Franz Ferdinand
by Franz Ferdinand
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Franz Ferdinand track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Franz Ferdinand rankings summary
Overall rank: 350th | 2000s rank: 57th | 2004 rank: 6th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 17 Music Albums of 2004 | 15/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ya joking? Should've been higher! 2000s edition | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 55 Music Albums of 2004 | 34/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 | elton229 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 2004 | 58/74 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2004 | 3/20 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 832 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,738 | |||
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| ! | 10/19/2026 16:35 | jr_uk_1234 | 199 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2026 10:29 | cicadelic | 14,366 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 19:04 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Franz Ferdinand forum mentions
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BestEverAlbums 10/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5465): By elton229
BestEverAlbums 10/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5465): By elton229“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by elton229 () 1. by (1998) 2. by (1969) 3. by (1973) 4. by (1976) 6. by (2022) 7. (1977) 8. (1966) 9. by (1969) 10. by (1989) 11. by (2015) 12. by (1975) 13. by (1968) 14. by (1987) 15. by (2010) 16. by (1999) 17. by (1967) 18. by by (1986)…”
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pedro1976 07/01/2026 20:15 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)“just saw this was the BEA Album of the day.”
View topic (11 mentions) →From BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7271): Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7271): Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand“Today's album of the day Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand ( | ) 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…”
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benpaco 09/29/2013 16:21 | #87164 | TOP COMMENT
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benpaco 09/29/2013 16:21 | #87164 | TOP COMMENT
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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 ...
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/23/2021 04:58 | #276587 | TOP COMMENT
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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
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Excellent debut album. This album, along with Arctic Monkeys' debut, led the post-punk revival scene, taking down everyone. Honestly, out of my top 5 Franz songs, probably around 4 of them are from this album, which is sad, but also means that this album is excellent.
Best tracks: Take Me Out, Jacqueline, Auf Achse, 40', This Fire
Worst tracks: Michael, Cheating on You
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If you're just looking for something fun to listen to, you can't go wrong with this album. Incredibly catchy.
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Just plain old fun. Can't help tapping my foot whenever it's on.
Favorite Track--Take Me Out
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