PIRATES [LP] (2018 REMASTER)

Pirates is the second album released in July 1981, two years after her eponymous debut. The album is partially an account of her break-up with fellow musician Tom Waits after the success of her debut album. Elsewhere, the music on Pirates is often cinematic, with influences ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Bruce Springsteen and Laura Nyro. The album is more musically ambitious than its predecessor, and explores elements of jazz, R&B, bebop, pop and Broadway, with multiple changes in tempo and mood within most songs. Critics adored the album, tho without a clear crossover single the album failed to equal her debut''''s success. Over time Pirates' reputation has grown considerably, with British-based music magazine Word magazine proclaiming it as one of pop music's 25 Most Underrated Albums of All Time.