Beach House On The Moon [Enhanced CD] [ENHANCED]

Jimmy Buffett

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 18, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B00000J2QZ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (203 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,358 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Jimmy Buffett's music has always had an easy-in-the-islands feel to it, and if his songs seem like postcards sent from exotic locations or notes hastily scribbled on a bar napkin, that's more or less what they are. On Buffett's 31st album, the singer/songwriter, bestselling author, pilot, and son of a son of a sailor offers alternately wry and sentimental observations on everything from our impending doom ("Waiting for the Next Explosion") and the appeal of Cajun food ("I Will Play for Gumbo") to the ultimate vacation getaway ("Beach House on the Moon") and life's sweet mysteries ("Oysters & Pearls"). Buffett also tries on a couple of intriguing covers, including Bruce Cockburn's pensive "Pacing the Cage," Mose Allison's sly "You Call It Jogging," and Fred Neil's laid-back "Lucky Stars." Thanks to the return of a few long-lost members of his Coral Reefer Band, Beach House on the Moon often recalls Buffett's early albums--cause enough for Parrotheads everywhere to fire up the blender, string up the hammock, and give this one a spin. --Daniel Durchholz

People
Buffett finds salvation in his lilting Caribbean-flavored music.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Buffett - Listen carefully, December 6, 1999

By	"abbyowner" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

I broke up with my first serious boyfriend the summer that "Margaritaville" hit the charts, and I will always remember it vividly. Listened to this CD at work... popped it into my computer, and WOW. There was Jimmy on the screen. If you haven't yet check out the enhanced video that you can watch on your computer. The songs are more deliberate and lyrical than some of his other work. I especially liked the title cut and "Oysters & Pearls." Gave it to my little sister for her 40th birthday and she proclaimed it her "favorite present." From the other reviews, I would suggest previewing this CD but I think older parrotheads will love it.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy's Slipping Here, January 19, 2001

By	G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Its hard to find any missteps on Jimmy Buffet's musicial career. However, this CD sounds a little tired in spots and overly corny in others. In also contains, Math Suks, probably the most least thoughtful song of Jimmy Buffett's career. To incorporate playground nonsense in a song and crude unrealisitc comments in a beauty paegeant in a song just does not work for me. The title track that opens this recording kind of meanders for nearly seven minutes with the lack of a catchy melody. The second song Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling where it has a catchy melody also procedes at a slow sluggish pace that makes it somewhat forgettable. You Call It Jogging and I Will Play For Gumbo are two of the stronger tracks at least rhythmically. However, creative wise they sound like slightly cheaper re-writes from the Banana Wind sessions. Lucky Stars and Oysters and Pearls are two strong tracks no doubt about it. And it is always nice to here the use of the steel drums on many of the tracks. However,the half baked effort really puts this effort at 2 1/2 stars.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another step down in quality, September 6, 2005

By	Jim Richmond - See all my reviews

Just as Jimmy's albums took a general downturn from the 70's to 80's, and from the 80's to the 90's, this album again shows another step down in quality; further distancing himself farther from the classic music he once wrote in the 70's.

I mean, I'm a big Parrothead, and I REALLY want to like this album, but he makes it so very difficult with the weak material included. In fact, with repeated listens, it's actually getting harder to enjoy it.

Jimmy just seems to be coasting most of the time on this disc (coasting in a bad way), going through the motions, on autopilot. He really needed/needs a reality check of his music, away from his current trend, and back to something of substance. I doubt that this album will hold up to the test of time as his 70's-80's albums have.

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