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Off to See the Lizard
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Release Date: June 26, 1989
Label: MCA Records





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Track Listing:

1. Carnival World — 3:56
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth
2. Take Another Road — 3:40
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth
3. That’s My Story and I’m Stickin’ to It — 4:23
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
4. Why the Things We Do — 3:57
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth
5. Gravity Storm — 2:49
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
6. Off to See the Lizard — 4:12
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
7. Bommerang Love — 5:18
        Jimmy Buffett
8. Strange Bird — 4:19
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
9. I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever — 5:18
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
10. The Pascagoula Run — 3:18
        Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
11. Mermaid in the Night — 2:27
        Jay Oliver, Roger Guth
12. Changing Channels — 3:29
        Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally



Buffett’s nineteenth studio album was called “Off to See the Lizard.”

Notes on the album:
-“Lizard” was the first album with much of the current Coral Reefer Band..
-2 singles were released, “Carnival World” and “Take Another Road” - #18 Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. A video for “Take Another Road” was made but never saw the light of day until 2000’s “Tales from Margaritavision”.
-The album sold well, charting at #57 on the Billboard 200.


Liner Notes –

Produced by Elliot Scheiner and Jimmy Buffett for MCA Records

The Coral Reefer Band -

Jimmy Buffett - Guitar and Vocals
Jay Oliver - Keyboards and Percussion
Peter Mayer - Guitars
Jim Mayer - Bass
Roger Guth - Drums
Robert Greenidge - Steel Drums
Michael Utley - Organ
Greg "Fingers" Taylor - Harmonica
Ralph MacDonald - Perucssion
Horns - "The Nuff Brothers" - Alan Rubin, Birch Johnson, Lew Marini
Background Singers - Diana Canova, Sheryl Crow, Frank Floyd, Peter Mayer, Timothy B. Schmit

Arrangements by Jay Oliver
Recorded & Remixed by Elliot Scheiner
Additional Engineering - Tim Leitner
Assistant Engineers: Scott Canto, Barbara Milne, Joe Pirrera & Rich Travali
Special Technical Assistance - J.L. Jamison
Project Coordinator - Ivy Skoff
Recorded at The Hit Factory - New York & Shrimpboat Sound - Key West
Remixed at The Hit Factory - New York
Original Mastering - Ted Jenson, Sterling Sound, New York
Production Coordinators - Sunshine Smith and Nina Avramides-Berducat
Design & Art Direction by Kosh and Amy Dakos
Photography - Jean Pagliuso
Assistant Photography - Richard Reed
Management - H.K. Management, Los Angeles
Dedicated to Joseph Campbell and Bruce Chadwick whose words and thoughts were an inspiration
To Charlie Allen and Lt. Jim "Amos" Anderson whose spirits linger with me though their days on the planet were far too few