License to Chill is the twenty-fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and was released on July 13, 2004, by Mailboat and RCA Nashville.
On this album, Buffett has many duets with noted contemporary country music artists, on country songs including "Hey, Good Lookin'" by Hank Williams. This rendition reached No. 8 on the Billboard country singles charts; another single, "Trip Around the Sun" (a duet with Martina McBride) reached No. 20. A third single, a solo version of "Piece of Work", was released in early 2005. The album features the most covers he's recorded for an album – 11 of the 16 songs are covers. It sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan and became his album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
This is also the name of his 2004 concert tour, which included two shows at Boston's Fenway Park. In November 2005, Mailboat Records released Live at Fenway Park, a live recording of the two shows. Included was a 55-minute DVD of the show.
Track listing
Personnel
The Coral Reefer Band Jimmy Buffett – guitar Robert Greenidge – steel drums, timbales Doyle Grisham – pedal steel guitar Roger Guth – drums Mac McAnally – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals Ralph MacDonald – percussion Michael Utley – keyboards
Additional musicians Al Anderson – guitar Tony Brown – keyboards Eric Darken – percussion Stuart Duncan – fiddle Will Kimbrough – guitar Sonny Landreth – guitar Bill Payne – keyboards Buster Somar – harmonica Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Backing Vocals Tim Bender Bekka Bramlett Wes Hightower J. L. Jamison Stan Kellam Charleston Miles Buddy Owen Jim Photoglo Mike Ramos Nadirah Shakoor Harry Stinson Chris Walsh Rachel Wilson
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200 54 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 8 Chart (2005) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 30
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