Fruitcakes (album)


Fruitcakes is the eighteenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Initially to be called Quietly Making Noise, it was released in May 1994, and was Buffett's first studio recording since 1989's Off to See the Lizard; a five-year hiatus used to focus more on writing and promoting the books Tales from Margaritaville, Trouble Dolls and Where Is Joe Merchant?.

Chart performance

Fruitcakes reached #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart making it Buffett's first top ten album. The album was also certified "Platinum" by the RIAA on 19 December 2004.
The first single from the album, "Fruitcakes," charted at #29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The second single, "Frenchman for the Night," did not chart.

Songs

Several of the songs on this album are covers of other recording artists. The first of these is Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band". "Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks. "She's Got You" is a famous Country/Pop song written by Hank Cochran and first recorded and released as a single by Patsy Cline.

Track listing

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band: