Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (BSK-3432)

Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Title: Pirates
Catalog #: BSK-3432
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Year: 1981
Format: LP
Condition: VG+

Pirates is the album that cemented Rickie Lee Jones as one of the most original voices in American pop. Her 1979 debut had introduced a singular talent; her second record expanded the canvas entirely — more ambitious arrangements, a broader emotional range, and songwriting that moves between jazz, beatnik poetry, and confessional pop with complete authority. It was nominated for the Grammy for Album of the Year and remains her most critically acclaimed work. This VG+ copy plays cleanly — an essential title for the serious singer-songwriter collector and a record that belongs in any thoughtful American pop archive.