Reception Critical Professional ratings Aggregate scoresįranz Ferdinand received universal critical acclaim, holding a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 31 reviews. The album has since sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide, with over 1.27 million copies in the United Kingdom and at least 1 million copies in the US (corresponding to Platinum). It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains the UK top ten singles " Take Me Out" and " The Dark of the Matinée" as well as UK top 20 hit " Michael".įranz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. It was recorded during 2003 at Gula Studios in Malmö, Sweden, with Tore Johansson, who produced the majority of the album, with two tracks produced by the band themselves. With their three studio albums, the band sold over three million albums worldwide in 2009.Franz Ferdinand is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, first released on 9 February 2004 through the Domino Recording Company. ![]() They have been nominated for several BRIT Awards in the UK, and have won an NME Award. The band has been nominated for several Grammy Awards, becoming one of the few Scottish bands or artists to do so. "Ulysses" was released as the lead single, although "No You Girls" proved to be popular, being hteir second longest-charting single in the UK, after "Do You Want To" (2005). After the release of You Could Have It So Much Better, the band took some time recording their third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which was releasde internationally on 26 January 2009, and made the top ten in the United Kingdom and the United States. The album produced the hit single "Do You Want To," amongst many other singles. The album topped the UK Album Charts, and made the top ten in the Billboard 200 in the US. The band's second album, You Could Have It So Much Better (2005), was a platinum-selling album in the United Kingdom and gold-selling in the United States. From the album, three top-ten singles were released: "Take Me Out", "The Dark of the Matinee" and "This Fire." NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize, and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. ![]() 3 in the UK charts, followed by their debut album, Franz Ferdinand, which debuted on the UK album chart at No. The band first experienced chart success when their second single, "Take Me Out", reached No. ![]() The band is composed of Alex Kapranos (lead vocals and guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals), and Paul Thomson (drums, percussion and backing vocals). Franz Ferdinand is a Scottish band formed in Glasgow in 2002.
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