Under Jolly Roger

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Under Jolly Roger
Under Jolly Roger cover.jpg
Studio album by
Running Wild
ReleasedApril 1987
Recorded1987
StudioSoundhouse Studios, Hamburg
Genre
Length36:35
Label Noise
Producer
Running Wild chronology
Branded and Exiled
(1985)		Under Jolly Roger
(1987)		 Ready for Boarding
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rock Hard 5.0/10 [3]

Under Jolly Roger is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild. It marked a stylistic turning point in which the group dropped the Satanic imagery they had previously used and adopted the pirate theme they would become known for, creating and influencing the later named pirate metal subgenre of heavy metal in the 2000s in the process. The album's title comes from the famous Jolly Roger, the flag used by pirates to identify their ships.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Under Jolly Roger"4:42
2."War in the Gutter"3:19
3."Raw Ride"4:39
4."Beggar's Night"5:05
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Raise Your Fist"Kasparek, Majk Moti5:30
6."Land of Ice"Kasparek, Moti4:56
7."Diamonds of the Black Chest" 4:39
8."Merciless Game"Moti3:45
Total length:36:35
The 2017 remastered version contains a second disc, featuring the following songs
No.TitleLength
1."Under Jolly Roger" (1991 re-recorded version)4:07
2."Raw Ride" (1991 re-recorded version)4:16
3."Raise Your Fist" (1991 re-recorded version)4:43
4."Diamonds of the Black Chest" (1991 re-recorded version)2:50
5."Beggar's Night" (1992 re-recorded version)5:01
6."Apocalyptic Horsemen" (previously unreleased)4:39
7."Under Jolly Roger" (2003 re-recorded version)4:45
8."Raise Your Fist" (2003 re-recorded version)5:32

Note

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 297. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  2. ↑ Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.
  3. ↑ Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard . Retrieved 21 December 2020.


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