Banana Wind is the twentieth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on MCA and Margaritaville Records on June 4, 1996, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200.
Songs
"Jamaica Mistaica" is about an incident in Jamaica on January 16, 1996, in which local authorities mistook Buffett's seaplane, the Hemisphere Dancer, for a smuggling operation. The plane was shot; shortly before, Buffett, U2's Bono, and Island Records producer Chris Blackwell had been aboard. No one was injured, though there were several bullet holes in the plane. (The plane itself is now on display at Universal CityWalk, across from Buffett's Margaritaville restaurant.[citation needed]) "Desdemona's Building a Rocketship" concerns the character Desdemona from Buffett's 1992 novel Where Is Joe Merchant? The song "False Echoes (Havana 1921)" references the ship captained by Jimmy's grandfather, the five-masted barkentineChickamauga, named after the civil war vessel CSS Chickamauga.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Roger Guth, Peter Mayer and Jim Mayer, except where noted.
Track list
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Only Time Will Tell"
4:12
2.
"Jamaica Mistaica"
5:54
3.
"School Boy Heart"
Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton
4:35
4.
"Banana Wind" (instrumental)
3:57
5.
"Holiday"
Jimmy Buffett, Ralph MacDonald, Bill Eaton, William Salter
