Don't Stop the Carnival is the twenty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released on Margaritaville Records and Island Records on April 28, 1998. Based on the 1965 novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk. Wouk also worked with Buffett to produce the Don't Stop the Carnival stage play that lasted only a short run in Miami. The album includes 20 original compositions by Jimmy that were recorded to promote the stage play. It reached #15 in the Billboard 200 albums chart. This was Buffett's first album for Island Records since leaving MCA Records in 1996.

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 Si, Agua No — 1:44
12. Public Relations (Reprise) — 1:25
13. The Handiest Frenchmen 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

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