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Country music's infatuation with the puka-shell rock of Jimmy Buffett has been one of the genre's less fortunate indulgences. Most of Nashville's hat acts do little more than dip their toe in the water and do nothing to build upon Buffett's signature sounds. That's why License to Chill, which features a plethora of Music City guests seems like a bad idea. But the album, on which the Key West hedonist performs his favorite "bar gig" songs, as he calls them, often delights. As someone who began his songwriting career in Nashville, Buffett isn't just slumming, as his choice of covers proves. What could have been little more than a lark, then, ends up being a showcase for Buffett the serious songwriter and song finder. Although he does indulge in the occasional beach-minded thong-writing, Chill is a surprisingly satisfying album aimed less at the Parrothead crowd and more toward an audience who remembers the Buffett of 30 years ago, a man who struggled to make his mark among Nashville's most revered tunesmiths.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTING
1 Hey Good Lookin' / Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and George Strait
2 Boats to Build / Alan Jackson
3 License to Chill / Kenny Chesney
4 Coast of Carolina
5 Piece of Work / Toby Keith
6 Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
7 Trip Around the Sun / Martina McBride
8 Simply Complicated
9 Coastal Confessions
10 Sea of Heartbreak / George Strait
11 Conky Tonkin' / Clint Black
12 Playin' the Loser Again / Bill Withers
13 Window on the World
14 Someone I Used to Love / Nanci Griffith
15 Scarlet Begonias
16 Back to the Island
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