You Could Have It So Much Better
- Franz Ferdinand
- Band Name: Franz Ferdinand
- Record Label: Sony / Domino
- Release Date: Oct 4, 2005
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83The trick is to cede the idea that Franz Ferdinand are meant to deliver the cohesive, moving, traditional Statement Albums their debut may have misled listeners to expect. Some people-- earnest people, like Bloc Party, Sufjan Stevens, and the Arcade Fire-- will go on trying to fill that niche. Franz Ferdinand, though, aren't going to do that, and good on them: We can only hope they'll go on offering us cheeky, energetic surprises.
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90You Could Have... doesn't take you on the journey of highs and lows that the very greatest albums do. Its Greatest Hits feel is both its major strength and its major weakness. [Oct 2005, p.108]
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90A brilliant second album unembarrassed about building on the strengths of the first, delivering 13 knockout tunes betraying not an ounce of flab or self-indulgence. [Nov 2005, p.94]
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83Sounds exactly like what you'd expect. [Oct 2005, p.132]
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An album which radically extends the Franz musical palette.
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What's remarkable is how Franz Ferdinand make their camp so compelling. [14 Oct 2005, p.147]
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90Their first album was one of the strongest debuts in recent memory and this is an equally impressive follow-up.
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90The trend for disappointing follow-ups bucked with enviable panache, You Could Have It So Much Better leaves you eager, rather than concerned, about Franz Ferdinand's next album.
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A full-on party record. [Nov 2005, p.201]
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Franz Ferdinand have slightly tweaked the neo-Brit-pop genre – mixing in funk, dashes of punk, and a bit of disco – and come out with a sophomore album even more confident and hungry for glory than their debut.
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90Despite the quick gestation, it's actually better than the successful debut - a rare enough occurrence - and the direction in which they've pushed things is equally surprising.
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Far more than a sequel. [3 Oct 2005]
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90At the end of the day this is a bit more of a grower than the last one, but is easily as good.
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91Simply great.
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90It's a stunning, confident piece of work that suggests the band is merely getting started.
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They've gotten unmistakably louder and unmistakably gayer--or perhaps I mean, hate the term, more metrosexual.
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SebaB10It's the firts album that makes me imitating guitarsolos
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