Fitzcarraldo (1996 album)
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Fitzcarraldo is a re-issued version of the second studio album by The Frames
, released under the moniker The Frames DC to avoid confusion with the American band of the same name. The album was released on ZTT Records
on October 29, 1996. The Frames' line-up for Fitzcarraldo features Glen Hansard
on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire
on violin, Graham Downey on bass guitar and keyboards, Dave Odlum
on lead guitar, Paul Brennan on drums and Noreen O'Donnell on backing vocals. They also featured Pete Briquette
on keyboards & programming, Dee Armstrong on viola and Kevin Murphy
on cellohttp://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/discography_albums.html. Tracks 6-11 were recorded at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin by Ivan O'Shea and Tom Skerrit and produced and mixed by Pete Briquette and are the same as those on the previous release. Tracks 1-5 were produced by Trevor Horn and engineered by Steve Fitzmaurice, except track 1, which was engineered by Tom Elmhurst at Westside (London). These tracks were re-worked for the re-issue and "Roger" was replaced by "Evergreen" and the track order changed. All tracks were mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/discography_albums.html.
The title track's name comes from Werner Herzog
's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo
which frontman Hansard describes as being about a man "pulling a ship over a mountain".
The Frames
The Frames are an Irish band based in Dublin. Founded in 1990 by Glen Hansard, the band has been influential in the Dublin rock music scene. The group has released six albums...
, released under the moniker The Frames DC to avoid confusion with the American band of the same name. The album was released on ZTT Records
ZTT Records
ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. The label's name was also printed as "Zang Tumb Tuum" and "Zang Tuum Tumb" on various releases....
on October 29, 1996. The Frames' line-up for Fitzcarraldo features Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season...
on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Colm Mac Con Iomaire is from Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He plays violin and sings vocals with the Irish Rock group The Frames. Mac Con Iomaire has been involved with The Frames since 1990 and has been a member of the Swell Season since 2006 .Previously, Colm was a founder member of Irish folk group...
on violin, Graham Downey on bass guitar and keyboards, Dave Odlum
Dave Odlum
David Odlum is an Irish guitarist, drummer and producer who has dated, worked and played with Academy Award winners and Mercury Prize nominees...
on lead guitar, Paul Brennan on drums and Noreen O'Donnell on backing vocals. They also featured Pete Briquette
Pete Briquette
Pete Briquette is the stage name of Patrick Cusack . His pseudonym refers to the fact that he hails from the Irish countryside; peat briquettes are a type of refined turf burned in fires instead of coal.-Boomtown Rats:He was the bass guitarist, backing vocalist, occasional songwriter, and sometime...
on keyboards & programming, Dee Armstrong on viola and Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy may refer to:* Kevin Murphy , American actor, author and puppeteer, best known for his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000* Kevin Murphy , retired American football player...
on cellohttp://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/discography_albums.html. Tracks 6-11 were recorded at Totally Wired Studios, Dublin by Ivan O'Shea and Tom Skerrit and produced and mixed by Pete Briquette and are the same as those on the previous release. Tracks 1-5 were produced by Trevor Horn and engineered by Steve Fitzmaurice, except track 1, which was engineered by Tom Elmhurst at Westside (London). These tracks were re-worked for the re-issue and "Roger" was replaced by "Evergreen" and the track order changed. All tracks were mixed by Steve Fitzmaurice http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/discography_albums.html.
The title track's name comes from Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known as Fitzcarraldo in Peru, who has to pull a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber...
which frontman Hansard describes as being about a man "pulling a ship over a mountain".
Track listing
- Revelate (3:48)
- Angel At My Table (3:50)
- Fitzcarraldo (6:03)
- Evergreen (4:29)
- In This Boat Together (5:17)
- Say It To Me Now (5:34)
- Monument (3:43)
- Giving It All Away (4:15)
- Red Chord (4:35)
- Denounced (4:27)
- Your Face (5:44)
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