Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
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87 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The most hyped band to come out of the UK in early 2004 is Glasgow, Scotland's Franz Ferdinand, an art-rock quartet who make their full-length debut with this self-titled release, the winner of the UK's coveted Mercury Music Prize in 2004.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Uncut
    100
    For all the influences, their voice is uniquely, gently mad. [Mar 2004, p.88]
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  2. Stylus Magazine
    80
    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.
  3. Dot Music
    80
    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.
  4. Almost Cool
    80
    Insanely catchy and perfect for singing along with.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 126 out of 146
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 146
  3. Negative: 12 out of 146
  1. VitoV
    10
    Perfect.
  2. Palp
    8
    This is one of those albums that may not be the most complex instrumentally or lyrically, but is so much fun to listen to. Each song is very catchy and you can tell that the band was having a great time recording this album.… Expand
  3. JasperB
    7
    Without question this is a great CD, however the fact that it is nowhere close to Franz's debut really makes it seem worse than it actually is.
  4. SamD
    4
    bleh, just, bleh

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