Under Jolly Roger

{{Infobox album

| name = Under Jolly Roger

| type = studio

| artist = Running Wild

| cover = Under Jolly Roger cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1987

| recorded = 1987

| studio = Soundhouse Studios, Hamburg

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|power metal|{{nowrap|pirate metal}}|}}

| length = 36:35

| label = Noise

| producer = {{hlist|Dirk Steffens|Rolf Kasparek}}

| prev_title = Branded and Exiled

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Ready for Boarding

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev1Score = 8/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5 | page= 297}}

| rev2 =Kerrang!

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine | last = Sutton | first = Maura | magazine = Kerrang! | title = Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger' | issue = 147 | publisher = Spotlight Publications ltd. | date = 28 May 1987 | location = London, UK | pages = 12–13 }}

| rev3 =Rock Hard

| rev3Score = 5.0/10{{cite web |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/running-wild-under-jolly-roger_199039.html|title= Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'|author=Holger Stratmann. |date=1987 |publisher=Rock Hard |access-date=21 December 2020}}

| noprose = yes

}}

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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

{{track_listing

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Under Jolly Roger

| length1 = 4:42

| title2 = War in the Gutter

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Raw Ride

| length3 = 4:39

| title4 = Beggar's Night

| length4 = 5:05

}}

{{track_listing

| total_length = 36:35

| headline = Side B

| title5 = Raise Your Fist

| writer5 = Kasparek, Majk Moti

| length5 = 5:30

| title6 = Land of Ice

| writer6 = Kasparek, Moti

| length6 = 4:56

| title7 = Diamonds of the Black Chest

| length7 = 4:39

| title8 = Merciless Game

| writer8 = Moti

| length8 = 3:45

}}

;The 2017 remastered version contains a second disc, featuring the following songs

{{track_listing

| title1 = Under Jolly Roger

| note1 = 1991 re-recorded version

| length1 = 4:07

| title2 = Raw Ride

| note2 = 1991 re-recorded version

| length2 = 4:16

| title3 = Raise Your Fist

| note3 = 1991 re-recorded version

| length3 = 4:43

| title4 = Diamonds of the Black Chest

| note4 = 1991 re-recorded version

| length4 = 2:50

| title5 = Beggar's Night

| note5 = 1992 re-recorded version

| length5 = 5:01

| title6 = Apocalyptic Horsemen

| note6 = previously unreleased

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = Under Jolly Roger

| note7 = 2003 re-recorded version

| length7 = 4:45

| title8 = Raise Your Fist

| note8 = 2003 re-recorded version

| length8 = 5:32

}}

Note

The CD and Japanese cassette version feature a different track listing.

Personnel

Rolf Kasparek – guitars, vocals
Majk Moti – guitars
Stephan Boriss – bass
Hasche – drums

;Production

Dirk Steffens – producer
Ertuğrul Edirne – artwork
Rock 'n' Rolf – co-producer

References

Category:1987 albums

Category:Running Wild (band) albums

Category:Noise Records albums