Jimmy Buffett Album: “Feeding Frenzy”

Jimmy Buffett really knows how to play to a crowd. Many of renditions of Jimmy's songs, Volcano, Fins, Margartiaville, Jolly Mon Sing, etc.. feature subtle little lyric changes and spicy arrangements. The intro conversations on You'll Never Work In This Bidness Again and Gypsies In The Palace are hillarious in this live setting. Furthermore, Jimmy's live banter describing many of his great classic tunes really gives the listener a very upfront experience as to what his concerts are like.

He is certainly very appreciative of his fans. So give this one a try. You will not be dissapointed.

PHins Up PHolks! ...This is the closest you can get to a JB concert without actually being there! This is one of the best, if not THE BEST cd that Jimmy put out. If you've never seen Bubba in concert and want a little taste, then throw on your beach attire, ice-down the Coronas, mix up the Margaritas, fire up the grill( Cheeseburgers..what else! ), invite all of your Parrot Head PHriends over for a PHlocking, and crank up FEEDING FRENZY on the stereo as loud as your neighbors will let you. Almost like being there!

This is quite simply the best Jimmy album ever, and quite possibly the best live album ever. Bought my first Jimmy CD five years ago as a punked up 17 year old. I actually hated my father for asking me to get Fruitcakes for him. Oh, the shame of buying old people music. Two months later, I had every Jimmy album I could find (12 of them) and was on the way to my first Jimmy concert. I've been to two a year since then, and loved each one more than the last. Jimmy Buffet is without a doubt the most talented musician alive. He might not play the strongest guitar. He might not have the strongest singing voice. But who else can make you laugh until you burst, cry like a little girl, and then laugh your rear end off, all within 5 minutes? Most importantly of all, Jimmy does the thing so many performers have forgotten how to do these days. He has fun, and everyone around him has fun too. From the Last Mango in Paris, One Particular Harbor, and Jamacia Farewell to A Pirate looks at Forty (my all-time favorite) Jimmy bowls a perfect three hundred on this album. Thank you Jimmy.

Feeding Frenzy perfectly captures a man on the top of his game. When the album was recorded in 1989, Jimmy Buffett was a seasoned performer who had put the time in on the road and become a master of his craft. Jimmy Buffett concerts are as he so aptly describes in the linear notes, a circus. Parrotheads dress the parts as the clown and Mr. Buffett is the ringleader. He offers a nice array of songs from his catalog with "A Pirate Looks At Forty" being even more potent as Mr. Buffett had recently reached that age. "A Love Song From Another Point Of View" is really "Why Don't We Get Drunk" with a hilarious introduction. Feeding Frenzy is a great live album.

This is a great CD. I love Jimmy Buffet's music. It's always uplifting and fun. You can't go wrong with this cd. It has all the well known hits and some other great songs as well.