''Port Royal'' is the fourth album by German heavy metal band Running Wild. It expanded on the pirate theme introduced in their album ''

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'' (1987) and established them as "

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" in the metal community. The album takes its name from the location of

Calico Jack John Rackham (26 December 168218 November 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, was an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing that he wore, whi ...

's death. In 2017, ''

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'' ranked ''Port Royal'' as the 23rd-best

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album of all time.

Songs

"Uaschitschun" tells about the pollution of nature through a Native American's perspective. "Uaschitschun" is a word that the Native Americans used for white males; the nearest translation is "ghost". The ending words were originally spoken by filmmaker

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in 1972 and were probably inspired by a famous speech made by

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to the whites when they came to buy the lands of

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. A music video was made for "Conquistadores" which had some air play on

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's ''

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''. It is also the first to use a 5-string bass in a metal context. "Warchild" is not the same song that appeared in the band's early demos. "

" is about an English pirate of the 18th century. He designed the skull-and-bones pirate flag that was later named the Jolly Roger, which gave the title to the previous album.

Track listing

Notes

* The 1st press CD release has no barcode. There were two variants of the backcover, one with yellow and one with white Noise logo. SID codes refer to the French press which has the white Noise logo * The Japanese CD release contains the 1987 album ''

Personnel

Rolf Kasparek Running Wild is a German heavy metal band formed in Hamburg in 1976. They were part of the German metal scene to emerge in the early to mid-1980s, and are also considered to be one of the country's so-called "big four" of power metal, along w ...

– vocals, guitars *Majk Moti – guitars *

Jens Becker Jens Becker (born 24 May 1965) is a German heavy metal bass guitarist who currently performs with Grave Digger. History Becker was born in Fürth. His first major band was Running Wild, which he joined in 1987. He stayed with them for four ...

– bass *

Stefan Schwarzmann Stefan Schwarzmann (born 11 November 1965Larkin, Colin (2006). ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Oxford University Press. p. 189. .) is a German drummer who has recorded for Accept,Montgomery, James et al (2005)"Metal File: Korn, Motorhead, ...

– drums ;Production *Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer *Tom Steeler – engineering, mixing *Sebastian Krüger – artwork *Becker Derouet – artwork

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Running Wild (band) albums Noise Records albums