Track Listing

1. Prologue
2. The Pirate Queen
3. Woman
4. My Grace
5. Here On This Night
6. The Waking Of the Queen
7. Rah-Rah, Tip-Top
8. The Choice Is Mine
9. Boys'll Be Boys
10. The Wedding
11. I'll Be There
12. A Day Beyond Belclare
13. Sail To the Stars
14. Entr'acte
15. Enemy At Port Side
16. I Dismiss You
17. If I Said I Loved You
18. The Role Of the Queen
19. The Christening
20. Let a Father Stand By His Son
21. Surrender
22. She Who Has All
23. The Sea Of Life
24. Woman To Woman
25. Finale

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28345 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording

Amazon.com
The Pirate Queen, with a score by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon), took a critical beating when it opened on Broadway, but as this catchy cast recording demonstrates, that reception was really unnecessarily harsh. Set in the 17th century, the show (which closed after only 85 performances) tells the story of Grace O’Malley (Stephanie J. Block), an Irish ship captain and pirate who defied Queen Elizabeth I (Linda Balgord). The combination of that setting with the fact that the producers also brought us Riverdance means an overall Celtic flavor. But fans of Boublil and Schönberg should not fear. The duo delivers plenty of the over-the-top, super-emotional power ballads they’re famous for--it’s hard not to wonder what Celine Dion would make of songs such as "Woman" or "I’ll Be There" (the latter sung by a man, but no matter!). Special kudos to Balgord, whose deliciously campy stage portrayal of Elizabeth I comes across well on "The Waking of the Queen," "The Role of the Queen," and two harpsichord-driven, vibrato-laden duets with Block, "She Who Has All" and "Woman to Woman." Also of note to fans of traditional singing is the participation of Áine Uí Cheallaigh (known from Riverdance) on several tracks. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews

SOME AWESOME MUSIC
I had some unreasonable aprehensions about this musical and had postponed its purchase for several months. Finally, I got the album and simply LOVED IT! Most of the songs are really beautiful and the sound quality of the CD is matchless. Little can we say about the story which seems somehow old-fashioned; yet, keeping the comments in terms of this CD only, it seems to me that it's quite a successful work. In a simple way, it is MISS SAIGON/LES MISERABLES going celt.

Good CD
This was certainly not a hit show and with good reason. Still, so-so Boubil and Schonberg is often better than many others best works, and I enjoyed the music on this well produced CD.

Wonderful Music
The Music in this musical is some of the prettiest music I have ever heard. I think the story drags a little.

to be fair I have never seen the show on stage, just listened to the recording. I know I am missing alot till I see it preformed