''Fitzcarraldo'' is 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. Another version of the album would be published in 1996. The album was released on
ZTT Records in November 1995. 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
David Odlum is an Irish music producer, engineer, guitarist, and drummer who has worked and played with Academy Award winners and Mercury Prize nominees. Originally a member of Kíla, a band which was founded during his schooldays at Coláiste Eo ...
on lead guitar,
Paul Brennan on drums and
Noreen O'Donnell
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Usage
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on backing vocals. They also featured
Pete Briquette on keyboards & programming,
Dee Armstrong
Dee may refer to:
People Surname
* Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname Day
* Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including:
** Those listed at Di (surname)
** Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname Li ()
* Di R ...
on viola and Kevin Murphy on cello.
It was recorded at Totally Wired Studios,
Dublin by Ivan O'Shea and Tom Skerrit and produced and mixed by Pete Briquette.
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".
Track listing
# "Revelate" (4:02)
# "Angel At My Table" (3:54)
# "Monument" (3:33)
# "In This Boat Together" (4:20)
# "Giving It All Away" (4:10)
# "Say It To Me Now" (5:34)
# "Denounced" (4:13)
# "Red Chord" (4:27)
# "Roger" (3:23)
# "Fitzcarraldo" (11:35)
# "Your Face" (Hidden track)
Re-release
Fitzcarraldo was re-issued by
ZTT Records on 29 October 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
David Odlum is an Irish music producer, engineer, guitarist, and drummer who has worked and played with Academy Award winners and Mercury Prize nominees. Originally a member of Kíla, a band which was founded during his schooldays at Coláiste Eo ...
on lead guitar,
Paul Brennan on drums and
Noreen O'Donnell
Noreen, or BID 590, was an off-line one-time tape cipher machine of British origin.
Usage
As well as being used by the United Kingdom, Noreen was used by Canada. It was widely used in diplomatic stations. According to the display note on a ...
on backing vocals. They also featured
Pete Briquette on keyboards & programming,
Dee Armstrong
Dee may refer to:
People Surname
* Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname Day
* Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including:
** Those listed at Di (surname)
** Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname Li ()
* Di R ...
on viola and Kevin Murphy on cello.
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.
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)
Chart positions
References
External links
The Frames
1995 albums
1996 albums
The Frames albums
ZTT Records albums
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