On July 15, 1981,”Warner Bros” label released “Pirates”, the second Rickie Lee Jones. It was recorded January 1980 – April 1981, at “Warner Bros. Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman.
Personnel:
- Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, horn arrangements
- Buzz Feiten– guitar
- David Kalish – guitar
- Steve Lukather– guitar
- Dean Parks– guitar
- Clarence McDonald– keyboards
- Randy Kerber– keyboards
- Neil Larsen– keyboards
- Russell Ferrante– keyboards
- Donald Fagen– synthesizer
- Rob Mounsey– synthesizer
- Sal Bernardi – vocals, harmonica
- Chuck Rainey– bass
- Victor Feldman– drums, percussion, keyboards
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Art Rodriguez – drums
- Lenny Castro– percussion
- David Sanborn– alto saxophone
- Tom Scott– baritone and tenor saxophone
- Jerry Hey– trumpet, flugelhorn, horn
- Randy Brecker– trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ralph Burns– orchestral arrangements
- Michael Boddicker– synthesizer
- Nick DeCaro – orchestral arrangements
- Arno Lucas– backing vocals
- Leslie Smith – backing vocals
- Joe Turano – backing vocals
- Loyd Clifft, Mark Linett– engineer
- Mike Salisbury – design
- Brassaï– front cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.
- We Belong Together
- Living It Up
- Skeletons
- Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking – Rickie Lee Jones, David Kalish
- Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
- A Lucky Guy
- Traces of the Western Slopes – Sal Bernardi, Rickie Lee Jones
- The Returns
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