| Volcano | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jimmy Buffett
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 12746
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1657
UPC: 076732165720
EAN: 0076732165720
ASIN: B000002NZR
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Fins | | • | Volcano | | • | Treat Her Like a Lady | | • | Stranded on a Sandbar | | • | Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants | | • | Survive | | • | Lady I Can't Explain | | • | Boat Drinks | | • | Dreamsicle | | • | Sending the Old Man Home |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 I used to go crazy for days at a time.... May 25, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Now I'm taking my time with my days. Once again, Jimmy creates an album filled with some of his best songwriting that will never see the light of a greatest hits or live album. But that's the way it should be. I want to keep these gems for myself. OK, I'm going to get personal, but Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants( Song for the Children) is one of the most beautiful songs Jimmy (or anyone) has ever written. It will always hold a special place in my heart. Stranded on a Sandbar is reason enough to by this album. I'm sure everyone's felt that way before. Dreamsicle is one of those little gems you find on evert Buffett album and ask yorself "why isn't this a hit?" OK, there are 3 tunes that are concert favorites, Fins, Volcano, and Boat Drinks but they're fun and don't bug me like Cheeseburger and Drunk do. Besides, Boat drinks is an anthem to anyone living north of Florida during the winter. Final note to all of you who sing along with Volcano. Jimmy yells out "Mr. Utley!" as in Michael, the keyboardest. Not "Mr. Ugly!" As I've heard before.5 stars. The Big Kahuna says check it out.
Did Jimmy peak in 1979? February 26, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After just hearing Beach House on The Moon, I feel the need tohear this CD again... This is the album where I believe Jimmy'sSouthern upbringing met his Carribean passion to make for arguable the best recording he has ever put out. As someone below noted, the concert faves included Fins, Boat Drinks and Volcano, but the key to remember here is that this is an album from beginning to end with very few, if any, flaws at all. Each song has something to offer. Other albums that followed like Coconut Telegraph and Last Mango and Barometer Soup had good tracks, but didn't flow as well as this offering. Especially if you have a rum runner and a CD player with random-play mode.
 Not a great album, but numerous good songs December 7, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The best record albums are more than the sum of their songs, working together to create a piece that stands together as a unit. Jimmy Buffett's "Barometer Soup," for instance, does just that, as it's bound together by its concept (songs inspired by other artists who were in turn inspired by Key West)."Volcano" doesn't have that synergy working for it, and as a result, it's not an album that merits a lot of listens in album form. It does merit raiding for mix tapes -- a favorite pastime of many a Parrothead -- as some of Jimmy's most popular songs from this period are on the album: "Fins" is familiar to anyone who's ever seen Jimmy in concert, "Volcano" is great (although with extremely dated topical lyrics at this point), "Treat Her Like a Lady" and "Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants" are great, and "Boat Drinks" is well-known if only because it somehow squeaked onto Jimmy's greatest hit album, "Songs You Know By Heart." The other songs are often nice -- "Dreamsicle" and "Sending the Old Man Home" are pleasant, if unremarkable -- but this isn't the first or second or third album to pick up when assembling a Buffett collection from scratch. ("Son of a Son of a Sailor," "Barometer Soup" and "Songs You Know By Heart" would be my picks for the new Parrothead.) Still, "Volcano" is a decent album, one that contains plenty of good songs ... in other words, it's no "Fruitcakes." Oy. See you at the concert!
Buffett Blows Up January 10, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Volcano is not as consistently strong as some of Jimmy Buffett's previous albums, but is a very enjoyable listen from beginning to end. The album was actually recorded in the tropics and the Caribbean vibe permeates the album. "Fins" is well known by anyone who has attended one of Mr. Buffett's concerts as it is a major audience participation number. Besides that, it is a great song that has an extremely catchy chorus. The title track is ripe with steel drums and a calypso sound but suffers just a bit from the extremely dated lyrics (example being a mention of Three Mile Island). "Treat Her Like A Lady" is strong number as is "Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants". "Boat Drinks" is a fun song and finds Mr. Buffett at his tropical best while "Dreamsicle" is pleasant. Overall, Volcano has some great songs, but lacks consistency
Straight from Jimmy's Heart August 22, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Out of all these reviews, one of my all time favorite Buffett songs keeps getting glanced over: "Stranded on a Sand Bar". Maybe it's because I love my boat as much as Jimmy loves his, but this song hits home every single time. This album contains several concert populars, but "Stranded" came from Jimmy's true island soul, and is reason enough to add this album to any collection. "Survive" too is full of meaning, with it's beautiful harmonic verses, enough to make you cry...
I'd give anything to see Jimmy do these two songs live. And finally, "Treat Her Like a Lady", a sailor's song to his beloved ocean. Not unlike "Brandy" by Gordon Lightfoot.. a man in love with the sea can never leave her, and that's what I get out of Buffett. Classic Fingers Taylor for sure, that all PHans should own.
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