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Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
MaxGalactica (12)
firefdr (20)
FoolFantastic (20)
Seanchan (20)
Mega_Mana (22)
Sheep007 (22)
Fluttershy_Pony (24)
ChichiriMuyo (30)
Hades (32)
Johnbobb (34)

General Album Comments

FoolFantastic: "Take Me Out" might be the first rock song I truly fell in love with (being born in 1992 and having a teen pop-loving sister and a worship station mother), and it might be the most singular force in shaping my taste in music. I never got around to listening to albums in full until the early 2010s, but Franz Ferdinand's debut lived up to my childhood expectations. There's a certain energy created by its shifting tempos and sudden stop/starts that I rarely find elsewhere. In a better world, "The Dark of the Matinee" would have been just as big of a single. They hit upon some truly awesome guitar work while maintaining a danceable rhythm, all wrapped in a sarcastic self-awareness that made their overall sound surprisingly approachable (compare their contemporary success stateside to any other post-punk band, revival era or otherwise). While later albums revealed the band bordered on being a one-trick pony, that trick worked wonders for their breakthrough record.

LuisSera: I really think Franz Ferdinand's debut is one of the seminal albums of early 00's indie rock. It's right up there with Is This It and Hot Fuss.

MaxGalactica: Pretty enjoyable and fun album. I found the top half to be significantly better than the lower half of my rankings though. Good vocals and lots of fun, memorable riffs. Unsurprisingly, This Fire is far and away the best track here. It was good to finally get through this album as I've had it on my backlog for quite some time.

ChichiriMuyo: It's good album, but not one I'm likely to dive back into soon. I like how they can change so seemlessly in a song. Definitely an example of why you have to listen to every song all the way though to really get it. It's also an album that kinda just told me that they're Brits, which I didn't know when I only knew them for "Take Me Out." Unfortunately there just wasn't anything that stood out as something I would need to put on a playlist, other than the afore mentioned single.

Mega_Mana: This really felt like a one-track album. I have little interest listening for beyond this third time.

Sheep007: Overall, solid enough album. No awful songs, and it's a fun enough time, but I don't have a lot else to say. As a lot of other people have said, Take Me Out is clearly head and shoulders above the rest for me.

Seanchan: An album I liked a bit more on each listen. There's some cool, funky grooves here. Certainly not exactly the one trick pony I thought it might be. At the same time, I have a feeling this is one I might have a hard time remembering, outside of Take Me Out, come album ranking time.