Music CD - Various Artists: Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys

	Music CD: Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys Artist: Various Artists List Price: $21.98 Our Price: $15.67 Your Save: $ 6.31 ( 29% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Anti
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Tracks: 1. Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps 2. Mingulay Boat Song - Richard Thompson 3. My Son John - John C. Reilly 4. Fire Down Below - Nick Cave 5. Turkish Revelry - Loudon Wainwright III 6. Bully In The Alley - The Old Prunes 7. The Cruel Ship's Captain - Bryan Ferry 8. Dead Horse - Robin Holcomb 9. Spansih Ladies - Bill Frisell 10. High Barbary - Joseph Arthur 11. Haul Away Joe - Mark Anthony Thompson 12. Dan Dan - David Thomas 13. Blood Red Roses - Sting 14. Sally Brown - Teddy Thompson 15. Lowlands Away - Rufus Wainwright & Kate McGarrigle 16. Baltimore Whores - Gavin Friday 17. Rolling Sea - Eliza McCarthy 18. Haul On The Bowline - Bob Neuwirth 19. Dying Sailor to His Shipmates - Bono 20. Bonnie Portmore - Lucinda Williams 21. The Mermaid - Martin Carthy & the UK Group 22. Shenandoah - Richard Greene & Jack Shit 23. The Cry Of Man - Mary Margaret O'Hara
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0045778681723 Label: Anti Manufacturer: Anti Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Anti Release Date: 2006-08-22 Studio: Anti
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great soundtrack Comment: I am not listening to it often, but I used it for music background in a theatre design I did for treasure island and it came in very handy. Its got a good selection of music. Customer Rating: Summary: Piracy on the high Cs Comment: If you are looking for a CD that gives you a historical sense of the sound and lilt of sea chanteys and such, this is not for you. This album mixes fairly straightforward renditions of 19th and 18th century sea songs and work chanteys with some rather peculiar takes on the genre. The Johnny Depp connection is rather distant, ISTM, and seems present as an indirect tie-in to his "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. If you are are interested in a more faithful rendition of the genre, I suggest "Blow, Ye Winds, in the Morning" by John Langstaff and the Revels crew. Customer Rating: Summary: Very good Comment: I really like these CDs -- Some don't follow the traditional songs, but they have the heart of them. If you are looking for straight traditional this might not be for you. Customer Rating: Summary: Dreadful and Alarming Comment: There is a very good chance genuine Pirates could have voices of varying and unusual quality so I will not criticize some of the unique sounds emanating from the CD. However what a mishmash of quality, some good some bad.How about authenticity? What IS this set of CD's? A curiousity methinks, very little else. Customer Rating: Summary: Despite the validity of artistic interpretation... Comment: ...and the reputation of Hal Willner, neither can account for how well over half of this album is nigh-unlistenable. If it wasn't touted as being produced by two well known people who made a very traditional pirate movie, then I could accept the decidedly non-traditional nature of the majority of the songs. Traditionalists: Stay away, or find the handful of songs that are salvageable elsewhere. Non-traditionalists: Stop ragging on the traditionalists for griping about this badly mis-marketed album. That's fine if you like it. I and many others don't. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: While working on the two "Pirates Of The Carribean" films, Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski became fascinated with the lore and fable of the pirates and sailors who ran the high seas. Enter legendary producer Hal Wilner, who brings his knack for matching maverick musicians with extraordinary material. Artists on this double disc set include Bono, Sting, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed, Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, and many more. "Rogue's Gallery" offers a look at the hardships, the horrors, the lusts and lurid depths, and the crystal beauty that led men to the sea in ships for hundreds of years.