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Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads Sea Songs

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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.

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Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski hatched the idea for Rogue's Gallery while filming "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"--that idea being to cast genteel rock superstars like Bono, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Andre Corr, and Sting to reinterpret gritty seafaring standards for an exhaustive 43-track double-disc set produced by Hal Wilner. Throw in a bunch of credible folk stars (Loudon Wainwright III, Richard Thompson), their offspring (Rufus, Teddy) and a string of other curious characters (Jarvis Cocker, Antony) and what results is one of the strangest compilations in recent memory, if not exactly the most historically authentic or, well, digestible. Nick Cave embraces the role just a little too hard on "Fire Down Below," while Ferry can't help but sound like he's singing for the cast of "The Love Boat," but cut through the chaff and there is some real bootie here: Bono's "Dying Sailor to His Shipmates," Jolie Holland's "The Grey Funnel Line" and "Boney" by a mysterious tramp called Jack Sh**, which must be some kind of anagram for Johnny Depp. --Aidin Vaziri

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.61 x 0.54 x 4.91 inches; 4.64 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Anti
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Anti
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000GGSMD0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 146 ratings

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3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
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WORST folk album.
1 Star
WORST folk album.
This is one of the absolute worst albums I have ever listened to. I can't tell if it's pretentious BS 'art or just a drunken jam session with some severely awful artists. The only good songs are Hog Eye Man by Martin Carthy and My Son John and Fathom the Bowl by John C Reilly. This is a MAJOR dissapointment. I was expecting genuine folk music with a pirate flair, instead got this backwards, awful garbage.
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Grawk
5.0 out of 5 stars Pirates aren't G rated, and Hal's not working for the Smithsonian
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2011
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Hal Willner's genius always floors me. He isn't looking for the easy path, or the comfortable one. The musicians take risks, and we benefit from them. Pirates didn't live an easy life, and what pleasure they took wasn't a pleasure "gentle society" would appreciate. This music evokes that. It's filled with pain and joy and suffering, and is beautiful. If you like this collection, you should definitely check out everything else he's put out (Lost in the Stars, Stay Awake (another collection that will definitely disappoint people expecting disney fare), Weird Nightmares, etc).

I am firmly of the opinion that any music lover should give this a chance, but don't come to it expecting a sanitized disney pirate, or a historical re-enactment society's version. Instead, you get the spirit of the music, and the beauty that can only be expressed through pain and suffering.
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Robert Mattingly
4.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2012
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This collection of seafaring songs is Good, Bad & Ugly. The Ugly first, because they are few:
David Thomas is atrocious with Dan Dan (fortunately less than 1 minute) and What Do You Do
With The (A) Drunken Sailor. Drunken Sailor may be the best known shanty of the 20th century,
but this version should be kept in Davy Jones locker. It sounds as though you are in a haunted
house at a cheap carnival and in the distance someone is trying to find the words to the song.
A Drop of Nelson's Blood (AKA: Roll the Old Chariot Along) is a classic shanty. The title is a double
entendre. First describing the courage and cleverness of Admiral Nelson, but also the brandy
(or, in later lyrics, the gin, the beer, the wine, etc.) that his body was was placed in. Jarvis Cocker
(former frontman for Pulp) plays it on this cd. It starts as a funeral dirge, then devolves into
The Doors having a bad trip. Baby Gramps would have made the ugly cut on first hearing Cape Cod
Girls, but not now. His voice can sound just like a didgeridoo, which is handy in a song with
"bound away for Australia" in the lyrics. The Bad (and by that I mean bawdy) are excellent:
Fire Down Below, Baltimore Whores & Good Ship Venus are well done, but may be too explicit
for some ears. Finally, The Good: Loudon Wainwright III, singer of Dead Skunk in the Middle of the
Road & actor on MASH (among others), sings Good Ship Venus & Turkish Revelry about perfectly.
While on the subject of actors, John C. Reilly does an admirable job with My Son John & Fathom The Bowl.
Sting, of course, is top notch. With his Blood Red Roses you can almost see sailors on a ship in the south
Atlantic working in unison. The rest of the songs in this collection would rate middlin' to excellent.
I suggest buying Rogue's Gallery, but I can't give 5 stars. I hope you enjoy it.
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L. Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Another AWESOME Hal Willner production, warts & all
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2011
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I am not going to get into all the details of each tune as that has been done by other reviewers. All I know is that once I loaded each disc in my CD player, I had to listen to ALL of it. While I am no sea shanty - or even traditional folk - archivist, the selections here are authentic enough. One may not like the various interpretations for one reason or another, but this is a fantastic compilation with some truly outstanding performances. While I am no die-hard Bono fan, his ghostly, atmospheric take on "A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates" sent chills up my spine.
I suppose it's not for everyone, but heck - what is? A great addition to the traditional/eclectic catalogue; and, again, kudos to Hal Willner for getting things like these together in a fearless, irreverent mode.
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KCR
1.0 out of 5 stars Authentic, but disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2007
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Maybe I am too coddled by the commercial visual and aural aspects of pirates these days, but I was disappointed in this CD. Yes, it was authentic, and yes, I do appreciate the historical, but it was just not a fun listen. I purchased this CD for two reasons: 1, my 11-year-old daughter's pirate birthday party and 2, as oral rhetoric for my composition class and a section on pirate history. It was too salty for the first and only a little better for the second. I would guess that this was primarily my fault for not researching better before I bought, but it wasn't what I expected, regardless of my research or lack thereof.
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collegemoney
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the cover and title fool ya'!
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2007
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The first two tunes give you an idea of the musical gamet being covered here, Baby Gramps ("I gargled with battery acid before I sang this song") followed by Richard Thompson's appealing and ever reliable folk charm. Most of the time, the performances track the former of these paths, with music evocative of the old "Rough Trade" record label. Barbed wire guitars and such; artists like Tom Waits, The Pogues and Tom Russell would have been welcomed in this compilation. I suppose few have ever tried to romanticize the buccaneer life, and surely this material doesn't. The most base and debauched of what one usually associates with pirating is often the focus. Rum and the lash. Not for the faint of heart, and worthy of a warning label about the lyrics which, in places (i. e. the Loudon Wainright tune), are bawdy limeriks set to music. The package is especially misleading to those looking for a "Smithsonian Institute" recording of traditional seafaring material, especially with the cover art, Howard Pyle's "Marooned," one of the most famous paintings on the subject of pirate life, which has graced a fine book or two. Some good tunes in here, to be sure, which may grow on you as an acquired taste. For example, Van Dyke Parks wry "Greenland Whale Fisheries," with the underpinning baritone sax and darkly humorous analysis of the sea captain's value system. Just know what you are getting.
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howardbrubaker
5.0 out of 5 stars gooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed in Japan on May 31, 2013
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「Son of Rogues Gallery:Pirate Ballads Se 」と対という感じでしょうか。
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OSONOSANDA
4.0 out of 5 stars 独特の雰囲気が楽しい
Reviewed in Japan on August 8, 2013
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もう一方のROGUE'S　GALLERYを購入した後に、このアルバムの存在を知り購入しました。懐かしいアーティストの名前もあったりして、本当に独特の雰囲気をずっと味わえる
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Liam McKervey
3.0 out of 5 stars The CD arrived without the song information booklet
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2022
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I like the CD but am sadly disappointed that the song information leaflet/booklet was missing
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Amazon Beachboy
3.0 out of 5 stars ジャケット買い
Reviewed in Japan on May 24, 2015
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何にしてもジャケットが気に入って衝動買いしました。　遠い昔の船乗り唄の世界なので、トラディショナルに近い演唱を期待しましたが、少々現代的過ぎて小生には合いませんでした。
「パイレーツ・オブ・カリビアン」のシーンを想い浮かべながら聴くには良いかも知れません。
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