Franz Ferdinand

Der er en lille håndfuld bangers
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I love the energy on this record. Lots of driving, catchy rhythms. There's some other interesting things going on instrumentally, with some nice organ keys and so on. Take Me Out is obviously a big hit. I'm definitely going to re-visit.

This album is fun and pretty consistent with one big highlight: Take me Out is a great song. But its mostly par for the course wake of The Strokes 00s indie-rock.

It feels like there's a party in my ears, and everyone's invited

Thought about giving an extra star because of the Terry Wogan namedrop, but it probably doesn't deserve *that* high praise.

Decent album. I remember Take Me Out playing a lot when it came out; I guess it was good to finally listen to the rest of the album.

2.5

Feel-good-rock. Het ligt allemaal wel erg lekker in het gehoor. Zeker de hits trekken je mee. Het krijgt van mij met 3,5 ster zeker een voldoende. Maar of iedereen dit album moet horen? Het lijkt mij eerder thuishoren bij de 101 artiesten die je live moe(s)t meemaken.

Easily my favorite offering from that generation of aughts alt-rock, makes me kind of sad that "Mr. Brightside" went the distance to be enshrined as a classic of the time but nobody really cares about "Take Me Out" anymore

I love Take me out, lets see if anything else is as catchy. Oh good! Yes it is! Maybe this tambre will also be insufficient to hold me later, but right now it's arresting. The musical interest is more than present, this is a banger. I'm tempted to dock it a star for not being as transcendent as High Violet, but if I keep rating the same, this is an easy five stars.

I found this fairly annoying overall but 3 stars for Guitar Hero.

Recently my partner got this album, so it's fresh in my mind. Unlike my partner, however, who didn't like it quite finish to push it into the five star category, I think it clears the bar. Each song has this feeling of what made early 2000s rock sound really good, before it became to homogenized and relatively safe by the mid-2010s, and I'll say while the lyrical content isn't usually too crazy, songs like Michael feel very ahead of their time in discussing a topic like it does. Then there is of course the crown jewel, Take Me Out. Everyone knows this song and for good reason, the slowdown with the tempo absolutely makes it a bop-and-a-half, and that technical quality is through the whole album. This album and Is This It by the Strokes really felt like they formed the alternative rock genre into something amazing, and while it may have crumbled a bit, I still can't deny this album's quality and importance. It helps that it holds up. Two 5 star albums in a row, let's keep it up generator!

I loved this era in rock, when groups like The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Jet, Wolfmother, and the Arctic Monkeys were aggressively blasting fuzzed-out, syncopated songs that you could barely resist the urge to get up and dance to. I mean, how many rock songs have you heard that are as danceable as 'Take Me Out' or 'This Fire'!?

I must have missed rating this (I thought I did first time through.) I really enjoyed it, I hadn't listened to this in quite a while, but it holds up really well. Good times, will be adding it to my listening rotation.

Classic Scottish indie, really reminds me of living in Glasgow at the time this was out. Every song is so catchy and bright that it can be hard to pick as favourite, but 40' and the imperious Take Me Out are definitely up there.
Loved it, and pleasantly surprised to see it on the list!

Bah, this is an ex-1001 album.
See http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex

What ever happened to Franz Ferdinand? I used to listen to this album when it came out, then forgot about it. Still has some great punchy pop tunes.

Un disco super redondo (comentario obvio donde los haya). Me gusta la portada simple la música desde el principio con "Jacqueline" su línea de bajo y sus guitarras. Desde ahí todo hacia arriba. "The dark of the matinée", "This fire" y la gran "Take me out". La verdad es que hacía tiempo que no lo oía todo seguido y es un disco de 5 estrellas *****.

Pretty much different variations of the same song over and over again. Mixing is very flat. Got bored.

Everyone knows that song but honestly this album is great all around. FF are super underappreciated in the indie rock canon. This album rocks.

Take Me Out is a personally formative rock and roll tune. Funk roots and grooves sort of blend the first 4 tracks in my mind. Cool theramin into Auf Achse, which is a great track. Michael hits the right vibes. 40' is a great closer.