Far Side of the World (album)

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Far Side of the World
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Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released March 19, 2002
Recorded 2001
Genre Rock, Gulf and Western
Label Mailboat Records
Producer Russ Titelman
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Beach House on the Moon
(1999)Beach House on the Moon1999
Far Side of the World
(2002)
License to Chill
(2004)License to Chill2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]

Far Side of the World is the twenty third studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and was released in March of 2002. It is his first studio album released on his own record label, Mailboat Records.

Track listing

  1. "Blue Guitar" (Roger Guth, Peter Mayer) - 4:28
  2. "Mademoiselle (Voulez-Vous Danser)" (Lennie Gallant) - 4:07
  3. "Autour de Rocher" (Jimmy Buffett, Henri Ledee, Leon Ledee, Marcel Limodin, Jean-Jacques Kraif) - 8:05
  4. "Savannah Fare You Well" (Hugh Prestwood) - 4:28
  5. "All the Ways I Want You" (Bruce Cockburn)- 4:17
  6. "Last Man Standing" (Mac McAnally, Jimmy Buffett) - 3:45
  7. "What if the Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About?" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, C. Macak, T. Baker, L. Laprise) - 4:24
  8. "Altered Boy" (Jimmy Buffett, Wayne Jobson) - 7:18
  9. "USS Zydecoldsmobile" (Sonny Landreth) - 4:55
  10. "Someday I Will" (Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton) - 3:13
  11. "Far Side of the World" (Jimmy Buffett) - 5:48
  12. "Tonight I Just Need My Guitar" (Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally) - 2:52

Unused track

Buffett recorded a demo of a song entitled "Columbus", based on the explorer Christopher Columbus, but did not make the album cut. The demo is available for download on most Buffett fan sites and FTP collection sites.

Cover photo and release date

This album cover was originally a photo of Jimmy, wearing a turban and sitting on a camel. This was changed and the release subsequently delayed following 9/11.

CD-DVD

The CD, if played on a computer with CD-ROM capability, includes the video for the title song.

References


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