One Particular Harbour

Songs

In addition to songs written or co-written by Buffett (including one with J.D. Souther and Josh Leo), the album includes four cover songs: "Stars on the Water" by country songwriter Rodney Crowell, "California Promises" by Steve Goodman, and "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison, as well as "Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart?" written by the Neville Brothers' Art Neville. Buffett's version of "Stars on the Water" also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1993 movie The Firm.

Chart performance

One Particular Harbour reached #59 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #35 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The song "One Particular Harbour" hit #22 Adult Contemporary and "Brown Eyed Girl" made it to #13 Adult Contemporary.

Critical reception

Allmusic reviewer William Ruhlmann says One Particular Harbour was something like a comeback, with Buffett's best batch of songs since Son of a Son of a Sailor in 1978" and the title single, "One Particular Harbour," is a fan favorite, and is sometimes considered part of "The Big 8" that Buffett has played at almost all of his concerts.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "Stars on the Water" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:16
2. "I Used to Have Money One Time" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 3:25
3. "Livin' It Up" (Jimmy Buffett, Josh Leo, J.D. Souther) – 2:59
4. "California Promises" (Steve Goodman) – 3:42
5. "One Particular Harbour" (Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb) – 5:44

Side 2:

1. "Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart?" (Arthur Neville) – 2:42
2. "Honey Do" (Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley) – 4:32
3. "We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About" (Jimmy Buffett) – 3:21
4. "Twelve Volt Man" (Jimmy Buffett) – 4:00
5. "Brown Eyed Girl" (Van Morrison) – 3:55
6. "Distantly In Love" (Jimmy Buffett) – 2:53

Personnel

The Coral Reefer Band:

Singles