Songs from St. Somewhere

Songs from St. Somewhere is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The album was released on August 20, 2013, by Mailboat Records.^[1][2][3]

Songs from St. Somewhere
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released	August 20, 2013
Recorded	March to April 2013
Genre	Country pop soft rock
Length	60:05
Label	Mailboat
Producer	Mac McAnally Michael Utley
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Buffet Hotel (2009) Songs from St. Somewhere (2013) 'Tis the SeaSon (2016)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Oakland Press	^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]

Songs from St. Somewhere garnered generally mixed reception by music critics. At The Oakland Press, Gary Graff said that the album is not up to the same caliber of his previous album, nonetheless this is "a perfectly fine fix between boat drinks for any Parrothead worth his or her feathers."^[5] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic evoked that this is the perfect album for a listener who's drunk, which he said was "perfectly fine" for that occasion, but for those "listening to this sober, it's quite likely you'll be more inclined to cringe than to smile."^[4] At Rolling Stone, Jon Dolan alluded to how this release "is full of chill evocations of island life."^[6]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 60,388 copies in the United States.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Somethin' 'Bout a Boat"	Django Walker Dave Berg Patrick Davis Jedd Hughes James Otto Eric Paslay	2:44
2.	"Einstein Was a Surfer"	Jimmy Buffett Mac McAnally	4:41
3.	"Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale"	Buffett	5:41
4.	"Too Drunk to Karaoke" (with Toby Keith)	Buffett McAnally Shawn Camp Pat McLaughin	4:02
5.	"Serpentine"	Buffett McAnally	4:43
6.	"Useless But Important Information"	Buffett McAnally	4:12
7.	"I Want to Go Back to Cartagena"	Buffett Peter Mayer Roger Guth Will Kimbrough	3:15
8.	"Soulfully"	Kimbrough	3:16
9.	"Rue de la Guitare"	Buffett	3:23
10.	"I'm No Russian"	Buffett	6:40
11.	"Tides"	Buffett Guth	4:12
12.	"The Rocket That Grandpa Rode"	Buffett McAnally Kimbrough Mayer Guth	4:02
13.	"I Wave Bye Bye"	Jesse Winchester	3:19
14.	"Colour of the Sun"	Buffett McAnally Mayer Guth	3:48
15.	"Oldest Surfer on the Beach"	Mark Knopfler	4:17
16.	"I Want to Go Back to Cartagena" (with Fanny Lu) (Spanish version)	Buffett Mayer Guth Kimbrough	3:12
Total length:			60:05

Personnel

The Coral Reefers

• Jimmy Buffett - vocals, guitar
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Robert Greenidge - steel drums
• Doyle Grisham - pedal steel guitar
• Tina Gullickson - vocals
• Roger Guth - drums
• John Lovell - trumpet
• Jim Mayer - vocals, bass guitar
• Peter Mayer - guitar
• Mac McAnally - vocals, guitar
• Nadirah Shakoor - vocals
• Michael Utley - keyboards

Additional musicians

• Will Kimbrough - vocals
• Mark Knopfler - guitar on 'Oldest Surfer on the Beach'

Chart positions

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[8]	22
US Billboard 200^[9]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1

Tour

^[11]

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America Leg 1
April 27, 2013	Nashville	United States	Bridgestone Arena
April 30, 2013	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre
May 3, 2013	Austin		Austin360 Amphitheater
May 5, 2013 ^[A]	Boston		TD Garden
June 20, 2013 ^[B]			Paradise Rock Club
June 22, 2013	Mansfield		Comcast Center
June 25, 2013	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
June 27, 2013	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
June 29, 2013	Chicago		FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
July 3, 2013	Bossier City		Margaritaville Casino Resort
July 13, 2013	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live
July 16, 2013	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
July 18, 2013	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion
July 20, 2013	Detroit		Comerica Park
August 17, 2013	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
August 20, 2013	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 22, 2013
August 24, 2013	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Europe
September 26, 2013	Paris	France	Le Trabendo
September 28, 2013			Le Cigale
North America Leg 2
October 17, 2013	Solana Beach	United States	Belly Up
October 19, 2013	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 22, 2013	Denver		Pepsi Center
October 24, 2013	Phoenix		US Airways Center
October 26, 2013	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 30, 2013	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center
December 3, 2013	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center
December 5, 2013	Tulsa		BOK Center
December 12, 2013	Honolulu		Jimmy Buffet's at The Beachcomber
December 14, 2013			Waikiki Shell
January 9, 2014	Coral Gables		Coral Gables Museum
North America Leg 3
April 19, 2014	Tampa	United States	MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
April 22, 2014	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
April 24, 2014	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion
April 26, 2014	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre

Miscellaneous performances

• ^A This show was a part of the Boston Strong Benefit show.
• ^B This show was a benefit show.

References

1. "Songs From St. Somewhere: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
2. "iTunes - Music - Songs From St. Somewhere by Jimmy Buffett". Itunes.apple.com. 1946-12-25. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
3. "Jimmy Buffett ready to drop "Songs From St. Somewhere"". Soundspike.com. 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (August 20, 2013). "Songs from St. Somewhere – Jimmy Buffett". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
5. Gary, Graff (August 19, 2013). "Album reviews: John Mayer, Jimmy Buffett, Ty Segall, more". The Oakland Press. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
6. Dolan, Jon. "Jimmy Buffett, 'Songs From St. Somewhere'". Rolling Stone. August 29, 2013 (1190). Wenner Media LLC: 65. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
7. "Building Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
8. "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
9. "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
10. "Jimmy Buffett Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
11. "Jimmy Buffettt 2013 Tour Dates". Jimmy Buffett World. Retrieved August 24, 2013.