What would you suggest for a new fan??

[ScarletB]

I know this is posted somewhere but I'm at work and don't have time to look for it.
I have a friend whose only exposure to JB is the yellow album and he wants a suggestion for a new purchase. Which CD would say to get? My initiation was "Tues, Thurs & Sat" but I fear that has too many standards.

Ideas?

[Jmacboi]

If you want it all go with "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads" Got it all..... However, a couple of my favorite live shows is "Jimmy Buffett Live in Anguilla, and Jimmy Buffett Live in Hawaii..." Really good performances with all the music that makes us love Jimmy....Good Quality and Great Shows including the extra DVD to watch part of the concert..... My best sugestion to you.... Hope this works or at least helps out... Any of these is great for a newby.... However, Live in Anguilla has a little more spark to take a newby over the edge to be a Parrothead, especially the DVD......

[Dutch Harbor PH]

I was re-started on Banana Wind........ Meet me in Margaritaville is a good starter......

[ScarletB]

Thanks so much! I kind of was leaning towards something live because you get a real sense of the entire JB experience.

And another one bites the dust! BWAHHH HAAA HAAAAAA!

[big john]

Barometer Soup

[ejr]

Wrigley is another good one---both the CD and the DVD.

[Lightning Bolt]

Fruitcakes always re-energizes me ,

....but to get a new fan "baptized", I whole-heartedly suggest You Had To Be There

[LIPH]

Not Buffet Hotel, it blows. After hearing most of the songs live before the album came out, it's the only one I didn't buy.

[ScarletB]

Not Buffet Hotel, it blows. After hearing most of the songs live before the album came out, it's the only one I didn't buy.

Yeah, that would never be on the top of any of my lists either Larry.
Though I do LOVE "Rhumba Man"

[BeachBumJim]

This is the one I was turned on to many moons ago by my older sister when i was 18 or so... . Not a bad tune on it...of course a couple standards as well.



In the Shelter and Biloxi are a couple of my favorites

1. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" Buffett 3:15
2. "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" Buffett 3:51
3. "Banana Republics" Burgh/Goodman/Rothermel 5:11
4. "Tampico Trauma" Buffett 4:35
5. "Lovely Cruise" Johnathan Baham 3:54
6. "Margaritaville" Buffett 4:09
7. "In the Shelter" Buffett 4:00
8. "Miss You So Badly" Buffett/Taylor 3:41
9. "Biloxi" Winchester 5:38
10. "Landfall" Buffett 3:14

[changingchannels]

You really can't go wrong with any of these:

One Particular Harbor
Fruitcakes
Farside of the World
Barometer Soup
Feeding Frenzy
Tuessdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

[conched]

This is the one I was turned on to many moons ago by my older sister when i was 18 or so... . Not a bad tune on it...of course a couple standards as well.



In the Shelter and Biloxi are a couple of my favorites

1. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" Buffett 3:15
2. "Wonder Why We Ever Go Home" Buffett 3:51
3. "Banana Republics" Burgh/Goodman/Rothermel 5:11
4. "Tampico Trauma" Buffett 4:35
5. "Lovely Cruise" Johnathan Baham 3:54
6. "Margaritaville" Buffett 4:09
7. "In the Shelter" Buffett 4:00
8. "Miss You So Badly" Buffett/Taylor 3:41
9. "Biloxi" Winchester 5:38
10. "Landfall" Buffett 3:14

Yes, when Jimmy finally made it after A1A, White Sport Coat, and Living and Dying, Havana Daydreamin, Rancho Deluxe, HCJ, and DTE

[conched]

I like to always remember Jimmy from his YOU HAD TO BE THERE days...think that is the best live album to know where Jimmy kinda came from.

[conched]

I was a new fan in 1994 and Jimmy's BALLADS is the one CD that really hit home with me the most...and One Particular Harbour also.

[BeachBumJim]

You really can't go wrong with any of these:

One Particular Harbor
Fruitcakes
Farside of the World
Barometer Soup
Feeding Frenzy
Tuessdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

Agree with that one...many a Friday evening (back ..what 15 years ago) when we put the kids to bed....have a few shots and catch up with what's happening in "our world"....listening to Feeding Frenzy. I think that was one of the first COMPACT DISCS we had. It was either that or Zep's Physical Graffitti.

[Tiki Torches]

A1A on vinyl just as God intended it to be listened to.

[ScarletB]

This is great! Thanks everyone, I don't have all of these myself so I may be getting some new ones.

[KruzinParrots]

Our favorite CD is Welcome To Margaritaville. I know Target carries it. This is a two CD set and it is in our car and playing whenever we are driving. We have all the others but REALLY LOVE this album.

FINS UP ^

[hang ten]

Certainly the dvd from Live in Anguilla is awesome - it pretty much sums up the whole Buffett experience - sit down on a weekend with a couple of hours to spare in front of the big screen, a couple of dozen cervezas and some margaritas and turn up the volume. The Wrigley Field cd didn't do it as much for me... just my opinion.

My first Buffett album was Songs you Know By Heart - Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hits - it is awesome. I especially like Changes in Lattitudes Changes in Attitudes as well - like was said, not a bad song on it.

My 2 cents

David

The Parrot head Gear head

[chippewa]

I know this is posted somewhere but I'm at work and don't have time to look for it.
I have a friend whose only exposure to JB is the yellow album and he wants a suggestion for a new purchase. Which CD would say to get? My initiation was "Tues, Thurs & Sat" but I fear that has too many standards.

Ideas?

That's exactly the one I would pick. Most of the classics, and the best versions he's ever recorded of Tin Cup, Hurricane Season and Love & Luck (IMHO). I'm guessing a "new fan" might not be as interested in some of the deep tracks that the rest of us are.