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Son of a Son of a Sailor by  ReleasedMarch 17, 1978Recorded1977, Length34:09
AA-1046 (, ) chronology
()Son of a Son of a Sailor
(1978)
()Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRating(mixed)B

Son of a Son of a Sailor is the eighth studio  by  popular music  . It was initially released in March  as  AA-1046 and later rereleased on its successor label, .

Chart performance

Son of a Son of a Sailor reached #10 on the  album chart and #6 on the  chart. The album was also .

Three singles from the album charted including "" (#32 on the ), "Livingston Saturday Night" (#52 Hot 100; #91 on the Billboard  chart), and "Mañana" (#84 Country).

Songs

Two of the songs on Son of a Son of a Sailor are written by  and the remainder are written by Buffett. "" from the album appears on all of Buffett's major greatest hits collections and is a perennial concert favorite, one of "The Big 8" songs that he has played at almost every concert and which is the namesake of the . Buffett had recorded a significantly different version of "Livingston Saturday Night" for the 1975 . The Son of a Son of a Sailor version of the song also appeared on the  to the 1978 movie  that featured a  by Buffett.

Track listing MENU 0:00 Perennial concert favorite and the first single from Son of a Son of a Sailor Problems playing this file? See .

All songs written by , except where noted.

"" – 3:23 "Fool Button" – 2:47 "The Last Line" (Keith Sykes) – 3:38 "Livingston Saturday Night" – 3:09 "" – 2:51 "Coast of Marseilles" (Keith Sykes) – 5:02 "Cowboy in the Jungle" – 5:06 "Mañana" – 4:00 "African Friend" – 4:21