Under Jolly Roger

Under Jolly Roger
Studio album by
Running Wild
Released1 April 1987
Recorded1986
StudiosSoundhouse Studios, Hamburg
Genres
Length36:35
LabelNoise
Producers
Running Wild chronology
Branded and Exiled
(1985)		 Under Jolly Roger
(1987)		 Ready for Boarding
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10
Kerrang!StarStar
Rock Hard5.0/10

Under Jolly Roger is the third album by the 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 the 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 music written by Rolf Kasparek; all lyrics by Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Under Jolly Roger"4:42
2."War in the Gutter"3:19
3."Raw Ride"4:39
4."Beggar's Night"5:05
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Raise Your Fist"Kasparek, Majk Moti5:30
6."Land of Ice"Kasparek, Moti4:56
7."Diamonds of the Black Chest" 4:39
8."Merciless Game"Moti3:45
Total length:36:35
The 2017 remastered version contains a second disc, featuring the following songs
No.TitleLength
1."Under Jolly Roger" (1991 re-recorded version)4:07
2."Raw Ride" (1991 re-recorded version)4:16
3."Raise Your Fist" (1991 re-recorded version)4:43
4."Diamonds of the Black Chest" (1991 re-recorded version)2:50
5."Beggar's Night" (1992 re-recorded version)5:01
6."Apocalyptic Horsemen" (previously unreleased)4:39
7."Under Jolly Roger" (2003 re-recorded version)4:45
8."Raise Your Fist" (2003 re-recorded version)5:32

Note

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. ↑ Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.
  4. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Biography: Running Wild". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2026.