Off to See the Lizard is the 18th studio album

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 by American

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 popular music singer-songwriter

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 Jimmy Buffett

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. Initially to be called Stranger than Fishing, it was released in June 1989

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 as MCA

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 6314 and was produced by Elliot Scheiner

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 and Buffett. The album is the first to feature much of the Coral Reefer Band

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. Following the release of this album, Buffett paused his normal output of one album every year or two and did not release another album until 1994's Fruitcakes

Fruitcakes (album)

Fruitcakes is the 19th studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. This album was released in May 1994, coming off a five year hiatus from the recording studio since 1989's Off to See the Lizard.-Chart performance:...

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Songs

All but one of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett. "Mermaid in the Night" was written by Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

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 members Roger Guth and Jay Oliver. "Boomerang Love" also appeared on the soundtrack

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 to the 1989 movie Always. Buffett recorded a live version of "The Pascagoula Run" for his 2003 greatest hits

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 collection Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection

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Chart performance

Off to See the Lizard reached #57 on the Billboard 200

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 album chart. The song "Take Another Road" hit #18 Adult Contemporary

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Track listing

1. "Carnival World" (Jimmy Buffett, Roger Guth, Jay Oliver) – 3:56
2. "Take Another Road" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth) – 3:40
3. "That's My Story and I'm Stickin' to It" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 4:23
4. "Why the Things We Do" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth) – 3:57
5. "Gravity Storm" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 2:49
6. "Off to See the Lizard" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 4:12
7. "Boomerang Love" (Jimmy Buffett) – 5:18
8. "Strange Bird" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 4:19
9. "I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 5:18
10. "The Pascagoula Run" (Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver) – 3:18
11. "Mermaid in the Night" (Roger Guth, Jay Oliver) – 2:27
12. "Changing Channels" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally
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    ) – 3:29

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band

Coral Reefer Band

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• Jimmy Buffett: Guitar and vocals
• Jay Oliver: Keyboards and percussion
• Peter Mayer: Guitars
• Jim Mayer: Bass
• Roger Guth: Drums
• Robert Greenidge
  Robert Greenidge
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  : Steel drums
• Michael Utley
  Michael Utley
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  : Organ
• Greg "Fingers" Taylor: Harmonica
• Ralph MacDonald
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  : Percussion
• Horns: "The Nuff Brothers" - Alan Rubin
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  , Birch Johnson, Lou Marini
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• Background Singers: Diana Canova, Sheryl Crow
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  , Frank Floyd, Peter Mayer, Timothy B. Schmit
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Singles

• "Take Another Road" b/w "Off To See The Lizard" (7"
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   single
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   released on MCA
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   53675 in May 1989)
• "Carnival World" b/w ? (cassette single
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   released on MCA
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   ?)

Tour

1989 brought yet another summer tour, with all the usual stops, but this time Jimmy had brought back the Neville Brothers for an opening act. In April, Jimmy played Jazz Fest

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 for the first time, while December brought the mini “Buffett Does Ballads” Tour with Mac McAnally and Larry Knight in support of the new book Tales from Margaritaville

Tales from Margaritaville

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1989 Coral Reefer Band

• Jimmy Buffett: Vocals and guitar
• Peter Mayer: Guitar
• Jim Mayer: Bass
• Roger Guth: Drums
• Michael Utley: Piano
• Greg “Fingers” Taylor – Harmonica, Background Vocals
• Robert Greenidge: Steel Drums
• Jay Oliver: Keyboards
• Denena Iverson: Vocals

Set list

Every night "Carnival World" was the opener and "Volcano

Volcano (Jimmy Buffett song)

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" was the set closer. "Gravity Storm" and "A Pirate Looks at Forty

A Pirate Looks at Forty

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" were played during the encore, with the latter closing the show. More often than not, "Changing Channels" would be added to the set after "Pirate" and would end the show. The Randy Newman

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 cover "Louisiana 1927" was added to the set after "Pirate" for the Austin, TX show, its only appearance of the tour.

Average set list:

1. "Carnival World"
2. "Jolly Mon Sing
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   "
3. "Grapefruit—Juicy Fruit
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4. "Boat Drinks
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   "
5. "Cheeseburger in Paradise
   Cheeseburger In Paradise
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   "
6. "Off to See the Lizard"
7. "That's My Story and I'm Stickin' to It"
8. "Come Monday
   Come Monday
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   "
9. "Son of a Son of a Sailor
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   "
10. "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
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    "
11. "Why Don't We Get Drunk
    Why Don't We Get Drunk
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    "
12. "Twelve Volt Man
    One Particular Harbour
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    "
13. "He Went to Paris"
14. "Take Another Road"
15. "Boomerang Love"
16. "Margaritaville
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    "
17. "Pencil Thin Mustache
    Pencil Thin Mustache
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    "
18. "Fins
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    "
19. "Some White People Can Dance
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    "
20. "Volcano"

Encore:

1. "Gravity Storm"
2. "A Pirate Looks at Forty"
3. "Changing Channels" (played about 4/7 of the time)