Man Of Aran is a soundtrack album from the Brighton

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

-based English band, British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...

. It was released on 18 May 2009 in the UK.

The CD album was released with an accompanying DVD of the film Man Of Aran

Man of Aran

Man of Aran is a fictional documentary by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. It portrays characters living in premodern conditions, documenting their daily routines such as fishing off high cliffs, farming potatoes where there is little soil, and...

, with the album as its score.

Track listing

1. "Man Of Aran" (Hamilton) - 3:39
2. "The South Sound" - 11:32
3. "Come Wander With Me" (Jeff Alexander
   Jeff Alexander
   Jeff Alexander was an American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio and television scores.-Career:...
   
   ) - 4:11
4. "Tiger King" (Noble) - 5:16
5. "The Currach" - 2:10
6. "Boy Vertiginous" (Yan) - 5:16
7. "Spearing The Sunfish" - 11:42
8. "Conneely Of The West" (Hamilton) - 4:20
9. "The North Sound" (Hamilton) - 4:55
10. "Woman Of Aran" (Hamilton) - 4:35
11. "It Comes Back Again" (Hamilton) - 11:12
12. "No Man Is An Archipelago" (Noble) - 4:49

Personnel

• Yan (Scott Wilkinson) - Vocals, guitar
• Noble
  Noble (musician)
  Martin Noble is the lead guitarist with UK indie rock band British Sea Power.Born 28 January 1986 in Bury, Greater Manchester, and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire, his first musical experience was as keyboard player in Blind, a band he formed with school friends.He joined British Sea Power after...
  
   (Martin Noble) - Guitar
• Hamilton
  Hamilton (musician)
  Neil Hamilton Wilkinson is the bassist and second vocalist in British Sea Power.Earlier in the band's career, he was the secondary songwriter, his brother Yan writing the majority of the tracks for their first two albums...
  
   (Neil Wilkinson) - Bass, vocals, guitar
• Wood
  Wood (musician)
  Matthew Wood born and under the is British Sea Power's drummer. He also helps design most of the artwork for the sleeves....
  
   (Matthew Wood) - Drums
• Abi Fry
  Abi Fry
  Abi Fry born is a Highlands-based violist, playing with various acts including British Sea Power, Bat For Lashes, The Flowers of Hell, Sad Season and Euchrid Eucrow....
  
   (Abi Fry) - Viola
• Phil The Wandering Horn
  Phil Sumner
  Philip James Sumner is a cornet, keyboard and guitar player for the Kendal/Brighton based rock band British Sea Power and Brighton/Stroud based rock band Actress Hands. He first emerged with British Sea Power on their September 2006 tour in which they first performed songs which would appear on...
  
  (Phil Sumner) - Cornet

Artwork

The sleeve was designed by BSP, Wood and Alison Fielding, with the sleevenotes written by Vince Trident.