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License to Chill
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Release Date: July 13, 2004
Label: RCA and Mailboat Records





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For song lyrics, go here.

Track Listing:

1. Hey Good Lookin’ — 3:03
        Hank Williams
2. Boats to Build — 2:54
        Guy Clark
3. License to Chill — 3:56
        Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, Alan Anderson
4. Coast of Carolina — 3:41
        Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally
5. Piece of Work — 3:20
        Will Kimbrough
6. Anything, Anytime, Anywhere — 3:25
        Bruce Cockburn
7. Trip Around the Sun — 3:19
        Al Anderson
8. Simply Complicated — 2:15
        Jimmy Buffett, Bill Withers
9. Coastal Confessions — 5:27
        Jimmy Buffett
10. Sea of Heartbreak — 4:01
        Paul Hampton, Hal David
11. Conky Tonkin’ — 3:47
        Jimmy Buffett, Bingo Gubelman
12. Playin’ the Loser Again — 3:04
        Bill Withers
13. Window on the World — 3:35
        John Hiatt
14. Someone I Used to Love — 3:27
        Bruce Cockburn
15. Scarlet Begonias — 4:33
        Robert Hunter
16. Back to the Island — 3:22
        Leon Russell



Buffett’s thirty-fourth album was called “License to Chill.”

Notes on the album:
-“License to Chill” featured many top country stars.
-3 singles were released, “Hey Good Lookin’” - #8 Billboard Country Charts, #1 CMT Top 20 Videos, “Trip Around the Sun” - #20 Billboard Country Charts, #1 CMT Top 20 Videos, and “Piece of Work”.
-The album was Jimmy’s first #1 album, charting at #1 on the Billboard Country Charts and #1 on the Billboard 200.
-3 songs were cut from the album, “Fools Paradise”, “Weather With You”, and “Like Cats and Dogs.”


Liner Notes –

Produced by Mac McAnally and Michael Utley for Mailboat Records

The Coral Reefer Band -

Jimmy Buffett - Guitar and Vocals
Michael Utley - Keyboards
Robert Greenidge -  Steel Drums, Timbales
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Roger Guth - Drums
Mac McAnally - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Doyle Grisham - Pedal Steel Guitar
Bill Payne - Keyboards
Sonny Landreth - Guitar
Will Kimbrough - Guitar
Glenn Worf - Bass Guitar

Tony Brown - Keyboards
Eric Darken - Percussion
Al Anderson - Guitar
Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
Buster Somar - Harmonica

Background Vocals - Mac McAnally, Nadirah Shakoor, Harry Stinson, Jim Photoglo, Bekka Bramlett, West Hightower, Rachel Wilson

Engineered by Alan Schulman and Chris Stone
Production Coordinator - Mike Ramos
Studio Manager, Drums, Percussion and Steel Drum Tech - J.L. Jamison
Technician/Synthesizer Programming - Michael Klvana
Technician/Guitars - Doug Breidenbach
Computer Technician - Rodney Gnoinsky
Production Assistants - Rick Humes, Tim Bender, Jarrett Przybyszewski, Bud Fox (Mr. Miracle
Project Coordinator - Nina Avramides
Keeper of the Myth - Sunshine Smith
MHI Representative - Charlie Hood
Video Director - Stan Kellam
Security - Charleston Miles
Mixed at La La Land in Muscle Shoals,  Alabama by Alan Schulman and Chris Stone
Mastered by Jim Demain at Yes Master, Nashville, TN, Assisted by Marc Chevalier

Key West Recording -

Shrimp Boat Sound Studio, Assisted by J.L. Jamison

Nashville Recordings -

Seventeen Grand Recording and Sound Emporium Recording Studio
Assisted by Jay Fenistermaker

Blackbird Recording Studio, Assisted by Vance Powell

Special Thanks to the following for their vocal talents on License to Chill: Buddy Owen, Mike Ramos, J.L. Jamison, Charleston Miles, Stan Kellam, Tim Bender, Mike Utley, Mac McAnally, Chris Walsh

Special Thanks: HK Management, Howard Kaufman, Lynda Lou Bouch, Gelfand Rennert & Feldman, Irwin Rennert, John Cohlan, Ilga Berzins, Charlie Fernandez, Cindy Thompson, Kathryn Pechenik at Pro Travel, Beth "Gimme Three Steps" Slagsvol, Trevor Robinson, Dick Boak at Martin Guitars, Allison Stewart, Norma Strait, Lisa Hartman, Monty Hitchcock, Jonni Hartman, John McBride, Kevin Boucher, Ray Masiero, Heikki Larsen, Ross Alexander, Tim at A-440 Piano Tuning, Margaritaville Cafe, B.O.’s Fish Wagon, Maya Martinez at Hilton Key West Resort, A-440 Piano Tuning, Bob Scott, Bob Delson