Port Royal (album)

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Port Royal is the fourth album by German heavy metal band Running Wild. It expanded on the pirate theme introduced in their album Under Jolly Roger (1987) and established them as "pirate metal" in the metal community. The album takes its name from the location of pirate John Rackham's death.

In 2017, Loudwire ranked Port Royal as the 23rd-best power metal album of all time.<ref name="Ltop25pm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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".Template:Citation needed The ending words were originally spoken by filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin in 1972 and were probably inspired by a famous speech made by Chief Seattle to the whites when they came to buy the lands of Seattle.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A music video was made for "Conquistadores" which had some air play on MTV's Headbangers Ball. It is also the first to use a 5-string bass in a metal context.Template:Citation needed

"Warchild" is not the same song that appeared in the band's early demos.

"Calico Jack" 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.

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 Under Jolly Roger

Personnel

• Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitars
• Majk Moti – guitars
• Jens Becker – bass
• Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

Production

• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
• Tom Steeler – engineering, mixing
• Sebastian Krüger – artwork
• Becker Derouet – artwork

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref>	36