Volcano is the 10th studio album

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 by American

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 popular music singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett

James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...

 and is his 11th overall. It was released in May 1979

1979 in music

See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

 as MCA

MCA Records

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 5102 and was his first release on that label after its absorption of ABC Dunhill.

The album and its title song are named for the then dormant Soufrière Hills

Soufrière Hills

The Soufrière Hills volcano is an active complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. After a long period of dormancy, it became active in 1995, and has continued to erupt ever since...

 volcano

Volcano

2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

 on the island of Montserrat

Montserrat

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 in the British West Indies

British West Indies

The British West Indies was a term used to describe the islands in and around the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire The term was sometimes used to include British Honduras and British Guiana, even though these territories are not geographically part of the Caribbean...

 where Buffett recorded the album in May 1979 at AIR

Associated Independent Recording

Associated Independent Recording , an independent recording company, was founded in London in 1965 by Beatles producer George Martin and his partner John Burgess after their departure from EMI....

 Studios. (The studio was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season...

 in 1989 and Soufrière Hills erupted again in 1995.) Additional recording was done at Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville Tennessee and Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 in the United States. The album is dedicated to Buffett's wife and his daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett

Savannah Jane Buffett

Savannah Jane Buffett is an American radio personality. Buffett hosts the Savannah Daydreamin radio hour on the Sirius and XM satellite and online station Radio Margaritaville. Savannah Jane Buffett began her professional career with the publication of The Jolly Mon with her father, tropical...

, who was born just before its release.

Songs

All of the songs are written or co-written by Buffett; a Keith Sykes-penned tune, "I'm Not Strange, I'm Just Like You," did not make the final album. Buffett performed "Volcano" with Don Henley

Don Henley

Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...

 at a 1993 Walden Woods Project benefit concert that is available on Henley's 2002 One of These Nights.

Chart performance

Volcano reached #14 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 album chart and #13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Three singles from the album charted including "Fins" (#35 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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; #42 Adult Contemporary

Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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), "Volcano" (#66 Hot 100; #43 Adult Contemporary), and "Survive" (#77 Hot 100).

Critical reception

Although the album generated two songs, "Fins" and "Volcano," that have become Buffett concert standards, part of "The Big 8" that he has played at almost all of his concerts, critical reception was less positive. Allmusic reviewer Vik Iyengar posits that "this album marks a low point for Jimmy Buffett in a decade in which he delivered one solid album after another."

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "Fins" (Jimmy Buffett, Deborah McColl, Barry Chance, Tom Corcoran) – 3:27
2. "Volcano" (Jimmy Buffett, Keith Sykes, Harry Dailey) – 3:37
3. "Treat Her Like a Lady" (Jimmy Buffett, David Loggins
   Dave Loggins
   David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
   
   ) – 3:55
4. "Stranded on a Sandbar" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:08
5. "Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:01

Side 2:

1. "Survive" (Jimmy Buffett, Mike Utley
   Michael Utley
   Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
   
   ) – 4:29
2. "Lady I Can't Explain" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:42
3. "Boat Drinks
   Boat Drinks (song)
   "Boat Drinks" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a B-side on MCA in 1979. Despite not being a single, it is one of his most popular songs, frequently played in concert and occasionally on the radio.-History:The song was...
   
   " (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:37
4. "Dreamsicle" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:18
5. "Sending the Old Man Home" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:23

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Originally it was a fictional band consisting of the imaginary members Marvin Gardens, Kay Pasa, Al Vacado and Kitty Litter....

:

• Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and acoustic guitar
• Keith Sykes: Guitar and background vocals
• Barry Chance: Lead guitar
• Andy McMahon: Fender Rhodes
• Mike Utley
  Michael Utley
  Michael Utley, often credited as Mike Utley, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. He is the musical director of the band...
  
  : Piano and Organ
• Russell Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
  : Drums, percussion, congas on "Volcano"
• Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica
• Johnny Montezuma: Anything and everything on "Fins"
• Jackie Dangler: Pans on "Fins" and "Boat Drinks"
• Steve Forman: Percussion on "Fins"
• Donald Douglas: banjo-uke on "Volcano"
• Wilfred Tuitt: Guitar on "Volcano"
• James Elmer: Bass pipe on "Volcano"
• Billy Puett & Bill Jones: recorders on "Chanson Pour les Petits Enfants"
• Ferrell Morris: Tambourine on "Chanson Pour les Petits Enfants"
• Steve Forman: Shakers on "Chanson Pour les Petits Enfants"
• James Taylor
  James Taylor
  James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
  
  : Background vocals and guitar on "Sending the Old Man Home"
• Norbert Putnam
  Norbert Putnam
  Norbert Putnam is an American record producer and musician. He grew up near Florence, Alabama and was part of the Muscle Shoals musicians brought to Nashville to play for Elvis Presley in 1965. Putnam worked there as a bassist on recording sessions with Presley, Roy Orbison, Al Hirt, Henry...
  
  : Bass on "Sending the Old Man Home"
• Deborah McColl: Background vocals
• Alex Taylor: Background vocals
• Hugh Taylor: Background vocals
• Dave Loggins
  Dave Loggins
  David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
  
  : Background vocals
• Venetta Fields
  Venetta Fields
  Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
  
  : Background vocals
• Brenda Bryant: Background vocals
• Paulette Brown: Background vocals
• Juan Cadiz: Background vocals

Singles

• "Fins" b/w "Dreamsicle" (Released on MCA
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
   41109 in July 1979)
• "Dreamsicle" b/w "Dreamsicle" (Released on MCA
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
   41109 in July 1979)
• "Volcano" b/w "Stranded On A Sandbar" (Released on MCA
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
   41161 in November 1979)
• "Survive" b/w "Boat Drinks" (Released on MCA
  MCA Records
  MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
  
   41199 in February 1980)

Tour

Buffett set out on a You Had to Be There Tour from February through April of 1979. The remainder of the year was dedicated to promoting his 1979 album Volcano. Jimmy headed back to the west coast, then to the east coast. September brought Jimmy to Hawaii

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 for the first time opening for the Eagles in Aloha Stadium

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.

1979 Coral Reefer Band

• Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and guitar
• Barry Chance: Guitar
• Harry Dailey: Bass and background Vocals
• Deborah McColl: Background Vocals
• Greg “Fingers” Taylor: Harmonica and background Vocals
• Michael Utley: Keyboards
• Andy McMahon: Organ
• Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason
  Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....
  
  : Drums

Set list

The only set list from the tour that's been confirmed is that of the opening night at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. While the structure of Buffett's set lists generally remain the same in a given tour, the song selection varies from night to night; so it's more than likely that there were many changes to the set list as the tour progressed.




Greek Theatre

Sunday, July 29th, 1979

Set:

1. "It's Too Late" (Fingers on vocals)
2. "Mañana
   Son of a Son of a Sailor
   Son of a Son of a Sailor is the ninth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.-Chart performance:...
   
   
3. "Pencil Thin Mustache
   Pencil Thin Mustache
   "Pencil Thin Mustache," originally released as "Pencil Thin Moustache," is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on Dunhill D-15011 in August 1974.It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time...
   
   "
4. "Trying to Reason With Hurrican Season
   A1A (album)
   A1A or A-1-A is the fifth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the third major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase." It was initially released in December 1974 as Dunhill DS-50183 and later re-released on Dunhill's successor labels ABC and...
   
   "
5. "Volcano"
6. "Come Monday
   Come Monday
   "Come Monday" is the title a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album Living & Dying in ¾ Time and was his first Top 40 hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #3 Easy Listening and #58...
   
   "
7. "Why Don't We Get Drunk
   Why Don't We Get Drunk
   "Why Don't We Get Drunk" is a novelty song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was a b-side to the first single from his 1973 album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean...
   
   "
8. "Fins"
9. "Margaritaville
   Margaritaville
   "Margaritaville" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett from the album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. This song was written about a drink in Austin, Texas, and the first huge surge of tourists who descended on Key West almost two decades ago. He wrote...
   
   "
10. "Banana Republics
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is the breakthrough 1977 album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album, his eighth, remains the best-selling album of Buffett's career, and contains his biggest single, "Margaritaville"...
    
    " (Steve Goodman
    Steve Goodman
    Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
    
     cover) (acoustic)
11. "God's Own Drunk
    Living & Dying in 3/4 Time
    Living & Dying in ¾ Time is the fourth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the second major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase." It was initially released in February 1974 as Dunhill DS-50132 and later rereleased on Dunhill's successor labels...
    
    " (Richard Buckley
    Lord Buckley
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     cover) (acoustic)
12. "Sending the Old Man Home"
13. "Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants"
14. "Coast of
    Son of a Son of a Sailor
    Son of a Son of a Sailor is the ninth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was initially released in March 1978 as ABC Dunhill AA-1046 and later rereleased on its successor label, MCA.-Chart performance:...
    
     Marseilles" (Keith Sykes cover)
15. "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
16. "A Pirate Looks at Forty
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
    "A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album A1A and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single....
    
    "
17. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (song)
    "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released as a single on ABC Dunhill 12305 in August 1977....
    
    "
18. "Treat Her Like a Lady"

Encore:

1. "Son of a Son of a Sailor
   Son of a Son of a Sailor (song)
   "Son of a Son of a Sailor" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It's the opening track of the 1978 album of the same name...
   
   "
2. "Dixie Diner" (Larry Raspberry And The Highsteppers cover)

Encore 2:

1. "Survive"