Customer Reviews
It's OK but not my Favorite 
2008-06-18
I love the sound of this album, but after buying it, too many of the songs just sounded the same. The vocals are unique but the album drags after a while. It dropped to the bottom of our play list rather quickly.
Loved the Swell Season 
2008-05-29
This CD had a lot of similar sounding music. I missed her voice, but it was good
The Cost is great music! 
2008-04-20
I love this Cd! The music is haunting & moving, & rocking also. The lyrics are great. Glen Hansard delivers a great performance, as always. The band is very talented, as well. I'll have to get more of the Frames work!
Amazingly Gatifying 2008-03-17
I bought the MP3 album of this cd and only expected amazement as I loved the film Once.
This album was immediately brought to my top 20 favorite albums of all time. I understand that doesn't sound good, but I have so much music it's unbelievable. It would probably rank at a higher level to someone who doesn't have over 10,000 songs in his/her collection.
If you enjoyed the film Once, you will find that these simply are more advance versions of some of the songs. That is, some songs have been re-recorded with a full band, not just piano and guitar. This is not a negative aspect to the cd. It's ONLY positive.
I love it. SOOOOOOOOOOO much.
A must have for a lover of Once... which should be everyone, because Once was amazing. : )
True music lover's album 2007-10-19
The Cost
I find this to be the best album I've come across since The Fray How To Save A Life "How Save a Life". If you love the Fray and Coldplay or Left Outlet, you'll love this album. I can't say the sound of the music of each of these groups is comparable, but the FEEL of the music of each of these groups is comparable. You should definitely buy this album. It certainly is worth the money. It's a very emotional and moving sound.
Melt into Glen Hansard's voice... 2007-09-03
2006 Issued Sixth Album by the Irish Band featuring the Lineup of Bassist Joseph Doyle, Violinist/Keyboardist Colm Mac Coniomaire, Lead Guitarist Rob Bochnik, Drummer Graham Hopkins (Subbing for Johnny Boyle) and Vocalist/Guitarist Glen Hansard. The Album was Recorded in France at Black Box Studios. Three of the Songs were Released in Previous Incarnations Prior to the LP Release and have Been Re-recorded by the Band for this Project: "Rise" First Appeared on the 2003 EP "The Roads Outgrown" and "Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up" were First Heard on "The Swell Season", an Album Issued by Guitarist Hansard and Pianist Marketa Irglova. The Haunting Cover Art Comes from a Photograph by Hansard.
Consistent album from start to finish 2007-08-28
Glen Hansard definitely knows how to write good lyrics. Musically the album was more monotonous than I expected it to be. But the album has a very well carved tone that does not change from start to finish. Even the songs previously featured in Hansard-Irglova's "The Swell Season" are re-arranged to fit the album well. My favorite song is probably is "Sad Songs", a very simple and beautiful song that moves you, but does it quietly. This is my first Frames album, so cannot compare it to the rest, but I am pleased with my purchase :)
The Frames Rock! 2007-06-26
This is a great CD--great band. Some of the songs are in the movie "Once", a film where Glen Hansard finally gets his due and Carney shows his brilliance-- I saw Mr. Hansard in Chicago on a solo-tour and I've never heard a better version of Raglan Road, but also on the flip side what Aaron Copeland calls "good healthy dissonance."
The Man has a great voice 2007-06-26
I actually saw the movie "Once" this evening and rushed to the store before it closed to by the soundtrack...since that was not available I picked up The Cost and played the album over twice on the drive home.
Disappointing 2007-03-30
Mostly ballads, The Cost seems like a Glen Hansard solo album. But that's not really the disappointment here; few of the ballads present anything unique or musically compelling. Yes, Glen has a lovely voice and conveys great empathy, sincerity and beauty. But the songs themselves get too monotonous after a while.
