Don't Stop the Carnival (Jimmy Buffett album)

Don't Stop the Carnival
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released	April 28, 1998
Genre	Rock, Gulf and Western
Label	Margaritaville/Island
Producer	Michael Utley
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Christmas Island (1996)Christmas Island1996 Don't Stop the Carnival (1998) Beach House on the Moon (1999)Beach House on the Moon1999

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Don't Stop the Carnival is the twenty first studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and was released in April 1998. It is based on the 1965 novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk. Wouk also worked with Buffett to produce the Don't Stop the Carnival stage play that lasted only a short run in Miami. The album includes 20 original compositions by Jimmy that were recorded to promote the stage play. It reached #15 in the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was Buffett's first album release with Island Records.

Track listing

1. Intro: The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja — 7:01
2. Public Relations — 3:57
3. Calaloo — 3:15
4. Island Fever — 4:34
5. Sheila Says — 3:55
6. Just an Old Truth Teller — 3:34
7. Henny’s Song: The Key to My Man — 3:10
8. Kinja Rules — 3:48
9. A Thousand Steps to Nowhere — 5:24
10. It’s All About the Water — 2:21
11. Champagne Si, Agua No — 1:44
12. Public Relations (Reprise) — 1:25
13. The Handiest Frenchmen in the Caribbean — :50
14. Hippolyte’s Habitat (Qui Moun’ Qui) — 3:10
15. Who are we Trying to Fool? — 4:35
16. Fat Person Man — 3:28
17. Up on the Hill — 4:10
18. Domicile — :37
19. Funeral Dance — :51
20. Time To Go Home — 6:03

All songs written by Jimmy Buffett.