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Franz Ferdinand

by Franz Ferdinand

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  • All Time
    of 455,611
    610
  • 2000's
    of 265,875
    38
  • 2004
    of 38,943
    9
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.4396 Franz Ferdinand is ranked overall as 3.4396 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.3116 Franz Ferdinand has an avg. critic score of 3.3116 out of 4 stars

Franz Ferdinand Rank 3 Reviews

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Excellent
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(18)
Very Good
3
 
(24)
Good
2
 
(1)
Fair
1
 
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Poor
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(6)

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Dot Music
It won't usher in a bold new era where boys are boys and bands play guitars, but there is more than enough here to chew over and enjoy. ...more
Almost Cool
Insanely catchy and perfect for singing along with. ...more
Delusions of Adequacy
Remarkable for its excellence and not its originality. ...more
Logo
No affectation, no pandering to fashion, just good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. How refreshing. ...more
Dusted Magazine
However great the merits of their debut might be, one can’t help but feel that there’s something just a little too perfect about Franz Ferdinand, as though they had planned out hipster world-domination around a scientifically constructed chart ...more

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Billboard
Quick, breezy and fun. ...more
Stylus Magazine
Short of getting into a time portal and hurling yourself back to the late 70s, this is the closest you will get that sound in 2004. ...more
Drowned In Sound
After hearing one track and dismissing it as a ripoff of the Strokes (who weren't exactly the most original band themselves), I wrote off Franz Ferdinand as another band trying to ride the wave of retro rock salvation. After hearing another song by ...more
Almost Cool
After hearing one track and dismissing it as a ripoff of the Strokes (who weren't exactly the most original band themselves), I wrote off Franz Ferdinand as another band trying to ride the wave of retro rock salvation. After hearing another song ...more
Adrian Denning.co.uk
Franz Ferdinand? A band from Glasgow that have achieved a bigger hit single with 'Take Me Out', here in the UK, than the far more hyped and pushed ( money wise ) Strokes and White Stripes could ever dream of imagining. It was a surprise result, the ...more
All Music Guide
Franz Ferdinand reveals more depth and more new directions than their previous work suggested. ...more
All Music Guide
While theDarts of PleasureEP proved that Franz Ferdinand had a way with equally sharp lyrics and hooks, and the "Take Me Out" single took their sound to dramatic new heights, their self-titled debut album offers the most expansive version of ...more
Junkmedia
What sets Franz Ferdinand apart is their unapologetic adherence to the pop formula. ...more
No Ripcord
If you can distance yourself enough to judge Franz Ferdinand on its merits alone, it’s an impressive yet inconsistent debut record from a promising young band. ...more
Drowned In Sound
Piece everything together and this is where your mouth might, quite rightly, start to drool a little. ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes
Where the album stumbles is in its inconsistency, with some rather uninteresting filler that doesn't do much but flesh out the album. ...more
Village Voice
Frantic and rhythmic Scotpop with many echoes of so-'90s Blur in the sardonic jabs at middle-class bromides. ...more
Rolling Stone
Franz Ferdinand's first gig was for an all-female art exhibit; the aim of the Glasgow band was to make the patrons dance. That just about sums up this photogenic foursome, whose mix of arch lyrics and catchy but decidedly raw dance rock unites ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.com
By now you’ve heard of Franz Ferdinand and the new Scottish Gentry. Maybe you’ve been a little skeptical of them based on the overstated and under-realistic tags slapped on them by the press. Let’s forget about saving rock ...more

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