Like many albums by (I'll say diplomatically) "experienced artists" I review, Banana Wind is a shooting star in the top 10 rankings. Last week it was at #4, this week it's #6, and it never appears in the top 10 again.

That's about right for this Jimmy Buffett album, the second I've reviewed. It's not a great album. The most interesting thing on the album is the song Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship which has the lines

A woman on a mission, quite familiar with quasars Her heart is in the kitchen, but her soul is in the stars

When I heard this song I laughed because it's such a ridiculous rhyme.

That's the beginning and the end of what's interesting about this album. Like the other Buffett album, this one should be forgotten.

Debuting and peaking at #5, Fruitcakes by Jimmy Buffett is not my usual fare.

The title song, Fruitcakes, is basically a middle aged man ranting about his opinions. I'm now a middle aged man and I realize how valuable my opinions are (not very), and I don't need to hear Jimmy's opinions, either. There are a few covers on this album that don't try anything very different from the originals, which I dislike and find pointless. About the nicest thing to say about the songs on his album is that they are definitely by Jimmy Buffett.

Looking at the various streaming music services, only one song from this album (Fruitcakes) cracks Jimmy Buffett's top 40 most-played songs. This album peaked at #5 due to the strength of his past catalog and then quickly fell out of the top ten. This is not a great album and deserves to stay mostly forgotten.