The Cost
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The Cost is the sixth studio album by The Frames
, released in Ireland
on Plateau Records on September 22, 2006. The album was released worldwide on ANTI-
on February 20, 2007. The album exhibits a sound more like that of For the Birds than their more recent album Burn the Maps
. The Frames' line-up for The Cost features Glen Hansard
on guitar and vocals, Colm Mac Con Iomaire
on violin and keyboards, Joseph Doyle
on bass guitar and backing vocals, Rob Bochnik
on lead guitar and Graham Hopkins
who played drums in place of the Frames' regular drummer Johnny Boyle. It was recorded in Black Box, France by Stephen Fitzmaurice and David Odlum with assistance from Fabian Lesure. The front and back covers feature photography by frontman Hansard of oak leaves, accompanied by a handwritten inscription reading: "Ni identitat permanent, ni idea de persona, ni d'ésser vivent, ni d'un temps d'existència" (which is Catalan
for "Nor permanent identity, nor idea of a person, nor of being alive, nor of a time of existence", from a work of Antoni Tàpies). The album is enigmatically dedicated to "Multi (the ghost)".
Three songs on the album have been released before on separate productions. "Rise" appeared on The Roads Outgrown
. Both "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" appeared on the 2006 album The Swell Season
released by Glen Hansard
and the Czech pianist Marketa Irglova
. All three of these songs have been reworked for the album. Irglova shares writing credits with Hansard (and the band) on "Falling Slowly" and "People Get Ready".
A deluxe edition of the album was released on the US iTunes Store on May 13, 2008. It included three extra tracks - "The Blood," "No More I Love Yous," and "This Low," as well as the music videos for "Falling Slowly," "Sad Songs," and "The Side You Never Get To See."
The fourth track from the album, 'Rise', was featured on ABC's popular cop show 'Castle' on January 24th 2011.
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 in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
on Plateau Records on September 22, 2006. The album was released worldwide on ANTI-
ANTI-
ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus has shifted over the last decade from mostly punk rock, nowadays ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from country , hip hop , reggae , Soul , folk , rap-rock , indie rock...
on February 20, 2007. The album exhibits a sound more like that of For the Birds than their more recent album Burn the Maps
Burn the Maps
Burn The Maps is the fifth studio album by The Frames, released in Ireland on Plateau Records on September 17, 2004 and worldwide on ANTI- Records on February 8, 2005.This was their first studio album to go to #1 in the Irish Album Charts....
. The Frames' line-up for The Cost 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 and keyboards, Joseph Doyle
Joe Doyle (musician)
Joe Doyle is the bassist and backing singer for Irish rock band The Frames and the Swell Season. He has been a member of The Frames since 1996, appearing on six albums to date...
on bass guitar and backing vocals, Rob Bochnik
Rob Bochnik
Rob Bochnik is a musician, audio engineer, singer and songwriter. He is currently the guitarist with The Frames, The Swell Season , The Butcher Shop Quartet and records as a solo artist...
on lead guitar and Graham Hopkins
Graham Hopkins
Graham Hopkins is an Irish drummer. He is the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames, and former drummer for the hard rock/punk rock band Therapy?.- Early years :...
who played drums in place of the Frames' regular drummer Johnny Boyle. It was recorded in Black Box, France by Stephen Fitzmaurice and David Odlum with assistance from Fabian Lesure. The front and back covers feature photography by frontman Hansard of oak leaves, accompanied by a handwritten inscription reading: "Ni identitat permanent, ni idea de persona, ni d'ésser vivent, ni d'un temps d'existència" (which is Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
for "Nor permanent identity, nor idea of a person, nor of being alive, nor of a time of existence", from a work of Antoni Tàpies). The album is enigmatically dedicated to "Multi (the ghost)".
Three songs on the album have been released before on separate productions. "Rise" appeared on The Roads Outgrown
The Roads Outgrown
The Roads Outgrown is an EP released by the band The Frames. It is a collection of B-sides, covers, live songs, and reworked versions of earlier songs. The EP was released solely in the United States on August 19, 2003....
. Both "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" appeared on the 2006 album The Swell Season
The Swell Season
The Swell Season is a folk rock duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová. "The Swell Season" name is derived from Hansard's favourite novel by Josef Škvorecký from 1975 bearing the same title...
released by 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...
and the Czech pianist Marketa Irglova
Markéta Irglová
Markéta Irglová is a Czech songwriter, musician, actress, and singer. As of 2010, she resides in New York City.-Early life:...
. All three of these songs have been reworked for the album. Irglova shares writing credits with Hansard (and the band) on "Falling Slowly" and "People Get Ready".
A deluxe edition of the album was released on the US iTunes Store on May 13, 2008. It included three extra tracks - "The Blood," "No More I Love Yous," and "This Low," as well as the music videos for "Falling Slowly," "Sad Songs," and "The Side You Never Get To See."
The fourth track from the album, 'Rise', was featured on ABC's popular cop show 'Castle' on January 24th 2011.
Track listing
- "Song for Someone" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "Falling SlowlyFalling Slowly"Falling Slowly" is a song written and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, as well as by Hansard's band, The Frames. It appeared in their 2007 film Once, from which it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards....
" (G. Hansard/M. Irglová/The Frames) - "People Get Ready" (C. MacConIomaire/G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "Rise" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "When Your Mind's Made Up" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "Sad Songs" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "The Cost" (C. Ward/G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "True" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "The Side You Never Get to See" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
- "Bad Bone" (G. Hansard/The Frames)
Chart positions
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