Franz Ferdinand is an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2001. The band's critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album was released in 2004 and debuted on the UK album charts at number three, going on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. So far, the band has released nine singles of which Take Me Out, Matin??e, and Do You Want To were top 10 hits in the UK. The band have been credited with kick starting the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band followed their first album up in 2005 with You Could Have It So Much Better, from which Do You Want To, Walk Away, the double A-side The Fallen / L. Wells, as well as Eleanor, Put Your Boots back on, were lifted as singles (although L. Wells was not included on the album). The band consists of Alex Kapranos (guitar/vocals), Nicholas McCarthy (guitar/backing vocals/keyboard), Paul Thomson (drums/backing vocals), and Robert Hardy (bass). The band has also adopted a new member, Andy Knowles, ex-drummer of Fiery Furnaces. Andy plays guitar, drums, and keyboard. Franz Ferdinand's third studio album 'Tonight', was released on January 26th 2009, supported by first single 'Ulysses'. The album features more prominent electronic influences along
1 | Katherine Kiss Me | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand |
2 | Take Me Out | Franz Ferdinand |
3 | Fresh Strawberries | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
4 | Come On Home | Franz Ferdinand |
5 | Treason! Animals. | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
6 | Lucid Dreams | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand |
7 | Bullet | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
8 | Slow Don't Kill Me Slow | Always Ascending |
9 | All for You Sophia | Take Me Out / All for You Sophia / Words Leisured [Single] |
10 | Love Illumination | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
11 | Outsiders | You Could Have It So Much Better |
12 | The Dark Of The Matinée | Franz Ferdinand |
13 | Stand On The Horizon | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
14 | Jacqueline | Franz Ferdinand |
15 | What You Waiting For? (Live) | Franz Ferdinand - Live |
16 | Take Me Out (Live) | Franz Ferdinand - Live |
17 | Finally | Always Ascending |
18 | Love & Destroy | Right Notes, Right Words, Wrong Order |
19 | Feel the Love Go | Always Ascending |
20 | Do You Want To? | You Could Have It So Much Better |