Year: 2004.
Country:
Franz Ferdinand discography rank: 1 (out of 8 listed on BEA)
2004 rank: 6
2000s rank: 57
Overall rank: 350
Average rating: 78/100 (from 1201 votes).
Tracks:
1. Jacqueline
2. Tell Her Tonight
3. Take Me Out
4. The Dark Of The Matinée
5. Auf Achse
6. Cheating On You
7. This Fire
8. Darts Of Pleasure
9. Michael
10. Come On Home
11. 40'
indicates a top-rated track.
Top voted comments:
"They'll always be known as "Those guys that did Take Me Out", probably, but there's so much more here. Favorite track is "This Fire", actually ..."
- benpaco (Rating: 75/100)
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"In 2004 something remarkable happened
On the very same day 14th September 2004 two of the all time great albums were released - ‘American Idiot’ by Green Day & ‘Funeral’ by Arcade Fire. What made this so incredible were the artists themselves. Green Day had been in a slump and all but forgotten as a serious artist and then seemingly from nowhere they emerge from obscurity with a masterpiece, then you had Arcade Fire a large collective of unknowns from French Canada with a debut generational album for the ages
There was also another landmark album that came out in 2004 just a few months prior to ‘American Idiot’ and ‘Funeral’ and this one was also a debut album and it came from an obscure sharply dressed bunch of party boys from Scotland with the strange name of Franz Ferdinand and a self titled album. Taping into the angular guitar sounds of Wire, Gang of Four and Television and lyrics dripping with sarcasm and homo eroticism it sounded nothing like anything in 2004. And to complete the package the album contained not one but two all time classics in the too smart for its own good “Take Me Out” (cross hairs as in gun- take me out as in shoot me .. get it ?) and “40’ “
FF hasn’t and never will get close to this 38 minutes of pure pop genius"
- Brad1770 (Rating: 80/100)
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Take Me Out has long been a favorite of mine thanks to Madden 05. That game got me into many a great band. Franz Ferdinand among them. _________________ My overall top 100 is far from fleshed out at this point, so here are some charts I am actually proud of:
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