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Come on man. "The greatest albums of all time"? I expect every Tool, Metallica, GnR, Zeppelin, and Stones album to be on here if this shit is on here. It's an alright album, like 6/10 but not the greatest anything.
Like it, especially their hit "Take Me Out".
Great album
It was fun and entertaining
Oh very nice. Really digged this. Super easy listen. I've always meant to check out more Franz Ferdinand. Definitely will be doing so after this.
Re-listen. This is one of the 3s that is sort of close to a 4, but I just don’t love any of the songs (even Take Me Out). Most of the songs are enjoyable though, which is pretty rare for me.
It's ok
Never been a fan
Better than I remembered but I dislike the vocals quite a lot.
Starts strong(ish, Tell Her Tonight is pretty bad), but fizzles out towards the end. Still very enjoyable for its high highs.
This was a great album, I listened to it when it first came out.
I don't know what I expected when I took Franz Ferdinand out for a spin. This isn't it. But I love it!
Franz came out of nowhere and crushed it with this debut album.
8/10
didnt like it as much as I hoped
god, ikke vildt sådan memorable for mig
Wall to wall bangers
Der er en lille håndfuld bangers Hele pladen lyder ret unikt af dem.
very nice album with their unique style that kinda boomed into a couple other bands with hit included
Good album with a some catchy songs that get completely overlooked by Take Me Out. 4/5
Do not like. Sounds amateur. Not sure why on list .
good listen bit samey
"this fire"is a banger, on top of that, a solid album.
I enjoyed this. I would listen again.
solid. could i write poetry to this? y
I guess this album is supposed to be fun? But in an ironic and disaffected way? I don't know, I just felt kind of irritated.
I remembered this album being a 5, but as I listened yesterday I realized that I don't like it as much as I thought I did. It was the right album at the right time, but that time has passed.
I like it, it reminds me of "Los Bunkers" chilean band.
This was the very first album I ever bought with my own pocket money when I was 10, and I still rank it as one of my all time favourites. Thanks, Franz Ferdinand, for 20 years of these bangers!
Did not find much signifigamce
Wanted to love it. Was just pretty good
Exuberant, punchy record packed with chart-friendly numbers. And if that isn't enough to put you off then you deserve to listen to it on repeat until you rip out your own toenails. A poor, derivative imitation of illustrious forbears.
Jacqueline - 4.05/5 quite shrill. i enjoyed the beginning though Tell her tonight - 3.6/5 funky but repetitive and i don't like when it switched minor to major keys. I cant stand when songs do that Take me out - 4.89/5 one of the few songs that pulls off a gradual tempo change correctly and in a way that sounds good. The dark of the matinee - 4.41/5 wow how have I never heard this before Auf Achse - 4.52/5 something about the build up to the explosive choruses hits so right. still shrill but not bad Cheating on you - 3.79/5 so shrill i had to turn down and take away from the experience This Fire - 4.48/5 cyberpunk Darts of pleasure - 4.27/5 dont like the key change but i like the drums Michael - 3.94/5 holy hell he's gay Come on home - 4.37/5 40' - 4.26/5 solo is amazing a controlled yet ever slipping chaotic symphony forged in rebellion. 4.3/5
I liked it alot, 4 stars
More realistically a 4.5
Noiosetto dopo un po
Solid 2000s rock album. Take me out still goes hard to this day.
Besides "Take Me Out", I don't think I recognized the other songs. Subsequently, they didn't stand out too much either. Does not bode well for the band. Songs started to blur together, couldn't really pick out any of them that really stood out. Just felt like any standard early 2000's band to me.
I do like Franz Ferdinand (the band) but they are one of the bands where I really like some stuff, don't care for other stuff, and then certain stuff I like but it soon grows tired. This album was exactly like that on the first couple listens. But I didn't have time to rate the album so I just kept playing it over and over. And it grew on me, and some stuff that felt tired actually got better. It's an imperfect and perhaps not quite worthy 4, but a 4 nonetheless. Great songs from the beginning are Jacqueline, Take Me Out (because yeah, that's why most people first paid attention to these guys), This Fire (also a big hit from the get-go). And great songs after several listens are The Dark of the Matinee, Auf Achse, Cheating on You, Darts of Pleasure, and Michael (so much so it might be my favorite on the album - great beat and cheeky, gender-bending lyrics that I came to know them for).
Sounds like Muswell Hill times. Not a fan.
gostosinho
very early 2000s...not my favorite. sounds sort of unoriginal...and monotonous after a while. this could be due to 2023 context and because i listen to too much indie rock though. Also I disliked the lack of focus on melody really - it feels very bass driven and not in a good way, and I don't love that. and vocals are kind of reminiscent of Bowie but melodies are trash intro of "take me out" reminded me of joy division's "love will tear us apart" but like a less cool version best (both mid): the dark of the matinee / come on home (it's fine?) worst: :( auf achse / cheating on you / michael rating: 2/5. sorry :/ only 2 decent tracks
Michael, Take Me Out and Come on Home stand out from the rest of the album, which feels a little samey. This is a good album for background music at a party or for noise while cleaning, exercising, etc. Not something I would sit and just listen to. I didn’t dislike anything but wasn’t that impressed overall
Fun post-punk music and it recalls a time in the early 2000's when this type of music was found everywhere. A good listen and I think this album deserves a place on the list. Saying all that, I don't re-visit this album too often.
Kinda forgettable, thought I Recognized one song but not sure
starts kinda weak but then it's banger after banger
meh
Noch nie von der Band gehört. Gefiel mir aber von sofort an sehr gut. Btw spitzen Band Name :). Favorit: The Dark Of The Matinée 4.3
5+ hätt nicht gedacht, dass so geil, aber habs bestimmt 2-3 jetzt gehört
I hear them regularly. Love the band dearly. Check out also other songs of them! for example: „Do You Want To“ or „No You Girls“! Personal top3 in no order: Take Me Out The Dark Of The Matinée Auf Achse
Gefällt mir. Würde ich auch live anhören. 7.5/10
Переслушаю чисто в удовольствие, заранее намерена поставить пятерочку) А вот и нет, пятерочку не поставлю. В целом для меня ФФ самая любимая инди-группа и много песен с этого альбома я знаю наизусть, но как-то целым альбомом слушать мне стало скучновато под конец
Good single but the rest grated on my nerves.
This is actually a decent album
Yeah it holds up
Very listenable but just a wee bit dull
I hate this
They can probably take this one out
Haven’t ever actually listened to this all the way through until now. This Fire.
It's good, reminds me of high school
Took me back to the uni days. Was a nice reminder and they mostly hold up.
CD
November 22, 2023 The Strokes listen to Can and move to Scotland
Never listened to it before. I am aware of their hits, but nothing else. . . What an album! Not one of my top ten, but certainly a great album! Syncopated post-pop with soaring themes and arena-worthy anthems. Every song is strong, and the hooks are many and well-crafted.
Take Me Out is like one of the best songs of the 2000s and I love This Fire too...but none of the album tracks here even come close to the singles.
Top tracks - Jacqueline - take me out - this fire - come on home - -
I was skeptical going into this album. One hit wonders are usually one hit for a reason. However I was pleasantly surprised. The album is full of catchy songs. High hat riding disco-esque drums, dual guitars, clever lyrics and some interesting tempo changes. I'm left wondering why these guys didn't have more hits.
Boring.
Maschine: Nectar Bee Mische: 1A, interessante (mit Bee) prominente Bassläufe Musik: Premium Rock-Dance mit Stil, aber nicht nur Killer auf der Scheibe Meinung: 4/5
I could’ve sworn this had already appeared 🤔 Anyways, cool album. More than many other ”Post-punk revival” bands, Franz Ferdinand have one leg in the post-punk past and the other in the revival present
Bra musik... dåliga lyrics
Great listening to this after a long time. Really enjoying it when it came out and was good to get back to it.
Good album! Didn't love every song, but good overall :)
What a fuckin baller album. Great memories.
It’s fine.
Some bangers but somehow lost its pop after the naughties
First Listen: Jacqueline- 7/10 Tell Her Tonight- 6/10 Take Me Out- 8/10 The Dark of the Matinee- 7/10 Auf Achse- 7/10 Cheating on You - 6/10 This Fire- 6/10 Darts of Pleasure- 7/10 Michael- 8/10 Come on Home- 8/10 '40- 7/10 Total- 77/110 = 70%
Solid rock album that brings back solid memories! 4/5
The influence this album had on my taste cannot be understated... it feels kind of blasphemous that I discovered them through that iPod Touch commercial (no, you girls will never know!) but here we are, 14 years later. I still love Alex Kapranos' vocals, the clever lyrics, and the sharp riffs. I recall they once said that they want to make records that girls can dance to and THIS IS IT. Tracks that stood out to me upon this revisit: 1 - Jacqueline; 3 - Take Me Out; 4 - The Dark of the Matinee; 6 - Cheating on You; 7 - This Fire (this was such a fun song performed live); 8 - Darts of Pleasure; 9 - Michael Would I revisit this album? Yes, absolutely!
One of my favourite albums of the last 20 years, Greg really good start to finish. It’s a pity there aren’t more album of this quality and debth.
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.
#1, #3, #8
Great indie album
Un album art-rock soutenu qui file à travers des pièces sans jamais perdre le cap. Un pilier de la vague indie rock début 2000 qui sonne toujours aussi frais.
Le rythme n'arrête pas du début à la fin. Là où les albums successifs de Franz Ferdinand tombent parfois dans le "sur-arrangement", celui-ci conserve une simplicité efficace et inspirante. Take Me Out demeure un des meilleurs simples pop-rock des années 2000.
Album #2 glad to have a short album after 75 minutes of bob dylan yesterday. i feel like on a different day i'd like this more, take me out burned its way into my brain when i was little and the album's gayer than i expected, but i'm just not feeling it today, you know? so i'm waffling between 3 and 4 stars. i wish there was a 3.5 rating. i just don't get why this album's HERE. take me out is a great single and the album's not BAD, but was it historically important? people keep talking about "is this it" so this isn't the only post-punk album on the list. maybe if i was there in 2004 it'd be clearer. if i was a teen girl i'd probably give this a 5, the lyrics feel like pop punk even if the instruments don't quite. it'd also be a great soundtrack. someone else said all the songs are pretty similar (i know i shouldn't have looked up someone else's reviews before finishing my own but sue me). i agree and it's a change from blonde on blonde where even if some of them SOUNDED similar, the themes were different enough to make them distinct. here, if you listen to take me out, michael and dark of the matinee you might want the rest, but do you NEED the rest?
Some bangers, unlikely to revisit. Beatles meets Muse. 3/5
One of my favorite albums of the era. Just walk to wall bangers.
Good songs but I've heard this type of music before.
good album
One of the better garage rock revival bands of this era
very good. was stoned so all i remember was thinking it was very good. and i listened to the matinee one after like that on my playlist 👍
"The Dark of the Matinee"
There is a lot of good stuff going on here, but it gets a little repetitive. Most of the songs sound too similar, but at least they are good. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Good, v 2000's
I remember this coming out, when I thought I was too cool for popular indie records, but damn the singles were pretty catchy. Now that i have no delusions of being cool, I'm warmly surprised by the album! It has strong garage rock and post-punk sounds, but softened into radio-friendly indie. The energy is good and there are some earworms on here. Compared to most mediocre British indie on this list, this is pretty rocking. 4*
I didn’t realize I knew take me out. Big fan.
Bonus points for real guitar and drums. Very entertaining stuff. Never listened to the whole album before. The hit, Take Me Out, is a standout. But the whole album is great.
Really good beyond the hits. Not your standard 2000s alternative rock album, does a good job of changing the pace and almost including more ballad type songs. 3.5 stars
Take me out, classic
Puh, leider mittlerweile eher nervig für mich…ist wohl sehr Stimmungsabhängig. Tatsächlich aber trotzdem 3 Nostalgiepunkte!
I lost this album after listening to it a lot as a teenager. It sounds too much like pop-music for me to embrace it fully. But I have to admit that almost every song is super catchy.
Practically grew up with this album. Very nice.
Alright nothing exciting kinda repetitive beat throughout the album. \"Take me out\"
Great toe tapping rock at the start flags for me at the end. Some amazing singles though.
Temazos, son muy buenos Me gusta más You could have it so much better pero 5 estrellas igualmente
Typical 80's hair rock. Eddie Van Halen was plaudited as the latest greatest thing with a guitar, but a bit too much of it for me. Wouldn't avoid them but wouldn't go out of my way to see or listen to them either. Half way again, 2.5.
I can’t explain why I’ve never liked this band other than I’ve always thought of them as pretentious and annoying. Maybe it’s just the extreme disappointment I felt when I first heard ‘Take Me Out’. An incredible first 1 minute and 3 seconds of intro, that built my hopes up far too high for the dross that was to follow. So, with an open mind I listened to this today. And I was right about them. Still just annoying. And there are better ways to experience 1 minute and 3 seconds of joy 🤣
Easily one of my favourite albums of the Noughties, and loved the Post Punk revival going on when this came out. All the tracks on this album are excellent, not one bad one and flows so well, standout track 'This Fire'. The three singles are outstanding, which brought this lot to my attention at the time which made me buy it when I heard 'Take Me Out') then it was followed 'the Dark of the Matinee' and 'Micheal'. Tight, melodic and with a slight humourousnes/ Edginess about it, like they were engoying themselves when they recorded it. It's the party album Joy Division didn't write. 5
Album of an Era. The gasping British drumming is the early 2000s. Touches of the Talking Heads with the driving, wine-soaked British guitar and lyrics. When you need to dance, you dance. A little too long. A 10 tracker would have been perfect.
From 2023's perspective, my impression was that Franz Ferdinand are an irrelevant landfill name: when I drew this album, I scoffed in disbelief. The hacks behind one-hit-wonder "Take Me Out"? Really? I was surprised to read that this debut album was avidly lapped up by the press and secured the band as a jewel of the early 2000's post-punk revival. I was even more surprised when I ended up enjoying it over several listens. It isn't hard to feel the charm of Franz Ferdinand. There's a swaggering attitude running through this album, as the band bring their take on a genre which was attempting to restore some edge to rock music. Alex Kapranos' vocals are equal parts guttural howl and moody brooding, encapsulating the genre. His guitar lines are melodic, clean and insistent: they can hover round the same notes, but must attack on every single half-beat! Then there are Paul Thomson's rippling drum lines with sizzling hi-hats and military precision, disco-leaning while always driving the songs forward. The band display a good aptitude for unconventional song structures: while opener "Jacqueline" begins with a mellow intro accompanied by a lone strummed guitar, it soon explodes into a jagged little punk jam. Standout "The Dark of the Matinee" has slow, atmospheric verses which deftly switch up into a darkly cabaret-esque hook. And let the records state that "Take Me Out" is indeed an excellent track, with a perfectly executed bait-and-switch after the first minute slows into a rock-steady groove and instantly iconic guitar part. Elsewhere, there are some decent straight-ahead rockers, which might not break the mould but sit comfortably within it. "This Fire" is a stomper with a raging, addictive refrain. "Tell Her Tonight" seamlessly blends Gang of Four style verses with an early Beatles chorus. And "Michael" is one of the most front-to-back parties on the record. The main criticism that can be levelled against Franz Ferdinand is that they aren't particularly innovative, and the sonic template of this album can be traced back to innumerable post-punk acts of the late 70s and early 80s. But is this a fair criticism? Perhaps it depends on one's mood: these songs are either lovably familiar or a cheap hall of mirrors of influences. In the end, I'm going to be led by goodwill, happy to have been won over by an enjoyable, tight record.
I didn't hate it and it didn't drag too much, but it wasn't anything special. Very middle of the road, like something that would sound good with a small crowd in an after hours club maybe. Going to give it 3 stars.
My youth, University, early romance, nights out, driving lessons. This album really brings it all back !
I used to play this album a lot back in the day
Great album
Good indie album! Great to see these guys in a festival slot. This album is a good starting point and probably some of their strongest material! 7,5 out of 10
mediocre metal
I can passively listen to it, but if I pay attention it's not that interesting.
Fun throwback! Consistant theme running through the whole album
really awesome music, didn’t finish it
sweet
I don’t know that I’ve ever listened to this album in full - just “Take Me Out”. I appreciate their impact on indie rock in the 00s, but overall this album isn’t doing it for me.
White boy set the tone with that bass in every song while looking like a cabbage patch kid
Would listen again
Take me out is still my favorite but really liked it - have never heard the others before
war ok bissi so falco vibezz
Didn’t have much time for FF at all when this first came out. Unfairly put them in the same bracket as other dross that was in those ‘indie landfill’ circles, but as time went on I realised how these are more special than their peers. Still wouldn’t say I’m a fan, even after revisiting this now, but it’s certainly not poor by any standards. Some interesting guitar riffs which sets it apart, and you can tell they are more substance over style, unlike some of their peers. It does sound very mid-00s, but from memory these were one of the bands that kickstarted that. I hated most of that scene, but I won’t hold it against these. Especially given the singer is a Sunderland fan. Wont ever top the work they did with Sparks as FFS. Hell of a record that. Highlights: Tell Her Tonight, Aug Achse, This Fire
Very much a heavyweight of the noughties indie that soundtracked my early 20s, they were completely overplayed but they have some really good songs. It's short enough so it ends as they start running out of ideas. The faux posh English accents get on my nerves, not sure why they sing like that. Would be better if they took a few more experimental turns but despite the negativity of this review it's generally great.
It is what it is. Take Me Out, Dark of the Matinee, Auf Achse, and Come on Home are bangers.
As the kids say these days, this was a very "mid" album. There are some interesting guitar riffs and the highlight tracks are great but there isn't much substance to the album. Luckily with it's 38min runtime it doesn't stick around for too long. Highlights: Jacqueline Take Me Out The Dark of the Matinée
I remember when this was released, I definitely didn't think much of it at the time and it wasn't popular with my mates. It's better than that, however still doesn't quite do it for me. Some great riffs though. I think it's the singer that I'm not sold by. Take me out was played to death. Dark of the matinee too, but is the much better track imo. I don't think I'd be bothered by not hearing any of it again tbh but it isn't bad
Conocía de antes Take me out y Dark of the Matinée y me gustan bastante. Pero en general cansa muy rápido el álbum, el resto de canciones pasaron sin pena ni gloria.
really liked it
It was good. Nothing much stood out
Rating System Notes: 1 star - Didn't enjoy listening at all. 2 stars - Fine to listen to but didn't really enjoy it. 3 stars - I enjoyed this album while it was on but wouldn't actively seek it out to listen again. 4 stars - I really enjoyed this album and would be happy to listen to it again. 5 stars - a classic album, one I will listen to a lot in future.
Hmm, nem rossz, de hallottam már jobb indie/alter albumot. 3,5
Power driven tracks somewhat similar but still was able to listen straight through... sometimes you can't get past the first 10 seconds with some of the other artists this site has pushed me to.
Great alt rock album, Take Me Out and This Fire bring me back to adolescence
Fantastic Album
Find me in the matinee!
Fun, catchy pop.
Great album, loved it. Had never listened to the whole album before.
I wasn't an immediate fan when this came out but it really grew on me over time. I think my initial reaction was to hearing it too often at every restaurant, bar and hip store while living in Brooklyn when it dropped. I think it holds up better than some other records of the era now.
Always loved Take Me Out and always will. Gave me some extra listening for sure 😌
I wanted to love this album as much as I love the track Take Me Out, and while it wasn't a bad listen, it just blended into the background for me.
I remembered this as being a better Killers, which it is, but that doesn't make it anything better than mediocre.
I’ve never been all that impressed with Franz Ferdinand. There are interesting points on the album, but the whole thing feels relatively small; as if there’s not much going on. It’s fun, yet repetitive. The vocals get old and the instrumentation doesn’t change up enough to distinguish the songs from themselves. Oh well. 3/5
Very enjoyable album, glad I listened
Enjoyable, a bit like early arctic monkeys with less personality
3,7
amazing post-punk revival. From start to finish almost every song is enjoyable, dancey.
Take me out! Soooo good. Alt, great bass and funk disco srums in rock format
Never been a fan of their music so was expecting to not enjoy this but it was a decent album.
Solid britpop album. A bit monotonous though and nothing too special. Opening tracks are pretty good but got bored around halfway through
Fun album. Was familiar with some of the tracks but it really works as a whole. Found some new bangers
I grew up with this album and enjoyed it back then. It’s groovy for a rock album
Early 2000s indie fare. Was good to hear it again in full after so many years.
Great album. Maybe one or two skips depending on mood but honestly no bad songs
Reminds me why Take Me Out was such a jam, and why we never heard anything else from this album
3.4 I remember liking the album more when it came out. Pretty solid, could definitely use a remaster
Loved “Jacqueline” and “Take Me Out”. “Come on Home” and “40’” were good. Instrumentals were great, but album as a whole was meh.
Was really wanting more from this. It wasn’t horrible but didn’t pull me in like Take Me Out did.
This is not really my genre, the music all sounded kind of samey to me. Not bad, just fine, just not my thing. I listened to it a couple of days ago and already forgot the entire thing.
Not bad, probably won’t listen to this album ever again though. Every song just seems like a different rendition of the hit song on the album.
Fantastic freaking album! So unique for its time and influential to today's music! Great every time.
really good
Decent listen, not my cup of tea and the rest of the album doesnt match the energy of Take me out
A blast to go back to an album I had listened to so much but haven't listened to in quite some time and I don't know why it's still cool and funky and deserves more attention than what it gets.
Fairly good background which brings back some memories.
Meh
Good album. Take me out is a 8/10. Rest of the album sounds too much like that song without being better.
Good indie 3.7
I like this album a lot, though I haven't heard any of these songs in several years. But they still sound good to these ears!
Liked this since it was new. Was really into this band for a minute in 2004-2005. 4/5
I was honestly somewhat surprised to see that I didn’t totally hate this after years of aversion towards “Take Me Out”. I didn’t really love it either, the mix between Britpop and then-current NYC garage rock just isn’t my thing, although a good riff or hook did show up enough to catch my attention. Just a D for me
Love me some Franz Ferdinand. Listened through this a couple times back in the day but only had one of the songs downloaded, got the whole thing now.
Short and sweet with a couple really good songs on it ("This Fire" being a standout for me). Wonderful, better than I expected.
Some great songs on that album
I don't think I have ever seen a review that figured these folks out. Subtly wackadoo and definitely worth a listen.
Ggg
Classic Album by Franz Ferdinand, it's okay to listen to, but most tracks tend to become annoying to me.
very of its time, doesn't honestly sound great to me now. boring, humour is rather grating. 2/5
At the time of their release I never paid much attention to Franz Ferdinand but I can see why their discoesque, powerful but still sophisticated style has something to it.
Another great, classic album. Just as fun now as it was 19 years ago.
¡Fantástico!
This album takes me back. The year I finished high school.
Take Me Out really is a pretty damn good song. It’s not as dynamic or interesting as Arctic Monkey’s debut. Not as good as The Stroke or White Stripes imo. The disco beats get a little old on this one. Still really good but probably going to be a 3 for me.
Only had heard "Take Me Out", thought that was going to be the only good song, turns out there are plenty of great songs on this album, pleasantly suprised
Wasn't bothered apart from the few songs I already knew
Another album that I would probably never have listened to if I was not a member of this project. Every song on here is perfectly crafted. They remind me a little of Cheap Trick with the way they combine pop and rock in a perfect mix.
Take Me Out was the only song I knew of theirs, and it's great. The rest of the album is OK.
Nostalgia 🥰
Fun listen
remember flogging this a lot when it came out..... its still OK, but i can wait another 10 years till i listen to it again
Cool album. I never really gave FF too much thought, but I hear the cool new wave / punk influence and they did an album with Sparks, so they’ve gotta be at least kind of cool.
3 very good hits Catchy Rhythms Well played bass Nice pace changes
RRAAAAHH NO FUCKING WAY
It was just alright for me.
3.6 one of the most solid indie rock albums i've listened to tbh faves: dark of the matinee, take me out, cheating on you
мило приятно стильно
Одна из моих любимых инди-групп, которая совершенно случайно ворвалась в мою жизнь и плотно засела. Причём что мне конкретно нравится — сказать сложно. То ли обложки, навеянные советским конструктивизмом. То ли ритмы, которые идеально сочетаются с любой дорогой и её преодолением любыми транспортными средствами. Короче, нравицца и всё. Ещё хочется.
3.5
Another great album where I recognized a few lyrics, relish I knew about them sooner!
Bom.
Meh
Was alright. I randomly heard Tell Her Tonight a day before listening to the album, and it kinda became my fave song from the album. Never knew what to associate with that name, now I know. + Tell Her Tonight + The Dark of the Matinée
I liked this album has some very recognizable songs, Added to my lib.
Yeah, it's okay
Take Me Out is great and a few other tracks has a little something going for them but this is mostly tame post-punk that was poised to become a footnote in dad rock history.
The perfect example of mainstream indie rock with a hint of post punk done right!
The kind of album you still have your old CD somewhere because everyone bought it and it's fun to come back to it sometimes even if it's not a masterpiece. Feelgood stuff.
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.
Other than Take me out i didnt really like this album
Nostalgiaryöppy on minulle armoton, mutta niin on tämä levykin. Vauhti! Ei voi olla tanssimatta! Loppupuoli kyllä laantuu liikaa.
Kuulen riittävästi tehokkaita kitarakulkuja ja jopa jonkin verran toimivia laulumelodioita ollakseni positiivisesti yllättynyt. Bändin esteettinen ilme on simplistinen mutta asianmukainen, eikä sen soitantoa ole runneltu odotettua pahemmalla jytätuotannolla.
This is the kind of indie-rock that I like. They've got their own sound and it doesn't sound like all the other indie-bands. The song "Take Me Out" is a modern classic and the rest holds up well but aren't as iconic. 4.5 stars.
YES LAD It's a 5/5. The singles off this album are fantastic. The only bad song on the album Is Cheating on You. Every other song is great.
I enjoyed this album. I recognized the song Take me Out as a jam that I could sing along with. The musicians are talented and the singing is pretty good.
album was decent, but not amazing nice background music. decent vocals. lyrics ok. 2 or 3 stars.
so far the vocals seem like theyre gonna get annoying second track is pretty good although i feel like so far none of these tracks have any real staying power and are quite forgetable after 10 seconds i have some small problems with it, mainly it just not being anything interesting to my ears even though i can recognize its good if theres any positive thing i can say about this album is that none of the songs over stay their welcome so im never overly tired of one song almost finished with it and wow its shocking how not memorable any of these songs are i like the closing track
Okay, not my favorite.
Mixing the edginess of The White Stripes with the energy of The Hives, Scotland’s answer to the growing garage rock-revival movement only increased its pop appeal and longevity Favourite tracks: Jacqueline, Tell Her Tonight, Take Me Out, Matinée, Auf Achse, This Fire, Darts of Pleasure, Michael
Objectively a good album but forever ruined by how cool I was in 2005.
ASS
Ett album fullt av certified bangers! Som The Hives fast mer indie. Dansvänligt ungdomliga riffs. Rätt så simpelt album. Ingen låt som tar ut svängarna särskilt mycket, det gör bara vad som behövs. 'Take Me Out' behöver självklart ingen närmare förklaring. Var lite rädd att FF skulle visa sig vara one hit wonders, men så är verkligen inte fallet. Låtar som 'Jacqueline' och 'Come On Home' är på samma nivå, om inte ännu bättre. För, om man bortser från beat switchet (säger man så? tempoväxlingen?) i 'Take Me Out' så är den väl inte såååå jävla bra..? Solitt album nästan utan skips, men krävs ändå mer edge för att nå ännu högre betyg. Bästa låt: Come On Home
Really solid album. Good songs throughout. 8/10
These guys sound similar to other garage rock revival acts that were popping up in the 2000s. Think: The Strokes, White Stripes, etc.. Only this album was a bit worse. Lots of the songs sounded the same to me. That was one of the reasons I never really got into the garage rock revival thing…
Here's another good album that I was totally unaware of prior to diving into the list. Don't know if it's typical of Scottish rock but I found it pure dead brilliant, I did!
These guys are from Glasgow. Kinda cool but I bet anyone who listens to these guys are pretentious af.
Pretty good but a bit hit and miss for me. My top 3: Take Me Out, This Fire, Darts of Pleasure
A couple of okay songs. Nothing that’s really exciting.
Fun and high energy album
Like an athlete on the start line of the Olympic 100 metres. Not an ounce of fat anywhere, from the starting note to the crossing the finishing line it’s a winner.
good album.
Better than I remember it being.
I enjoyed this album & this era of rock. Take Me Out will always be a favorite. Fun listen.
7.5/10 fave: the dark of the matinee
It feels like there's a party in my ears, and everyone's invited
Favourites: • Take Me Out • The Dark of the Matinée
First album in this project! Riffs are good all over, if not a little samey towards the end. Never been a fan of the britpop style, wish Julian Casablancas was singing instead. The front half of the album is a lot better than the back half which makes it feel like a drag to finish. Rating - 5.8 Favs - Take Me Out - Cheating On You - The Dark Of The Matinée
Refreshing Indie, not much more to say
To say that this was significantly better than expected is an understatement. Everybody knows Take Me Out, but I was not entering with high expectations at all. But this belongs squarely in the pantheon of 2000s alt rock. Really clean vocals, really fun arrangements. Very, very good. Favorite track: honestly, the entire album slaps, but Auf Achse really got me in the groove
Dog this smacked hard af
Not my fav other than their single.
This was pleasant enough to listen to but not really my style, I don’t feel any urge to relisten to it again.
A trip down nostalgia lane, 'Take Me Out' is and always will be an absolute banger of a tune, the rest is decent enough, but I wouldn't call it essential listening.
Light hearted, catchy fun
Of all the indie stuff coming out around this time, I found Franz Ferdinand to be the most oatmealy. Bloc Party, Kaiser chiefs, and The Killers for example, were all making more exciting and interesting indie at the time.
Wish it didn't exist
ok but pretty tedious listening to every song back to back
Me gusta este disco. Qué gran baño de agua fría supuso allá en los ya lejanos dos miles
Pretty good! not what i would consider essential. Favorite Tracks: Take Me Out, Auf Achse 3.5-4/5
Un très bon album de Franz Ferdinand qui débouchera malheureusement sur l'assassinat de celui-ci et indirectement sur la Première Guerre mondiale. On a connu meilleurs dénouements.
J'ai appris il y a environ 2 ans que Franz Ferdinand n'etait pas un individu mais bien un group d'individus. Le leader de ce groupe ne s'appelle d'ailleurs même pas Franz Ferdinand, il y a donc bel et bien erreur sur la marchandise.
I like it, I don’t love it.
So if you're lonely You know this album is here waiting for you One of the massive masterpieces which opened music for me 15 years ago.
🟦 86 🥇 Michael 🥈 Jacqueline 🥉 Take Me Out
Ties on the head. A bit noisy
Plenty has been written about this album, so I’ll leave the review to Simon Fernand of BBC Music: “[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."
I saw them live once, great energy, great show. Their sound is very distinct and I really enjoy it.
Thought about giving an extra star because of the Terry Wogan namedrop, but it probably doesn't deserve *that* high praise.
Simple, vibrant rock. Lots of energy, great guitars, driving rhythm throughout, strong songs. Really nothing to criticize for me. Best song: The Dark of the Matinee
I really think 2004 was a crap year for music. I remember listening to this album and thinking, is this all there is? In hindsight, it’s fine. It’s just not electrifying. If it came out in 2001 we’d have ignored it and FF would be a distant memory, like The Rakes. But yeah, it’s ok.
Enjoyable post punk revival with more 60s/70s influence than expected I liked it a bit but it was quite repetitive
This album was definatly better compared to other britpop albums so far. It was more focused on the instrumentation than on I Should Coco for example. I did like a few songs but some were a little annoying... It wasn't a terrible listen and I would re-listen but it's not some kind of masterpiece. 3/5
good, groovy, but repetitive and bland
Fun, energetic songs. Michael was fun, too. :)
Eh
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.
Personal Enjoyability (out of 40): 15 Consistency of Quality (out of 25): 17 Keeps Interest (out of 25): 5 Album Flow (out of 10): 8 Overall 45/100 ★★★ Quick Review: Overall not awful but the writing, tone and instrumentation is repetitive. Couple of bangers and 'Come On Home' slightly saves the monotonous second half.
Favourite song: Take Me Out
I always loved Take Me Out but somehow never got acquainted with the rest of this album. I don’t like any songs as much as that one. He’s got a great voice for this style.
Ahhh, the days of Fuse TV. Watching music videos for hours on end and Take Me Out always popping up in the rotation. Honestly, one of the more influential moments in my musical journey. While that song may have been ground down to a numb sensation, I still vividly remember it’s part in how I felt back them with the new age sound. I have never listened to this full album, and I’m surprised at just how different all of the songs sound. How each one is in its own space and makes its own sound. I love it. What a magical pop-punk-indie collection of songs.
I really loved this one. Good lyrics, good vibes, good rhythm I would def listen to this one again
I wish I could rate this one higher because it is better than most of my 3s but I think it just fits here. Some of the songs are really good but some just aren't.
Indie rock. Take me out. Vinilo.
Didn’t really like this album. Seemed that all the songs sounded the same.
Highlights: Take Me Out, The Dark Of The Matinee, 40' Leave Em's: This Fire, Michael Overall Thoughts: I had a lot of fun with this album. This album embodies what I wish most indie albums sounded like. It sounds like they took their time with balancing the production and tried to make it sound good, which I can't say for all the indie/rock albums I have heard. It caught me somewhat off-guard too since I haven't really enjoyed any of the non-American albums I've listened to so far. Despite liking the experience as a whole, there were surely songs that I didn't love and detracted from the overall rating of the album. All in all, I can tolerate some of the repetitive and not so interesting songs in exchange for some of the compelling and awesome stuff on this record. Score Breakdown: 3.309 & 4 -> 3.655
This was slightly better than I expected and enjoyed it a little more then the Klaxons album which has a similar sound. Take Me Out and The Dark of the Matinee are catchy and I didn’t mind the opening track, the rest is hit and miss. I’m not sure it’s essential but it’s high energy and not a bad listen.
This album made me read multiple articles about “Landfill Indie.” After much reading, I’ve determined Franz Ferdinand is not “Landfill Indie.” I feel like in the US all this band is known for is “Take Me Out” which I’m kind of tired of hearing but they have a lot more to offer and I’m glad I got to listen to it.
I remember back in the early 00s I would confuse FF with The Killers and vice versa. Definitely a certain musical vibe that was emerging back then that was calling back to earlier 60s style of rock with variations. Metal and Grunge were the dominant genres until the late 90s. Right at the end of the 90s, Emo, Pop punk, Alternative, and Indie Rock began to emerge into mainstream culture. I think about the Hives and Ok Go who were also popular during this period of time -- as well as the cultural influences from Austin Powers and this nostalgic 60s movement. "Take Me Out" is what I know FF for, but this isn't a terrible album.
I was rather obsessed with this album when it came out, it still holds up pretty dang well IMHO, a few of the other songs are just as good as the singles. Solid.
Fun brit-pop that joined the swarm of early 2000s energetic indie rock. Some fun vocalizations and interesting lyrical content make this an easy listen, albeit one where I didn't find much nourishment or lingering resonance.
So fucking dope. Endelig et barndomsalbum som kicker
A fantastic album, lots of great songs
Take me out
I mean Take Me Out alone gives you 3 stars. then the other 10 songs gives you 1 star. 4
Understandable how this album started their raise famedom
Just no.
Never listened all the way through. Probably wouldn't have done were it not for 1001 Albums. Glad I did, it's full of bangers! Good trip down memory lane to my formative years.
4/5?
Pretty good. A little rock, a little alt, charismatic vocals. A few catchy tracks that get a little tiresome by the 15th listen
Sometime back in the mid-aughts, I bought this album, because I loved "Take Me Out," and I'd heard that the album as a whole was supposed to be incredible. I listened through it once, but it wasn't really my jam back then, so I've never revisited it until now. While this may not have been completely my jam back when I bought it, I really enjoyed listening to it today. Franz Ferdinand manages to create an incredibly unique sound on this album, with guitars that range from jangling to slamming with power, sometimes in the same song. The drumming is crisp and tight, the bass provides the perfect punch, and Alex Kapranos's vocals are smooth and rich. "Take Me Out" is still my favorite track on this album, but "In The Dark of The Matinee" and "Michael" are also fantastic. This is a great album, and I'm glad I got to give it another listen today.
This is an exuberant record where most instruments swing, and some song stories are vivid, moving at a clip, little time to be bored. I shunned this when it came out due to my weird prejudices, but think this is fine. This is a light, cake. <looks at my comrade’s review…> …or maybe, I was right all along?!
From a deathly dull period in music when tired old men re-discovered Gang of Four, Wire and other post-punk luminaries, put on tight trousers and had wild success for no apparent reason. As you can probably tell, I do not like this and am perplexed by its popularity. Kapranos reminds me of a low-resolution Jarvis facsimile, a sinister middle-ager fronting a band 10 years older than their peers, who never gave up and got a real job. Not worth a 1* as it's all pretty harmless, acceptably short, but also quite rubbish.
Easy 4
2.5
2.5
The first half - regardless of the undeniable stomper that is Take Me Out - left me feeling rather listless and bored. It gave me a vague feeling of 'wow, I really wish I was listening to Arctic Monkeys instead'. The second half of the record comes into its own though, seeing the group lean more into their post-punk influences. The riffs get crunchier, the vocal delivery style more distinct and rough, the hooks much better. Stand outs (minus the obvious one) include Michael and Darts of Pleasure. A solid noughties rock effort.