Various Artists - Rogue`s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys

Artist:

Various Artists

Description:

Overseen by Hal Willner, and featuring a remarkably eclectic artist roster that includes Sting, Nick Cave, Bono, and David Thomas, this collection of ancient work songs from the days of sail is a treasure trove of undiscovered minor classics. Jarvis Cocker sings "A Drop of Nelson`s Blood," while Bryan Ferry splices the mainbrace with a rendition of "The Cruel Ship`s Captain," Loudon Wainwright III puts hairs on his chest singing some of the myriad stanzas of "The Good Ship Venus," and 1960s folk scene mover and shaker Bobby Neuwirth bends his back to the strains of "Haul in the Bowline."

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

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 - Three Pruned Men
7. Cruel Ship`s Captain, The - Bryan Ferry
8. Dead Horse - Robin Holcomb
9. Spanish Ladies - Bill Frisell
10. Coast of High Barbary - Joseph Arthur
11. Haul Away Joe - Mark Anthony Thompson
12. Dan Dan - David Thomas
13. Blood Red Rosessally Brown - Sting
14. Lowlands Away - Rufus Wainwright/Kate McGarrigle
15. Baltimore Whores - Gavin Friday
16. Rolling Sea - Eliza Carthy
17. Mermaid, The - Martin Carthy & The UK Group
18. Haul on the Bowline - Bob Neuwirth
19. Dying Sailor to His Shipmates, A - Bono
20. Bonnie Portmore - Lucinda Williams
21. Shenandoah - Richard Greene/Jack Shit
22. Cry of Man, The - Mary Margaret O`Hara

DISC 2:

1. Boney Was a Warrior - Jack Shit
2. Good Ship Venus - Loudon Wainwright III
3. Long Time Ago - White Magic
4. Pinery Boy - Nick Cave
5. Lowlands Low - Bryan Ferry/Antony
6. One Spring Morning - Akron/Family
7. Hog-Eye Man - Martin Carthy & Family
8. Fiddler, The - Richard Greene/Ricky Jay
9. Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold - Andrea Corr
10. Fathom the Bowl - John C. Reilly
11. What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor - David Thomas
12. Farewell Nancy - Ed Harcourt
13. Hanging Johnny - Stan Ridgway
14. Old Man of the Sea - Baby Gramps
15. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Van Dyke Parks
16. Shallow Brown - Sting
17. Grey Funnel Line, The - Jolie Holland
18. Drop of Nelson`s Blood, A - Jarvis Cocker
19. Leave Her Johnny - Lou Reed
20. Little Boy Billee - Ralph Steadman

Album Information

Release Date:

07/11/2006

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Folk

Label:

Anti (USA)

Producer:

Johnny Depp; Gore Verbinski; Hal Willner

Catalog Number:

86817

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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