''The Cost'' is the sixth studio album by

The Frames The Frames are an Irish rock 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 studio albums. In addition to Hansard, the band's current line-up inc ...

, released in

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on Plateau Records on 20 September 2006. The album was released worldwide on

ANTI- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. While Epitaph's focus has mostly been on punk rock, Anti-'s roster includes gospel (Mavis Staples), country (Merle Haggard), hip hop (Sage Francis, The Cou ...

on 20 February 2007. The album exhibits a sound more like that of '' For the Birds'' than their more recent album ''

Burn the Maps ''Burn The Maps'' is the fifth studio album by The Frames, released in Ireland on Plateau Records on 17 September 2004 and worldwide on ANTI- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. While Epit ...

''. The Frames' line-up for The Cost features

Glen Hansard Glen Hansard (born 21 April 1970) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Since 1990, he has been the frontman of the Irish rock band The Frames, with whom he has released six studio albums, four of which have charted in the top te ...

on guitar and vocals,

Colm Mac Con Iomaire Colm Mac Con Iomaire () is an Irish composer and musician from Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland, who plays violin and sings with The Frames. He is the son of Liam Mac Con Iomaire, a writer, journalist and broadcaster. He attended school at ...

on violin and keyboards, Joseph Doyle on bass guitar and backing vocals,

Rob Bochnik Rob Bochnik (born 1973) is an American musician, audio engineer, singer and songwriter. He is guitarist with The Frames, has worked with The Swell Season, The Butcher Shop Quartet and records as a solo artist. He has worked on several projects ...

on lead guitar and

Graham Hopkins Graham Hopkins (born 20 December 1975) is an Irish drummer. He was the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames and rock band Therapy?. Biography Early years Hopkins was born in Dublin and was brought up in Clane, County Kildare in a musica ...

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

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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'' 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. "Lay Me Down" and " ...

''. Both "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" appeared on the 2006 album ''

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

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 13 May 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 24 January 2011.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Glen Hansard; except where indicated # "Song for Someone" - 5:36 # "

Falling Slowly "Falling Slowly" is a song in the indie folk and indie rock genres that was written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2007 Irish musical romance film ''Once'', which starre ...

" (Hansard, M. Irglová) - 4:35 # "People Get Ready" (C. MacConIomaire, Hansard) - 5:28 # "Rise" - 3:26 # "When Your Mind's Made Up" - 3:44 # "Sad Songs" - 3:09 # "The Cost" (C. Ward, Hansard) - 4:20 # "True" - 5:14 # "The Side You Never Get to See" - 3:40 # "Bad Bone" - 4:42

Chart positions

References

External links

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