Fruitcakes is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Initially to be called Quietly Making Noise, the album was released in May 1994. It was Buffett's first studio recording since Off to See the Lizard (1989), with its five-year gap being the longest between two albums in his career. Buffett had used the hiatus to focus on writing books such as Tales from Margaritaville (1989) and Where Is Joe Merchant? (1992).
Chart performance Fruitcakes reached #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart, making it Buffett's first top five album. The album was also certified "Platinum" by the RIAA on December 19, 2004.
The first single from the album, "Fruitcakes," charted at No. 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The second single, "Frenchman for the Night," did not chart.
Songs Several of the songs on this album are covers of other recording artists. The first of these is Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band". "Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks. "She's Got You" is a famous Country/Pop song written by Hank Cochran and first recorded and released as a single by Patsy Cline.
Track listing
Personnel The Coral Reefer Band: Jimmy Buffett – guitar, vocals Michael Utley – keyboards Greg "Fingers" Taylor – harmonica Robert Greenidge – steel drums, percussion Roger Guth – drums Peter Mayer – guitars, vocals Jim Mayer – bass, vocals Amy Lee – saxophone Johnny Padilla – saxophone John Lovell – trumpet Angel Quinones – congas, percussion Michael Tschudin – keyboards, mallet kat Nicky Yarling – violin, vocals Mac McAnally – guitar, vocals G.E. Smith – guitar Claudia Cummings, Mary Harris, Nicolette Larson – background singers
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