Pirates (Rickie Lee Jones album)

Pirates
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 15, 1981
RecordedJanuary 1980 – April 1981
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenreRock
Length38:38
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Rickie Lee Jones
(1979)
Pirates
(1981)
Girl at Her Volcano
(1983)

Pirates is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released on July 15, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records. The follow-up to her 1979 self-titled debut album, Pirates is partially an account of her break-up with fellow musician Tom Waits after the success of her debut album. The cover is a 1976-copyrighted photo by Brassaï.

The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 30, 1981, for sales of 500,000 copies. The album remained on the UK album charts for three months, and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.