MUSIC REVIEW - Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

If you like Franz Ferdinand, you’ll like this album – however, I don’t think it’ll persuade any non-believers to change their opinions. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is the product of a very good band that is fully aware they have reached most definitions of success that one can realistically hope for. But they don’t really seem to care; the music still features the yearning and intensity of their previous releases, fueled primarily by thumping bass lines and their trademark Talking Heads-esque harmonizing.

However, where this album fails, in some sense, is that it lacks any really stand-out singles. There’s no individual song that you can point to and say, “Yes, THAT is awesome.” There’s not a defining track to the CD for Franz Ferdinand. As far as possible shortcomings for an album, that is a very minor one, particularly in this case. Every song featured is well conceived, written, and mixed. The overall quality, both in terms of musicality and production, is extremely high, as one would expect from such a band. Because of these factors, if you like Franz Ferdinand, you’ll like this album, but there’s nothing here to convert new fans.

I like “Ulysses”, the single from the album, “Send him away”, and “Bite Hard”.

Will I play it on my show? Yes. RIYL – Umm, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, The Talking Heads.


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