Living & Dying in 3/4 Time

Living & Dying in ¾ Time is the fourth album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the second major label album in Buffett's Don Gant-produced "Key West phase." It was initially released in February 1974 as Dunhill DS-50132 and later rereleased on Dunhill's successor labels ABC and MCA. It contains the song "Come Monday," his first Top 40 hit single. Despite the title, there are no songs on the album in ¾ time signature. Four tracks use 12/8 time: "Pencil Thin Mustache", "Brand New Country Star", "God's Own Drunk", and "West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown," with a repeating 17 bar pattern, actually making the true time signature of this song's verses 51/8. The lyrics of "Nautical Wheelers" on Buffett's subsequent...