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Rickie Lee Jones's second album, PIRATES, continues where her self-titled debut left off. With a record built upon storytelling, Jones resumes her role of poet laureate to the disenchanted and disconsolate. A strongly dynamic outing, the emotion of each song resonates in the detailed arrangements and freewheeling improvisations, the latter best epitomized by the funky party song, "Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking."
However, PIRATES is not a celebratory album. For the most part, this record is darker than its predecessor, and this tone yields even richer insights into Jones's art. For example, "Lucky Guy," a song Jones wrote about her relationship with singer Tom Waits, tells of love gone wrong and the resulting feeling of abandonment. Another poignant moment is the simple, almost plaintive refrain in "The Returns." On this song, Jones's sunken voice is buoyed by an unexpected lyric of hope. This piece, scored for a full orchestra, rounds out the otherwise melancholic quality of songs like "Skeletons" and the title track, "Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)." Rickie Lee Jones Pirates Songs Pirates Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   the best
she 's still got it. i bought this album and her self titled album in the seventies. the same albums on cassette in the late 80's, and have recently purchased them on cd. as you can see i must have rickie lee. so should you!
Submitted by charlie (belchertown, ma) 
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 A new classic
This album illustrates the point that there really were good, powerful female writer/preformers from the 90's. This is actually the third time I have bought this album, fist as a record, then a cassette tape.
It is true that not everything MS Jones produced was as good as Pirates, but this showed her potential to express the unexpressed and nebulus emotion that all humans share.
Thank you again, Rickie Lee, for standing up for art; in all it's amazing forms!
Submitted by Tedro2000 (South of Chicago, North of Memphis)
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Simply the best
If you like Ms. Jones music,it just does'nt get much better than this.
Mesmorizing,enlightning,thought provoking and Her vocals--2nd to none.
Gotta hear this.
Submitted by Ted (Renton, Wa.)
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Purchase Pirates CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Rickie Lee Jones Flying Cowboys CD (1989)
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Like only a handful of her contemporaries, Rickie Lee Jones creates music that defies clear-cut labeling. You can hear elements of old-school country, jazz, and a Fleetwood Mac-esque brand of pop in her tunes. Clearly though, her music is lyric driven, ...
| | Rickie Lee Jones CD (1979)
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In 1979, the inimitable Rickie Lee Jones emerged with her self-titled debut, which won her a Best New Artist Grammy, and her career was off and running. What makes Jones stand out in the crowd is her ability to gracefully combine various styles of music without creating a self-conscious ...
| | Rickie Lee Jones Magazine CD (1984)
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| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance from Bono in his earthly incarnation, fresh from an audience with President George W. Bush. It's to the band's credit that the charismatic singer fails to steal the show, despite creditable efforts via an anthemized version of Ryan Adams' beautifully downtempo "When the Stars Go Blue," and a great, leering rendition of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine."
Somewhat more mysteriously, Rolling Stone Ron Wood also turns up on what sounds dangerously close to a lounge version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," but this minor faux pas is redeemed by the Irish ...
| | Drive-By Truckers Southern Rock Opera CDs (2001) Digipak
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A sprawling two-disc set, the Drive-By Truckers' SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA is a cracked masterpiece that's enjoyable on several different levels. Hipsters might enjoy the giggly premise of a two-disc set devoted to a slightly altered retelling of the rise and fall of 1970s Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. Progressive rock fans lamenting the modern era's relative lack of story-driven albums divided into "Act I" and "Act II" will latch onto SOUTHERN ROCK OPERA with the same passion with which they embraced THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY. And most importantly, unreconstructed Southern rockers of the boogie-and-beer ...
| | Dredg Catch Without Arms CD (2005)
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Early on, critics often described Dredg as a metal group. However, the quartet has since matured into a hard-edged indie-rock ensemble that seeks diversity and refinement in its music. On CATCH WITHOUT ARMS, the band favors highly orchestrated parts, dense guitar riffs, and powerful drumming. Each song is based around memorable vocal hooks and sensitive lyrical content.
Many tracks on CATCH WITHOUT ARMS have a searching quality to them. Despite the sheer force ...
| | Milk Cult Love God CD (1992)
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Allegedly featuring the soundtrack to a short film by the same time that appears to involve convulsing, gelatinous blob men, Love God finds Milk Cult engaged in activity that makes Steel Pole Bath Tub seem tame, calm, and inviting. Instrumental credits run from Scotch tape to whipsaws and Maytag equipment, which is perfectly right for an ensemble who sounds like the masses of tools and appliances in America deciding to come to life and march on their users. Throughout Love God, the emphasis is clearly not on live playing but recording manipulation, tape use and abuse, and more besides. It's clear that the band is creating their own death metal crunches and the like, but like Portishead some years later, the idea seems to be to record it and then to deconstruct it to make the real song. If the turntable scratching isn't exactly going to have the DJs of the world shaking in their shoes, it's a way to make some ridiculous, chaotic noise -- listen to "Drag Strip Riot Dream Sequence" for how bizarrely well it comes out; the band knows exactly what they're doing. The "Love ...
| | Sniff'N The Tears Love/Action CD (1981) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | Clumsy Lovers After The Flood CD (2004)
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Would you expect a round of fingerpicking mayhem falling somewhere on the continental divide between Celtic and bluegrass to unfold over the rhythm from the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go," only to shift fluidly into a round of traditional-ish reels that echo the Charlie Daniels Band's moment in the sun? Well, would you? Welcome to the Clumsy Lovers' world, which begins somewhere west of Ontario and encompasses the lush lands of pop, rock, and belly laughter, not to mention the rousing traditions, instrumentation, and playing of the aforementioned disciplines. Road dogs by trade, these guys have been around for years. In fact, they were probably playing a nearby hall while you were wrapped up and struggling with your Tivo's head-up menu. They've also self-released plenty of material. Still, despite all of that, After the Flood is the Clumsy Lovers' first official release, with a producer (John Webster) and on a record label (Nettwerk) and everything. It's a pretty robust ride. Banjos, mandolin, fiddle, plenty of two-steppin' rhythm -- it's all here, guided by the everyman vocals and earthy lyrics of Trevor Rogers. "Everything's Okay" finds him almost rapping the verses before dropping a Cracker-ish chorus, while "Mercy" is a heartening, poppy, folksy singalong with fabulous fiddle work (and backing vocals) from Andrea Lewis. The similarly ...
| | Black Widow Sacrifice CD (2006) (Import) Limited Edition; Mini LP Sleeve
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| | Tania Fado Inspirado CD (2004)
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A first generation Portuguese-American, Tania came to know Fado as a child, listening to her godmother sing at family gatherings. With a profound passion for Portuguese music already established, she became exposed to the contemporary Fado singers of Portugal and with their recordings discovered that modern Fado was dynamic and powerful. This new sound of Fado motivated ...
| | Crystal Method Drive CD (2008)
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Veteran L.A. electronica duo Crystal Method are all about making their work a practical, functional part of people's lives; they've composed music for video ...
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