Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
by Franz Ferdinand

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action by Franz Ferdinand
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-08-25
Overall rank: 3,255th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 255 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 2010s (553rd)
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Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Franz Ferdinand on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Franz Ferdinand is Franz Ferdinand which is ranked number 351 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,742.

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Overall rank: 3,255th | 2010s rank: 553rd | 2013 rank: 63rd
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 106
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 461
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80/100
From 09/25/2025 07:06 | #311065
This album sounds like a Franz Ferdinand best-of, with all the positives and negatives that come with it. Everything feels already heard and re-heard for the band — but at the same time, it sounds really good. The first four tracks are honestly among Franz Ferdinand’s best.
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70/100
From 09/24/2019 20:52 | #243032
The first six songs of the album are great. After that the album weakens. On a good day you should listen to the full album. On a lesser day only add Brief Encounters.
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70/100
From 01/31/2019 21:21 | #231071
Dance rock que marcou tendência!
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Rating:  
65/100
From 02/24/2018 21:53 | #209509
Cosa potrebbe ancora dire di nuovo o per lo meno di interessante un gruppo figlio del suo tempo come sono stati i Franz Ferdinand a quasi dieci anni dall'esordio ? Dando per scontata l'improbabilità di una svolta estrema, a rimescolare le stesse, poche, carte non si va da nessuna parte. E infatti… Comunque discreto.
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75/100
From 02/20/2018 14:29 | #208934
Certainly, one of their best works until now
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From 08/19/2015 04:14 | #147968
Not a bad album, but not as good as their previous stuff. It does have some good tracks though and it stays pretty consistent throughout.
Best tracks: Love Illumination, Fresh Strawberries, Universe Expanded
Worst tracks: Brief Encounters, Stand on the Horizon
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70/100
From 01/31/2015 12:25 | #133293
Pas le meilleur de FF , mais un moment quand même
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80/100
From 08/24/2014 10:34 | #120255
It's not the best FF album, and even it's not an outstanding album, but it's pretty decent, it has a good sounding , the highlights for me are "Evely Eye", "Love Illumination" (i think it's the best song), "Bullet" but the others are quite good also, it's true that there's no really bad song. It worths listen once at least, and if you buy the album, buy the 2cd deluxe edition version, i like the style of it :)
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90/100
From 05/20/2014 00:30 | #112335
Really underrated album. Franz's best for me. Sure, it doesn't have a huge hit like Do You Want To or Take Me Out, but it doesn't have any weak track, and Fresh Strawberries is an amazing song.
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From 05/06/2014 09:03 | #110952
The main problem with this album is that it's built on an ideal of energy and rush, and it's hard to do that if that exterior of the songs either aren't polished enough or don't have enough inside em to keep moving forward. That doesn't mean all of the songs don't pay off, which isn't completely true with cases like the singles 'Right Action' and Love 'Illumination'.
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