Tonight: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Image
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

  • Summary: The third album for the UK rock band was produced by Dan Carey.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 33
  2. Negative: 1 out of 33
  1. The mix of Alex Kapranos' louche croon with the band's disciplined racket is still a knockout, and they've switched things up enough to keep it interesting.
  2. This might not be the ‘music of the night’ that rotund talent show type Lloyd Webber and his phantoms had in mind, but based on the majority of this album Messrs Kapranos, Hardy, McCarthy and Thomson can definitely take us out tonight.
  3. They’ve defied compartmentalisation again, managed to avoid crippling themselves in their dramatic reduction of outright 'singles' material, and left the door open to a number of future experiments. Unfortunately it just means that Tonight becomes a makeweight.
  4. Truly, the four dapper Scotsmen that constitute this group should be ashamed of their tuneless, thoughtless, meaningless new offering, which distorts the proud legacy of a band that once mattered.

See all 33 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. JeroenH
    10
    According to some of the critics this album must be boring and by far not the best they can do. Luckily the critics as usual have no clue, as the difference in the rating between critics and users on this site shows. Franz Ferdinand actually managed to make an album that is timeless and addictive and becomes better every time you hear it. It's their best album yet and one of the very best albums yet released in 2009! Expand
  2. JuliaA
    8
    I'd just complain about the lyrics...it's not as unique as before.though some words still gave you the silent shrug and winked 9;aahh that's tricky' :). the music I'd just go against Lucid Dreams (too long with the noises in the end). My favourite tunes would be Twilight Omens and Can't Stop Feeling because it's just there repeatedly run inside my head and YAY for that! Expand
  3. ALD!
    7
    I have to admit ---- this is slowly growing on me. If you loved their first two albums, you're going to have to really work at enjoying this record. They took the style of their previous "dance" records and kinda went overboard (in my humble opinion). BUT....it's still a good album. Expand
  4. GilJ.
    2
    I wholly agree with the Paste review. "A band that once mattered" - who suddenly sound like they listened to too many recent Blur albums and think no-one gives a damn about tunes anymore. Unmemorable to the core and disappointing in the extreme. Expand

See all 37 User Reviews