Various Artists- ROGUE'S GALLERY: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys

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Various Artists- ROGUE'S GALLERY: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys- 2CD- 2006-
- ANTI, Inc.- 045778681723- 150 grn
While working on the two Pirates Of The Caribbean 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 HALL WILLNER, 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. 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 HALL WILLNER. 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. Producer HALL WILLNER has made a specialty of matching maverick artists, often in unexpected pairings, with surprising material; in 2006, he offered up a supreme example with the first volume of ROGUE'S GALLERY, hatched up on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with actor JOHNNY DEPP and director GORE VERBINSKI, who serve as executive producers. The beautifully executed 2-CD ROGUE'S GALLERY will only come as a surprise or novelty to nonfolkies. Within the trad folk circuit, where "What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor" and "Cape Cod Girls" are as de rigueur as "Nottamun Town" and "Sam Hall," these Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys are known, revered, and played. For those clutching the black flag thanks to Pirates of the Caribbean I & II or simply looking for something other than another shuffling singer-songwriter, ROGUE'S GALLERY digs up a treasure chest of 43 seaworthy songs. Yes, the marquee names glitter like stolen emeralds on the Spanish Main – STING ("Blood Red Roses"), LUCINDA WILLIAMS ("Bonnie Portmore"), RICHARD THOMPSON ("Mingulay Boat Song"), BONO ("A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates") – but some are more convincing performances than others. JOHN CALE's Welsh growl might have been more appropriate than LOU REED's monotonous "Leave Her Johnny," for example. That JOHNNY DEPP and Caribbean director GORE VERBINSKI executive produced makes sense, but appointing HALL WILLNER (Stay Awake) to helm the project and choosing HOWARD PYLE's Marooned Pirate as cover art was particularly inspired. Thus, the performances, in particular NICK CAVE ("Fire Down Below," "Pinery Boy") and BRYAN FERRY ("Lowlands Low," "The Cruel Ship's Captain"), are as golden as a pocket full of doubloons. Heave away, boys: We're twice as rich for having ROGUE'S GALLERY.
Replica From Original USA Edition.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Double Black Tray Includes 16-Page Booklet.
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