Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys

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Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released February 19, 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre Folk
Sea shanty
Length Disc 1: 70:54
Disc 2: 73:10
Total length: 144:04
Label ANTI- / Epitaph Records
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 76/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[3]
BBC Positive[4]
The Boston Globe Mixed [5]
Consequence of Sound C–[6]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[7]
The Independent Positive [8]
NME 6/10[9]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[10]
Record Collector 3 stars[11]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[12]

Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties and the follow-up to Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys. The concept is the same as it was on the first album: artists representing a variety of genres perform cover versions of sea shanties.[3][13]

Track listing

All songs traditional, except where noted.

Disc One
No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length
1. "Leaving of Liverpool"     Shane MacGowan 4:01
2. "Sam's Gone Away"     Robyn Hitchcock 2:45
3. "Bamboo (River Come Down)"   Herbert Haufrecht, Dave Van Ronk Beth Orton 6:17
4. "Row Bullies Row"     Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl w/ Jack Shit 4:07
5. "Shenandoah"     Tom Waits w/ Keith Richards 4:02
6. "Mr. Stormalong"     Ivan Neville 4:06
7. "Asshole Rules the Navy"     Iggy Pop w/ A Hawk and a Hacksaw 2:04
8. "Off to Sea Once More"     Macy Gray 5:01
9. "The Ol' OG"     Ed Harcourt 3:26
10. "Pirate Jenny"   Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein Shilpa Ray w/ Nick Cave & Warren Ellis 7:30
11. "The Mermaid"   Patti Smith Patti Smith & Johnny Depp 2:25
12. "Anthem for Old Souls"   Chuck E. Weiss Chuck E. Weiss 4:30
13. "Orange Claw Hammer"   Don Van Vliet Ed Pastorini 3:17
14. "Sweet and Low"   Patrick Ferris The Americans 3:29
15. "Ye Maniers All"     Robin Holcomb & Jessika Kenney 4:24
16. "Tom's Gone to Hilo"     Gavin Friday & Shannon McNally 4:50
17. "Bear Away"     Kenny Wollesen & the Himalayas 5:35
Disc Two
No. Title Writer(s) Performer(s) Length
1. "Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy"     Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention 2:36
2. "Rio Grande"     Michael Stipe & Courtney Love w/ Jack Shit 2:47
3. "Ship in Distress"     Marc Almond 2:29
4. "In Lure of the Tropics"   Mac Rebennack, Clarence Leonard Hay Dr. John 5:01
5. "Rolling Down to Old Maui"     Todd Rundgren 3:46
6. "Jack Tar on Shore"     Dan Zanes w/ Broken Social Scene 3:10
7. "Sally Racket"     Katey Red & Big Freedia w/ Broken Social Scene 2:57
8. "Wild Goose"     Broken Social Scene 6:10
9. "Flandyke Shore"     Marianne Faithfull w/ Kate and Anna McGarrigle 3:09
10. "The Chantey of Noah and his Ark (Old School Song)"     Ricky Jay 6:18
11. "Whiskey Johnny"     Michael Gira 2:16
12. "Sunshine Life for Me"   George Harrison Petra Haden w/ Lenny Pickett 3:44
13. "Row the Boat Child"     Jenni Muldaur 2:35
14. "General Taylor"     Richard Thompson w/ Jack Shit 3:53
15. "Marianne"     Tim Robbins w/ Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs 4:20
16. "Barnacle Bill the Sailor"     Kembra Pfahler 3:31
17. "Missus McGraw"     Anjelica Huston 5:08
18. "The Dreadnought"     Iggy Pop & the Elegant Too 2:32
19. "Then Said the Captain to Me (Two Poems of the Sea)"   Mary Margaret O'Hara Mary Margaret O'Hara 1:48

Track information

There are two songs that have been released previously to this compilation. The instrumental medley "Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy" by Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention was recorded between 1962 and 1972 and first released as part of the 1998 compilation album Mystery Disc.[14] Secondly, Marianne Faithfull's "Flandyke Shore" featuring sisters Anna & Kate McGarrigle was originally released on Faithfull's 2008 cover-album Easy Come, Easy Go. [15]

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