SUMMER ALBUM ROUNDUP : In Brief
** Jimmy Buffett, “Fruitcakes,” Margaritaville/MCA. When Ray Davies sang about “lazing on a sunny afternoon,” it was a mocking condemnation of the leisure class. Buffett’s new version of the Kinks klassic sounds like a personal creed, as the bard of the easy life floats through yet another album of whimsical rhymes and tall tales. Parrot-heads, come and get it.
New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to four (excellent).
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