Franz Ferdinand (studio album)
by Franz Ferdinand

C’est un sans-faute dans le fond mais pas forcément dans la forme. Il n’y a aucun mauvais titre, tous les morceaux sont bons, vraiment. Mais il n’y en a aucun qui ressort particulièrement : même Take Me Out, qui est devenu un tube, aurait pu être remplacé par n’importe quel autre dans ce rôle. L’ensemble est ultra cohérent, centré sur un seul objectif : faire danser.

L’univers est clair, direct, et la pochette minimaliste fonctionne parfaitement pour un premier album. On sait à qui on a affaire. Il n’y a pas de concept fort ou de thématique profonde, mais tout est aligné sur une même énergie. C’est un album homogène, très bien produit, facile à écouter en entier… mais auquel il manque peut-être un petit supplément d’âme ou une vraie prise de risque pour être inoubliable.

Great debut. Very catchy and some killer tunes on it. Couple of misstep fillers in the back end, but overall quite consistent.

Très bon album. Énergie punk, rythmiques hyper dansantes et refrains pop : un mélange très efficace.
Titres préférés : Take me out et Darts of pleasure.
Ich heisse Superfantastichhh!

Catchy garage rock/pop. A good debut with lots of killer riffs, Take Me Out being the highlight.

From VictorVale 02/09/2023 13:32

Marco da década e guitarra inesquecível.

From Brad1770 11/23/2021 04:58

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

From Timestarter 04/05/2021 10:09

Fav. Tracks:

- Jacqueline
- Take Me Out
- Auf Achse
- Darts Of Pleasure
- Michael

I had the perfect timing with this album, one of the very few I have listened so many times.

Nothing particularly special with the excpetion of the perfect "Take Me Out" easily the best track on the record and one of my favortie songs. A couple of catchy tracks that's definitely worth a listen.

Best songs: "Take Me Out" "Jacueline" "The Dark of the Matinee" "40'"

From TerryTezza 06/19/2019 06:52

A brilliant collection of creative songs. This has the most variety of styles and with great hits like This Fire.