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Man of Aran (CD)

By: British Sea Power (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Man of Aran (CD) Album By British Sea Power (Artist)
1   Man of Aran
2   South Sound, The
3   Come Wander With Me
4   Tiger King
5   Currach, The
6   Boy Vertiginous
7   Spearing the Sunfish
8   Conneely of the West
9   North Sound, The
10   Woman of Aran
11   It Comes Back Again
12   No Man is an Archipelago
 

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Review

Record Collector (magazine) (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "In conjunction with MAN OF ARAN, it works brilliantly. The ebbs and flows they bring to their albums only enhance the man-at-war-with-nature visuals..."

Title Note

British Sea Power: Phil the Wandering Horn, Abi Fry.

Audio Mixers: Jac Nott; Graham Sutton.

Their most ambitious outing yet, British Sea Power's fourth album functions as the soundtrack for the 1934 film of the same name, a part-fiction, part-fact documentary that captures the daily struggles of a small family living on the Aran islands off of Ireland. The spare, haunting, and unmistakably oceanic music pairs wonderfully with the film, reflecting the calm majesty of a quiet sea, the harrowing strains of raging waves, and the pathos of the islander's treacherous and meager existence.

The instrumentals here--many exceeding 10 minutes--provide a dramatic and satisfying listening experience apart from the film. Strings, pianos, and the shimmer of slide guitar dominate, although "Come Wander with Me" features a wistful vocal that turns the song into the album's centerpiece. Casual listeners expecting mid-tempo rockers will be disappointed, but fans of the band's previous maritime imaginings will appreciate how far their band has come as musical craftsmen.

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