Don't Stop the Carnival (Jimmy Buffett album)

Don't Stop the Carnival is Jimmy Buffett's 22nd studio album, and his first for Island Records after leaving MCA. It's named after the 1965 Herman Wouk novel that inspired a short-run stage play in Miami, which Buffett produced alongside Wouk. The album was released to promote the play, and features 20 compositions related to its themes. It reached #15 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Don't Stop the Carnival
Studio album by Jimmy Buffett
Released	April 28, 1998
Recorded	1:05:32
Genre	Country rock Gulf and Western
Label	Margaritaville Island
Producer	Michael Utley
Jimmy Buffett chronology
Christmas Island (1996) Don't Stop the Carnival (1998) Beach House on the Moon (1999)

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Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Buffett.

1. Intro: The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja — 7:01
2. Public Relations — 3:57
3. Calaloo — 3:15
4. Island Fever — 4:34
5. Sheila Says — 3:55
6. Just an Old Truth Teller — 3:34
7. Henny's Song: The Key to My Man — 3:10
8. Kinja Rules — 3:48
9. A Thousand Steps to Nowhere — 5:24
10. It's All About the Water — 2:21
11. Champagne Sí, Agua No — 1:44
12. Public Relations (Reprise) — 1:25
13. The Handiest Frenchman in the Caribbean — :50
14. Hippolyte's Habitat (Qui Moun' Qui) — 3:10
15. Who Are We Trying to Fool? — 4:35
16. Fat Person Man — 3:28
17. Up on the Hill — 4:10
18. Domicile — 0:37
19. Funeral Dance — 0:51
20. Time to Go Home — 6:03