Pirates
by Rickie Lee Jones
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Rickie Lee Jones bestography
Pirates is ranked as the best album by Rickie Lee Jones.
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Pirates track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Pirates rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 46 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 501-600 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 201-300 | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1981 | 10/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 105 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 621 | |||
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Pirates ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 01:09 | martintho | 4,733 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 04:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,126 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 09:22 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Pirates forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5451): By ffudnebbuh
Jboy56 04/23/2022 09:49 in What album are you listening to right now?
baystateoftheart 03/27/2022 00:25 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionPirates comments
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Jboy56 04/23/2022 07:55 | #284513 | TOP COMMENT
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A love Rickie-Lee, quite similar in tone and style as Joni, but with some nice new sound and vibes to give it some personal touch. A Very refreshing album and it still sounds up to date even being over 40 years old! (Edited)
Excellent second album. Extremely intimate and beautiful. It hasn't quite got the immediacy of the first album but repeated listens brings out it's treasures. A lovely album.
Everyone should just take a moment to appreciate this album. It may be a bit of a grower for some but it's stunning. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/25/2011 19:32 | #27826 | TOP COMMENT
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classic, although my fav RLJ song is "Runaround" from "the Magazine".
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2017 17:26 | #183893 | TOP COMMENT
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Her 2nd album is as good as her debut. This album contains 4 of her greatest songs ever Lucky Guy, Living It Up, We Belong Together & the sprawling Traces of the Western Slopes. The title track is also strong the tracks Woody & Dutch.......and Skeletons although good songs don't quite measure up to the rest of the album. So for me its her 2nd best album.
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