Franz Ferdinand First Album [verified] Direct

10/10 (Essential Listening)

Twenty years on, from the opening strum of “Jacqueline” to the final thud of “40’,” Franz Ferdinand remains a perfect debut: a statement of intent so confident and so joyous that it feels like it’s still trying to take you out on the floor. franz ferdinand first album

It opens with a command. A jagged, propulsive guitar riff that sounds like a frantic telegram from the past, followed by Alex Kapranos’s sly, spoken-sung demand: “Jacqueline, take my hand…” 10/10 (Essential Listening) Twenty years on, from the

Released: February 9, 2004 (UK) / March 22, 2004 (US) Recorded: 2003 at Gula Studios, Malmö, Sweden Producers: Tore Johansson, Franz Ferdinand In the early 2000s, rock music was either

But more than the awards, the album solved a problem. In the early 2000s, rock music was either too serious (the post-grunge hangover) or too silly (the nu-metal bro-down). Franz Ferdinand made rock music that was

It gave us the “Franz Ferdinand shuffle” (that sideways, staccato dance move), the skinny tie revival, and the permission for indie kids to like dance music again.