Floridays

Floridays is the fifteenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in June 1986 as MCA 5730 and was produced by Coral Reefer Band member Michael Utley and recorded and mixed by Jay Rifkin. The title of the album is taken from the 1941 poetry collection of the same name by Don Blanding. The album marks the end of Buffett's shift toward a more country sound that characterized his previous two releases and a return to a sound closer to that of his late 1970s and early 1980s output. The album features a wider variety of musical instruments than was typical for Buffett's previous works, notably several songs with strings and horns. His daughter Savannah Jane Buffett is credited for playing mini-conga on the album. It was also his last studio album to feature Jimmy Buffett's trademark mustache, before he shaved it off for the next album Hot Water in 1988.

All of the album's songs were written or co-written by Buffett (with the title track and "First Look" being his first solo credits since One Particular Harbour) except for "If It All Falls Down" written by Coral Reefer Band member Matt Betton. "I Love The Now" was co-written with actress and author Carrie Fisher.

The songs "First Look" and "When the Coast is Clear" later appeared on the box setBoats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, and "Creola" appeared on Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection. Buffett rearranged the song "Floridays" for the 2006 film Hoot, in which he co-starred.

Floridays reached No. 67 on the Billboard 200 album chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. None of the album's three singles charted.

La banda Coral Reefer :

• Jimmy Buffett – Guitarra acústica
• Reggie Young – Guitarra eléctrica
• Josh Leo – Guitarra eléctrica y acústica
• Willie Weeks – Bajo
• Michael Utley – Teclados
• Vince Melamed – Teclados
• Matt Betton – Batería
• Sam Clayton – Congas
• Robert Greenidge – Tambores de acero, timbales
• Ralph MacDonald – Bongos, congas, pandereta y otras percusiones
• Greg "Dedos" Taylor – Armónica
• Savannah Jane Buffett – Mini-conga
• Josh Leo , Vince Melamed, Harry Stinson , Sam Clayton, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge , David Lasley, Cameron Grillo, Gene Van Buren, Phyllis Duncan, Deborah Hall, Helen Duncan Benard – coros

• “I Love the Now” cara B “No Plane on Sunday” (Publicado en MCA 52849 en 1986)
• "Creola" cara B "You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again" (Lanzado en MCA 52932 en septiembre de 1986)
• "Take It Back" cara B "Floridays" (Publicado en MCA 53035 en enero de 1987)

1986 trajo consigo otra gira de verano, esta vez para promocionar el álbum Floridays , con todas las paradas habituales. ^{[ 2 ]}