Before the Beach

Jimmy Buffett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000002OOA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,632 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ellis Dee

2. The Missionary

3. A Mile High in Denver

4. The Captain and the Kid

5. Captain America

6. Turnabout

7. There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times

8. I Can't Be Your Hero Today

9. Truckstop Salvation

10. Ace

11. Rockefeller Square

12. Bend a Little

13. In the Shelter

14. Death Valley Lives

15. Livingston's Gone to Texas

16. England

17. Travelin' Clean

18. The Hang-Out Gang

19. God Don't Own a Car

20. Medley

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nashville Jimmy, July 10, 2000

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Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before the Beach (Audio CD)

This cd is basically Jimmy Buffett's first two albums, Down To Earth & High Cumberland Jubilee, combined together. The only omission is Mr. Buffett's first single, "The Christian?", which was on Down To Earth. The songs were recorded before he had ever been to Key West and they do not contain any of the Carribean flavor that his later recordings would have. The songs are written mostly in the country-rock vein. There is no mention of later Buffett themes like sailing, the beach or partying. The album gets stronger as it plays on and it shows the progress Mr. Buffett was making as a performer. The songs that were originally on his second album are better than ones on the first and you can hear how Mr. Buffett's writing was improving and getting stronger. The better songs include "Death Valley Lives", "Ace", "Rockerfeller Square", "Bend A Little" and "In The Shelter" as well as two songs that would be rerecorded on later albums, the pretty and touching "The Captain & The Kid" and "Livingston's Gone To Texas". The cd is uneven at times, but it is worth a listen to hear a young Jimmy Buffett before he became the King of the Parrotheads.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Recycled Jimmy, September 19, 2001

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Travis K. Hutson (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Before the Beach (Audio CD)

I am a huge "Parrothead." I own every Jimmy album that's been released, which is about 30. I even own this one, but this is a recycled version of Jimmy's first 2 albums -- Down To Earth and High Cumberland Jubilee. Basically they stuck almost all of the songs from those 2 albums on this one. Furthermore, it's country. It's not Jimmy's normal stuff. Even Jimmy doesn't like this stuff. He said so in his book "A Pirate Looks at 50." This is titled "Before the Beach" because it's the music Jimmy was making before he went on his first trip to Key West. At that point he metamorphosized into the Jimmy we know and love today. Again, I say this is COUNTRY -- not Jimmy's brand of music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Stuff that shows Jimmy's Roots, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Before the Beach (Audio CD)

A must have for the Parrothead that enjoys Jimmy's Nashville sound. Easy to tell Jimmy had not been influenced by Key West yet. Sounds very Jerry Jeff Walker, or David Allen Coe like. (Both of those singers also went to Key West and changed music styles). This CD is a change up for any Parrothead Party or for a lazy weekend.