 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".Fitzcarraldo was re-issued by ZTT Records on October 29, 1996.