Drums – Steve GaddMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee Jones
4:59
2
A Lucky Guy
Drums – Art RodriguezMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee Jones
4:14
3
Traces Of The Western Slopes
Drums – Art RodriguezHarmonica – Sal BernardiMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee Jones, Sal BernardiTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Jerry HeyVocals – Rickie Lee Jones, Sal Bernardi
8:00
4
Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
Alto Saxophone – David SanbornBacking Vocals [Background Vocals] – Arno Lucas, Joe Turano, Leslie Smith, Rickie Lee JonesGuitar – David KalishMusic By, Lyrics By – David Kalish, Rickie Lee JonesPercussion [Boxes And Thighs] – Steve GaddTenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Tom ScottTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker
5:15
5
The Returns
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Ralph BurnsKeyboards – Randy KerberMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee Jones
2:20
6
Living It Up
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Nick DeCaroDrums – Art RodriguezMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee JonesVocals – Rickie Lee Jones, Sal Bernardi
6:23
7
Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
Alto Saxophone – David SanbornDrums – Steve GaddHarmonica – Sal BernardiMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee JonesSynthesizer – Donald Fagen, Rob MounseyTenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Tom ScottTrumpet, Flugelhorn – Randy Brecker
3:50
8
Skeletons
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Ralph BurnsKeyboards – Randy KerberMusic By, Lyrics By – Rickie Lee Jones
3:37
Versions
Category
Artist
Title (Format)
Label
Category
Country
Year
BSK 3432
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (LP, Album)
Warner Bros. Records
BSK 3432
Australia
1981
W 56816
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (LP, Album)
Warner Bros. Records
W 56816
Italy
1981
UDSACD 2040
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (SACD, Hybrid, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, RM)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
UDSACD 2040
US
2009
20P2-2086
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (CD, Album, RE, RP)
Warner Bros. Records
20P2-2086
Japan
1994
MFSL 1-328
Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates (LP, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, RM, S/Edition, Gat)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
MFSL 1-328
US
2009
Credits
Arranged By [Horn And Vocal Arrangements] – Rickie Lee Jones
Engineer – Lee Herschberg, Loyd Clifft, Mark Linett
Engineer [2nd Engineer] – Margaret Gwynne, Steve Ettinger, Stuart Gitlin
Engineer [Additional Engineer] – Elliot Scheiner, Ken Deane
Guitar – Buzzy Feiten, Dean Parks, Steve Lukather
Keyboards – Clarence McDonald, Neil Larsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Russell Ferrante
Mastered By [CDD Pre-mastering By] – WCI Record Group
Mixed By, Mastered By – Lee Herschberg
Percussion – Lenny Castro, Victor Feldman
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Michael Halsband
Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Brassaï
Producer – Lenny Waronker, Russ Titelman
Synthesizer – Michael Boddicker, Rickie Lee Jones
Notes
Packaged in a standard jewel case with 12 page booklet and 'target' design printed on disc. Likely released in the mid- or late 1980s.
[Cat.no's: see included images for locations of these numbers on booklet's last page, inside rear insert, rear insert and cd itself] US: 3432-2 Europe: 256 816
Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studio in North Hollywood. "Skeletons" (track 3) and "The Returns" (track 8) were recorded live on January 30, 1980 at Warner Bros. Recording Studio in North Hollywood. Mixed and mastered at Warner Bros. Recording Studio by Lee Herschberg. This album was recorded on 3-M multi-track digital system.
