I'm not willing to work as hard as some interlocutors seem to
in attempts to find some 'redeeming artistic significance' to
what is nine-tenths complete rubbish.

And yes, even amongst the rubbish you may find the occasional
gem that's been accidentally tossed in.

If there were a contest to make the worst sea music recording
ever, this one would win.

Former winners were some low-grade recordings I've heard made
with single-mic'd tape recorders at a couple of different
chantey sings. They were terrible, but at least they were
innocently terrible.

That the producers couldn't bother to find out who actually
knew and could perform items from the genre is a tragedy and
a waste of good cover art--- and reflects the fact that at least
one producer thinks that wearing eye-liner and prancing about
with a sword means that he'd know a forebitter from a short-drag
if it got up and bit him on the bunghole.