compares with Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, and Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark in the bravura way it weaves autobiography and personal myth into a flexible musical setting that conjures a lifetime's worth of character and incident." He concluded his review by stating; "[i]t's Rickie Lee Jones' voice that carries Pirates to the stars and makes her whole crazy vision not only comprehensible but compulsive, compelling and as welcome as Christmas in July." Jones was featured for a second time on the cover of the August 6, 1981 issue of Rolling Stone. The Age wrote in their review: "On Pirates, Rickie Lee Jones executes a brilliant artistic leap which not only outshines her Grammy-winning debut album but establishes her as one of the most important singer/songwriters of the decade." 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. Track listing Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Personnel Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, vocals & horn arrangements Donald Fagen – synthesizer Victor Feldman – drums, percussion, keyboards Rob Mounsey – synthesizer David Sanborn – alto saxophone Tom Scott – baritone and tenor saxophone Ralph Burns – orchestral arrangements Chuck Rainey – bass Sal Bernardi – harmonica, vocals Michael Boddicker – synthesizer Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn Lenny Castro – percussion Nick DeCaro – orchestral arrangements Buzz Feiten – guitar Russell Ferrante – keyboards Steve Gadd – drums Jerry Hey – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn David Kalish – guitar Randy Kerber – keyboards Neil Larsen – keyboards Arno Lucas – backing vocals Steve Lukather – guitar Clarence McDonald – keyboards Dean Parks – guitar Art Rodriguez – drums Leslie Smith – backing vocals Joe Turano – backing vocals Technical Loyd Clifft, Mark Linett – engineer Mike Salisbury – cover design Brassaï – front cover photography Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External links Rickie Lee Jones's Official Website Rickie Lee Jones albums 1981 albums Albums arranged by Ralph Burns Albums produced by Lenny Waronker Albums produced by Russ Titelman Warner Records albums