Sea Shanties 2

Sea Shanties | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Playasound
• ASIN: B000005G2D
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,551,576 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Coasts of High Barbarie

2. Maggie May

3. Blow the Man Down

4. All for Me Grog

5. Davey Hornpipe

6. Rollin' of the Sea

7. Spanish Ladies

8. New York Girls

9. The Bonnie Lady

10. Botany Bay

11. Mingulay Boat Song

12. Rights of Man and off to California

13. Wind Inside the Main

14. Shenandoah

15. The Mermaid

16. A Roving

17. The Catalpa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This set of shanties is too polished., August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sea Shanties 2 (Audio CD)

I have been looking for a good CD of traditional sea shanties. This is not it. The songs are too polished for my taste. Although the songs are cleanly performed, they lack any true feeling of authenticity. All songs are accompanied by instruments, none a cappella. Too bad.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Different but Merry Take, January 16, 2003

By 

Allen Ruch (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sea Shanties 2 (Audio CD)

Anyone looking for a collection of authentic shanties sung in the traditional salty manner may be disappointed by this collection -- but I still recommend it, because it has a charm all its own. Imagine a crew of familiar sailors in port, drinking at their favorite watering hole, raising their voices in song with a rather saucy barmaid. That's pretty much the atmosphere conveyed by this CD, which has a "live" feel, and includes the talents of a lassie named Heather Mitchell. While it might be jarring to hear a woman's voice mixed in with a chorus cursing the bosun, she positively lights up classics like "Maggie May" and "New York Girls." And Stuart Bougen's no slouch, either, investing the songs with a cheerfully wry spirit. Again, not the most "authentic" recording, but certainly quite festive, and I recommend it if you enjoy traditional folk sessions at your local pub.

3.0 out of 5 stars easy to sing along with, but not authentic, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sea Shanties 2 (Audio CD)

I agree with the other reviewer that the performances aren't traditional, but if you want a CD of shanteys that you can just sing along with while stuck in traffic, this one's at least good for that -- most of the songs performed are upbeat singalongs or perky hornpipes. However, if you're interested in learning more traditional versions or in performances that are more historically accurate to the originals, then I'd skip this one.