''Beach House on the Moon'' is the twenty-third studio album by American singer-songwriter

Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman. He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapis ...

and was released on May 24, 1999. It is his second and last studio album released on Island Records and the last release of Margaritaville Records. It reached number 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.

Songs

The song "Math Suks" caused a minor and brief media frenzy over Jimmy Buffett's seeming disdain for math education. The lyrics tell of the author's frustration as a

math Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

student. The song's lyrics refer to hearing the phrase "Math sucks" on an interview on TV, though Buffett later noted that the inspiration actually came from

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on a bridge in

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. (updated link: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.284.5421.1763b) Mathematical terms are used in a superficial way in the song, which drew criticism from mathematicians and mathematics teachers. The song was condemned by the US

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and the

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for its alleged negative effect on children's education.

Track listing

Personnel

The
Coral Reefer Band The Coral Reefer Band is the touring and recording band of American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett (until Buffett's death in September 2023). The band's name alludes to both coral reefs (in line with Buffett's tropical-themed music) and "reefe ...

* Keyboards: Michael Utley * Harmonica: Greg "Fingers" Taylor * Steel drums: Robert Greenidge * Percussion: Ralph MacDonald * Drums: Roger Guth * Guitar: Jimmy Buffett, Peter Mayer, Mac McAnally * Bass guitar: Jim Mayer * Saxophone: Amy Lee, Tom Mitchell * Trumpet: John Lovell * Vocals: Peter Mayer, Jim Mayer, Mac McAnally, Nadirah Shakoor, Tina Gullickson

Additional musicians

Steel guitar A steel guitar () is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar i ...

: Doyle Grisham ("If you hear steel guitar it's Doyle.")CD Liner Notes, p.17 *

Slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

: Jack Pearson (Tracks 3, 7, 5, and 10) * Bass guitar:

David Hood David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is an American musician, hailing from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, He is known for playing the bass guitar and trombone, and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Early life and education Hood was b ...

(Tracks 3, 6, 7, and 10) * Drums: Roger Hawkins (Tracks 3, 6, 7, and 10) * Flute: Bill Miller (Track 1) * Fiddle:

Stuart Duncan Stuart Ian Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school ...

(Tracks 7 and 10) *

Tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

: Jim Horn (Track 6) *

Accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

: Marc Savoy (Track 7) * Vocals:

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(Track 6)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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