- Franz Ferdinand (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Franz Ferdinand
Type = studio
Artist = Franz Ferdinand
Released =9 February 2004
Recorded = 2003
Genre =Post-punk revival ,indie rock
Length = 38:45 (single disc)
54:35 (double disc)
Label =Domino Records
Producer = Franz Ferdinand,Tore Johansson
Misc = Singles
Name = Franz Ferdinand
Type = Studio
single 1 =Darts of Pleasure
single 1 date =September 8 ,2003
single 2 = Take Me Out
single 2 date =January 12 ,2004
single 3 =The Dark of the Matinée
single 3 date =April 19 ,2004
single 4 = Michael
single 4 date =August 16 ,2004
single 5 = This Fire
single 5 date =November 12 ,2004
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:slfm965okepo~T1 link]
*"Alternative Press " (10/10) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/franzferdinand/franzferdinand link]
*"The Guardian " Rating|5|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1134445,00.html link]
*"NME " (9/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/franz-ferdinand/7307 link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.1/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17936/Franz_Ferdinand_Franz_Ferdinand link]
*Review-Christgau|hm3|artist=5326
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/franzferdinand/albums/album/5237207/review/5941564/franz_ferdinand link]
*"Uncut" (10/10) [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/franzferdinand/franzferdinand link]
Last album =
This album = "Franz Ferdinand"
(2004)
Next album = "You Could Have It So Much Better "
(2005)"Franz Ferdinand" is the debut album by Scottish
indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains three UK top ten singles: "Take Me Out", "This Fire" (on the download chart) and "The Dark of the Matinée " (often referred to simply as "Matinée"). "Franz Ferdinand" won the 2004Mercury Music Prize . The album has since sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide.Chart performance
The album entered the UK album charts at #3 in February 2004 and at #12 on the Australian ARIA album charts in April 2004. The album entered the
Billboard 200 album charts onApril 26 ,2004 , and climbed slowly, peaking at #32 in December 2004. It reached #2 on the Heatseeker chart for new acts. As of September 2004, there have been five different singles released from the album:
* The "Darts of Pleasure" EP reached the top 50 of the UK singles charts in September 2003.
* "Take Me Out" reached the top 5 of the UK charts, top 10 of the Irish charts and top 40 in a composite European chart.
* "The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée" reached the top 10 of the UK singles charts and top 30 of the World Modern Rock Charts (a composite chart of United States, German, UK, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and Australian modern rock charts).
* "Michael" reached the top 20 of the UK singles charts in August 2004.
* "This Fire" only first played byKROQ in September 2004.
* "Take Me Out " was voted #1 in the nationalAustralian music poll, theTriple J Hottest 100 (2004 ) and "This Fire " and "The Dark of the Matinée " were placed at #29 and #50, respectively.Reception
"Franz Ferdinand" received universal critical acclaim. The "NME" said that the band was the latest in the line of art school rock bands featuring
The Beatles ,The Rolling Stones ,The Who ,Duran Duran ,Roxy Music , theSex Pistols , Wire and Blur. It rated the album as 9 out of 10 and said: "This album is the latest and most intoxicating example of the wonderful pushing its way up between the ugly slabs ofPop Idol ,nu metal and Britons aping American bands. What these blossoming bands have in common is the absolute conviction that rock 'n' roll is more than a career option."The BBC's review of the album said: "At only 38 minutes long "Franz Ferdinand" may not be a particularly long album, but it is a masterpiece of funky, punky, suave cool from the first track to the last."
Allmusic rated the album as four out of five stars and said: "Franz Ferdinand" ends up being rewarding in different ways than the band's previous work was, but it's apparent that they're still one of the more exciting groups to come out of the garage-rock / post-punk revival."The album received an extremely positive 87 rating on
MetaCritic [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/franzferdinand/franzferdinand?q=Franz%20Ferdinand] putting it among the top 100 albums rated by the site.The album is noted in the book "
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ".Track listing
Lead vocals by
Alex Kapranos , except where noted. All songs written byAlex Kapranos andNick McCarthy except where noted.#"Jacqueline" (
Alex Kapranos ,Nick McCarthy ,Bob Hardy ) – 3:49
#"Tell Her Tonight" – 2:17
#*Lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy.
#"Take Me Out" – 3:57
#"The Dark of the Matinée " (Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy) – 4:03
#"Auf Achse" – 4:19
#"Cheating on You" – 2:36
#"This Fire" – 4:14
#"Darts of Pleasure " – 2:59
#"Michael" – 3:21
#"Come on Home" – 3:46
#"40'" – 3:24Limited edition digipak with live bonus disc
The limited edition first release in the UK came in gatefold digipak with a bonus disc containing a live performance at The Paradiso in
Amsterdam :
# "Cheating on You" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Better on Holiday" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Tell Her Tonight" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Shopping for Blood" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Take Me Out" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Love & Destroy" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Truck Stop" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "This Fire" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Michael" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)
# "Darts of Pleasure" (Live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam)Limited edition bonus disc
In the United States, a limited edition album was released later in
2004 , containing the normal album disc (coloured white), with the tracks listed above, but also came with an extra disc (coloured black), containing the re-recorded version of "This Fire" titled "This Fffire" and four B-sides. The tracks "Van Tango" and "Shopping for Blood" were B-sides to "Darts of Pleasure ", while "All for You, Sophia" and "Words So Leisured" were B-sides to "Take Me Out".#"This Ff fire" – 3:32
#"Van Tango" – 3:26
#"Shopping for Blood" (Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy,Paul Thomson ) – 3:34
#"All for You, Sophia" (Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy) – 3:00
#"Words So Leisured" – 2:18Personnel
*
Alex Kapranos –lead guitar ,lead vocals
*Nick McCarthy –rhythm guitar ,vocals ,keyboards
*Bob Hardy –bass guitar
*Paul Thomson – drums, percussion,backing vocals
*Andy Knowles (touring only) – drums,keyboards ,guitar Release history
Album singles
*"
Darts of Pleasure "
**Released:November 18 ,2003 (US),September 8 ,2003 (UK)
**Chart positions:
*** #44 (UK)
*"Take Me Out"
**Released:January 12 ,2004
**Chart positions:
*** #3 (UK)
*** #7 (Canada )
*** #66 (US)
*** #3 (US Modern Rock)
*** #42 (Hot Digital Songs )
*** #6 (Brazil Hot 100 )
*"The Dark of the Matinée "
**Released:April 19 ,2004
**Chart positions:
*** #8 (UK)
*"Michael"
**Released:August 16 ,2004
**Chart positions:
*** #14 (UK)
*"This Fire"
**Released:November 12 ,2004
**Chart positions:
*** #8 (UK Downloads Chart)
*** #17 (US Modern Rock)
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