Under Jolly Roger

Under Jolly Roger
Under Jolly Roger
Studio album by Running Wild
Released	April 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	Soundhouse Studios, Hamburg
Genre	Heavy metal; power metal; pirate metal;
Length	36:35
Label	Noise
Producer	Dirk Steffens; Rolf Kasparek;
Running Wild chronology

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]
Rock Hard	5.0/10^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Raise Your Fist"	Kasparek, Majk Moti	5:30
6.	"Land of Ice"	Kasparek, Moti	4:56
7.	"Diamonds of the Black Chest"		4:39
8.	"Merciless Game"	Moti	3:45
Total length:			36:35

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

No.	Title	Length
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

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

^ 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.
^ Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.
^ Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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[martin-1] 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.

[2] Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.

[3] Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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