Jimmy Buffett Living and Dying in ¾ Time Rare EX MCA Records Vinyl LP

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Living and Dying in ¾ Time Studio album by  Jimmy Buffett Released February 1974 Recorded October 1973 Studio Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee Genre Country, Gulf and Western Length 38:15 Label Dunhill 50132 Producer Don Gant Jimmy Buffett chronology A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean
(1973) Living and Dying in ¾ Time
(1974) A1A
(1974) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Christgau's Record Guide B–

Living and Dying in ¾ Time is the fourth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the second major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase." It was initially released in February 1974 as Dunhill DS-50132 and later rereleased on Dunhill's successor labels ABC and MCA. It contains the song "Come Monday," his first Top 40 hit single.

Despite the title, not all the songs on the album are in 3
4 time signature. The lyrics of "Nautical Wheelers" on Buffett's subsequent album, A1A, refer to "living & dying in ¾ time" and the song is also in 3
4 time signature.

Chart performance

The album was Buffett's first to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart but it only reached number 176. Unlike A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean before it, it failed to make the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The single of "Come Monday" reached number 30 on the Hot 100 as well as number three Easy Listening and number 58 Country. In addition, "Pencil Thin Mustache" hit number 44 Easy Listening and "Saxophones" "bubbled under" the Hot 100 at number 105.

Songs

In addition to "Come Monday," the album contains "Pencil Thin Mustache" another Buffett concert favorite. The two songs appear on most of his live albums and greatest hits compilations.

The album contains two cover songs: "Ballad of Spider John" written and originally performed by Willis Alan Ramsey and "God's Own Drunk" by Lord Buckley. Buffett's version of "Ballad of Spider John" is missing some of the lyrics of the original although he has included these in concert renditions. "Livingston's Gone to Texas" is a remake of Buffett's own song that was originally recorded for High Cumberland Jubilee (recorded 1971, released 1976). The version on Living & Dying in ¾ Time is a slower tempo, more country-sounding presentation and is missing the penultimate verse of the original.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Pencil Thin Mustache" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:47
2. "Come Monday" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:06
3. "Ringling, Ringling" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:32
4. "Brahma Fear" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:05
5. "Brand New Country Star" (V. Arnold, Jimmy Buffett) – 2:40
6. "Livingston's Gone to Texas" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:28

Side B:

1. "The Wino and I Know" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:00
2. "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:34
3. "Saxophones" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:18
4. "Ballad of Spider John" (Willis Alan Ramsey) – 4:26
5. "God's Own Drunk" (Lord Buckley) – 6:19