Home / Music / Pirates traces the end of Rickie Lee Jones' relationship with Tom WaitsMusic linernotes album music rickie-lee-jonesPirates traces the end of Rickie Lee Jones' relationship with Tom WaitsThe album deals with the end of Jones’ relationship with Tom Waits, loss, disillusionment, and the fading of the bohemian Los Angeles scene of the late 1970s. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesRickie Lee Jones' Pirates was ambitious — maybe too ambitious for some.Rickie Lee Jones won Best New Artist in 1980, beating the CarsMotown Records released the Commodores' 'Nightshift'Rickie Lee Jones' debut blended jazz, folk, and a bohemian sensibility"Chuck E.'s in Love" was Rickie Lee Jones' signature number-four hit of 1979.ExploreButterfly marked Mariah Carey's shift from pop ballads to hip-hop and R&BJanet Jackson became the first woman with five top-five hits from one albumSnoop Dogg's Doggystyle set the record for fastest-selling hip-hop debutGlenn Gould's 1955 Goldberg Variations launched his international careerThe Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel was the first hit record built on turntablismPrevious Poor sales and stage reluctance made Island doubt another Nick Drake albumNext Pink Moon is just Nick Drake and his guitar