I quite liked bits of it, but judging by the layer of dust on it (it was a birthday present the year before last), it's been a while since I played it - which is an indication of how much I liked it. Having said that, it is on a shelf in plain view - wherease the total dross is usually in one of the drawers.

If you are a shanty singer, your toes will curl and your stomach heave to.

If you are a "traditional" singer, you'll find your way to the skip button before you hit the off button.

If you like music of any sort, it's a good one to put on shuffle with a couple of different genres.

If you like pirates, pirate movies, Hollywood pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean, haven't a clue about nautical things but have heard of Sting and Bono, then this is a great album.

I suspect that if you stop listening to it as an album of shanties and listen to it as a collection of songs about the sea, with that underlying theme of Hollywood pirates, then you'll find it's actually rather good.


Odd that this should turn up today... I've just bought a book about Captain Morgan...

LTS