Jimmy Buffett - Riddles In the Sand

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Riddles in the Sand, the thirteenth studio album from Jimmy Buffett. It spent fourteen weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 87. It also went to number 18 on the US Billboard Country chart.

Jimmy Buffett - One Particular Harbour

Today (September 9th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of One Particular Harbour, the twelfth studio album from American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It went to number 59 on the US Billboard Album chart and number 35 on the US Billboard Country chart.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (soundtrack) (30th Anniversary)

This week, we are doing Matinee Monday.

Today (July 30th) marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the soundtrack album to the seminal 80's teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

For my review of this album, please click here.

So, let's all put on our checkered Vans and chill out with Spicoli, Brad, Stacy, Damone, and Mr. Hand.

Jimmy Buffett - Somewhere Over China

In January of 1982, American singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett released his eleventh studio album. Somewhere Over China, the last album Buffett did with producer Norbert Putnam, went to number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 200 chart and number 43 on the Canadian album charts. This month it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of Soundtrack Sunday.

In 1981, Rolling Stone magazine writer Cameron Crowe went undercover to a San Diego, California, high school to research a book. In 1982, that book was adapted into the coming-of-age teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The film, which opened in August of 1982, helped launch the careers of young actors Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Renhold, Robert Romanus, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards and Nicolas Cage. At a cost of $4.5 million to make, the film earned more than $27 million at the box office and has since become a TV/cable and video favorite the world over. It even spun off a short-lived CBS sitcom in 1986 that starred young actors Courtney Thorne-Smith and Patrick Dempsey.

The double-disk soundtrack album, released on July 30th of 1982, did fairly well; it peaked at number 54 on the Billboard 200 and several of the songs were released as singles.

Jimmy Buffett - A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday.

The summer of 1973 saw the release of popular American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett’s third studio album, the very interestingly named A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. The title is, in fact, a play on the 1957 Martin Robbins’ country song “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation”. This album was also the first where Jimmy’s backing musicians were referred to collectively as “the Coral Reefer Band”.