Son of a Son of a Sailor
Buffett caught a major wave on his commercial breakthrough,Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, and he rode it straight through the follow-up,Son of a Son of a Sailor. Buffett posits himself as a lovable rogue in the semiautobiographical title track, recounts a party out of bounds on "Fool Button" and delineates the perfect meal on "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Other songs find him checking in from a variety of ports of call, including Aruba ("African Friend"), Paraguay ("Cowboy in the Jungle"), somewhere in the Caribbean ("Mañana") and even Montana ("Livingston Saturday Night"). Think ofSon of a Sonas something of a Parrothead operations manual.--Daniel Durchholz