Favorite Best-Of Albums: Jimmy Buffett – Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection

As with the Doobie Brothers and Jesse Winchester, sometimes it’s better not to grab the first “best-of” compilation that appears on the market. (Same with the Eagles: the one to pick up is the 2003 2-CD set Eagles: The Very Best Of.) As was the case with Winchester, I skipped Buffett’s Songs You Know by Heart because it omitted my favorite song of his. Finally, I purchased this later 2-disc set, which did feature “Havana Daydreamin’” among its 38 tracks. For me, whose familiarity with Buffett was limited to the tracks that got some radio airplay, this collection was a revelation. Well over half of the songs were new to me, at least as performed by Buffett. Five of them are included in the list below, and the rest aren’t bad either.

 

Favorite Tracks:

Havana Daydreamin'

Come Monday

Margaritaville

Tin Cup Chalice

Cheeseburger In Paradise

 

The Pascagoula Run (Live)

This Hotel Room

Pencil Thin Moustache

Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

Volcano

 

A Pirate Looks At Forty

Growing Older But Not Up

Barefoot Children

Fins

Creola