays:
The drums sound really weak. Listen to the first song ("I Love the Now") and last song ("You'll Never Work in Dis Bidness Again") and you'd swear they were using a drum machine. The first song and "Meet Me in Memphis" are so un-Buffett. I really hate saying this (because I'd love to like this album), but most of the songs are really bland. The only exceptions are "You'll Never..." (the only one with any hint of energy or balls) and "First Look", which is very nice, sounding like a song from the album One Particular Harbour. "If it All Falls Down" and "No Plane on Sunday" aren't too bad either, but are still a far cry from what Jimmy's capable of writing.

Summary:
A very mellow and rather bland album. If you are new to Jimmy's music and want stuff from the '80s, I'd recommend One Particular Harbour, Coconut Telegraph, Off to See the Lizard, and Feeding Frenzy. Speaking of the last one, its version of "You'll Never..." kicks the crap out the version on this album.

2 out of 5 coronas

Guest · Post by **Guest** » January 21, 2001 5:20 pm

Posted By bigparuthed
When I think of the most sun-bleached, icon of the beach-bum lifestyle, I think of Floridays. It has a very mellow sound to most of the album and includes some of Jimmy's saddest tunes. The album is probably in my top five favorite Buffett albums. I love Jimmy Buffett music!!!!!!!

BurnThatBridge · Post by **BurnThatBridge** » May 25, 2001 12:37 pm

Thid totally Rocks, Floridays is one of my top 5 favorite songs, also love Creola and Meet me in Memphis

Calypso_Poet · Post by **Calypso_Poet** » June 3, 2001 1:59 am

In my opnion, Floridays ranks in the top five all time Buffett albums...right up there with Last Mango In Paris, Havanna Daydreamin', A-1-A, and White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean. I guess I am getting older now...mellowing out.

Just out of curiousity, Captain Morgan, how old are you?

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RedRocketSr · Post by **RedRocketSr** » June 5, 2001 4:24 am

WOW..Calypso Poet..something about your words really got to me..I'm feeling kinda flush..you say you're from Pittsburgh? So am I ..where abouts? maybe ????

Calypso_Poet · Post by **Calypso_Poet** » June 5, 2001 5:26 pm

RedRocketSr...I could never tell you that you silly boy...What kind of girl do you think I am?...Hehehe

will drink for gumbo · Post by **will drink for gumbo** » August 23, 2001 9:39 pm

The album is a definite top 5 album. "Floridays" is one of Bubba's best songs! If you don't like this album, you will burn in hell.

CTParrothead · Post by **CTParrothead** » August 31, 2001 11:35 am

One of my favorite albums. I liked it from the time I first listened to it. The songs are well written and even bring you back to some of Jimmy's earlier days. This album get a 5 out of 5 from me.

phintastic · Post by **phintastic** » September 3, 2001 10:17 am

Picked up Floridays thsi weekend in the discount bin (if 10 phins can be considered a discount)this weekend. The only reason I considered adding to my collection of LP's and CD's is never having heard or recall hearing, "Meet Me in Memphis" and had to check it out. Could not stop playing the the first four cuts over and over and must have done this phifty times. That was till I found the segue of "If it all falls down..into "No Plane On Sunday"...UNPHINN..IN
Beliavable. If you don't own it..get it!

MICHIPHIN · Post by **MICHIPHIN** » March 12, 2002 8:51 am

Recently was in Aruba, and picked up a tee shirt at a beach shop with the saying on the back "NO PLANE ON SUNDAY - MAYBE ONE COME MONDAY" .... Shows a parrott with his suitcase packed, and Jimmy laying in the hammock with his plane parked next to him. I must have played that song 100 times in the 2 weeks i have been home.

PHat Matt · Post by **PHat Matt** » May 29, 2002 8:31 am

I love this album. It is now one of my all time favorite albums, in the same catigory as lmip!!! This is definintly manditory for ANY Buffett fans collection. I espicaly love the now, floridays, and nobody speaks to the captin no more! ******6 stars out of 5(mango has 8 stars)

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Banana Wind · Post by **Banana Wind** » September 16, 2002 7:55 pm

Many people don't seem to like this album, but it's quickly become one of my favorites. "I Love the Now" is one of the best songs, in my opinion, that Jimmy's ever written. The more you listen to this album, the more it will grow on you. Great stuff.

jeepgirl · Post by **jeepgirl** » September 16, 2002 8:08 pm

I bought it because I wanted "I love the now", but now I love every song, especially Creola and When the Coast is clear.l

case · Post by **case** » September 18, 2002 9:04 pm

CREEEOLAAA in my SOLAAA.. (((( big steal drum solo)))..... god i love that !

Bamafan · Post by **Bamafan** » January 4, 2003 7:44 pm

This is a good album. I like I love the now, Creola, Meet me in Memphis, Floridays, No plane on Sunday, When the coast is clear, Never work in Dis Bidness again.