Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Not my sound honestly. Liked only one song.
FF(S). Does anyone really give the slightest shit about these in 2025 beyond "Take Me Out"? The streaming numbers paint a picture, but even that track can be attributed as fairly dated, throwaway "lads out on a bender" guff. An album that can't have too many complaints about being removed from newer editions of the book. Soulless shite.
De fick en hit med Take me out. Den var väl kul i en vecka. Resten känns som sämre variation av Take me out. Samma typ av gitarriff och trumkomp återupprepas gång på gång. Väldigt svårt att motstå frestelsen att hoppa till nästa låt. Trist. Tack vare att det finns så mycket annat som är sämre så hade de kunnat fått en två. Men så klämmer de in några riktiga bottennapp på slutet så som Michael
They want to Panic at the disco, the Beatles but chat shit like the streets. It's a mess of specials needs kids given instruments and told to go wild n
This album arrived with a huge bang, heralded as part of that post-punk revival alongside bands like **The Strokes**, **Interpol**, and **Bloc Party**. But now it is just one of those albums you regularly find clogging up charity shops across the country. At the time I think I even felt it had merit, mainly on the basis of “Take Me Out” with all its self-assured swagger. Revisiting it now I'm left with the feeling that it is a pedestrian and souless affair. It feels horribly calculated and driven purely by aesthetics. It's a hollow, charmless album with no emotional depth.and a complete lack of sonic diversity. I question it's relevance and right to be on this list. At best it's a reflection of a moment in time, but that doesn't make it essential or a timeless classic.
hate it
Falls in the bad euro dance category of the 00's. Garbage
This was the second suggestion in my 1001 albums playlist. I have heard Franz Ferdinand before, but hearing this album almost made me quit the entire project. It is probably one of the worst albums I have ever heard the song titled. Michael is particularly disgusting. Not from its content, but from its form and silly lyric I am a bitter person having listened to this album.
For every five there’s a one
I hated this it reminds me of the killers
Auf Asche is solid. Every millennial band vocalist sounds like this though. Sucks
no
no thank you
Guy trails up and down with his voice pitch way too much every sentence
Franz Cafcca
Pants. 3/10
BOOOOO
Absurd to me this album is among the rest for this project. Just because a bunch of people bought it because of one hit single doesn't make it good or worth sitting through. Their musical style is done better by any number of bands, and most of these songs are grating.
70's music released in the 00's. Leave the 70's music in the 70's. Please.
Take Me Out among my all time most hated radio singles and there are songs on here that are even worse. This Fire, truly awful. I see a lot of reviews trying to connect a legacy from Gang of Four. I even see a mention of Television. It takes a lot of contortion to see post punk in this shitty 00s dance rock. I think it shows how desperate this era of mainstream rock was for something a millionth as cool as punk. This band sucked then, thinking about them sucks now. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Neat
shit
Another one of these. I've been pretty bummed out by the selection of 2000s albums so far, and among my least favourite trends to come from the noughties was the popularisation of indie music. I admit that it's partly because I like belonging in a smaller pool of music listeners, but also because it brought a whole ton of wank bands that are indie in name but not in spirit. This album is the kind of music you'd bring up when talking with a work colleague. It carries an air of respect with it's cool, suave sound and flashy German name, but peek underneath the exterior and there's absolutely nothing going on. On a positive, I think Take Me Out is pretty good. I have a bad habit of thinking that the first 50 seconds of the song and the remaining ~3 minutes of music are two separate tracks, which is a contrast that I enjoy.
fuck off
Turd
Never liked them. Was over exposed to this stuff on the radio growing up
Can't say I was/am a big fan of the band, and after a listen to this album (was it their 1st?) my opinion has not changed. Take Me Out has had so much air play over the years it's almost become a white noise to me.
Franz Ferdinand is everything I love from music - indie with discordant guitars. Yet I absolutely hate it. Trite lyrics, unnecessary tempo changes and the worst kind of root note oompah bass that makes me think the player never learned an instrument in his life. I struggled through every awful, unlistenable song of this.
Simultaneously instantly recognisable and utterly forgettable... didn't like it then, don't like it now.
Terrible. However the bread rolls were biblical. Awful service…
How the fuck is this considered an album you have to hear before you die? Genuine bottom of the barrel indie landfill. The epitome of one hit wonder, god this sucks so hard (Take Me Out aside)
Not my cup.
Really annoying britpop
Not for me. The vocals make me want to commit sudoku.
Oof - no thank you. How did this album make the 1001 list?? Production, songs and lyrics were all annoying.
Meh, wasn’t a big fan then and don’t really see the appeal now either. I don’t think this album should be in the list
meh
I tend to not care for Irish Indie rock. Definitely not morning coffee music. 1
Alternative rock band. Some good music.
Stress inducing music
i hate this i hate this i hate hate hate this i hate this i hate this i hate this i hate it
British Strokes... yuck
Not enjoyable, annoying vocals, musicianship is unremarkable
Did not like
It was blah. Reminded me of The Killers (I think the band had something with Kill in it). Liked the least of the three albums I’ve heard so far.
One good song.
Never been a fan
Do not like. Sounds amateur. Not sure why on list .
Exuberant, punchy record packed with chart-friendly numbers. And if that isn't enough to put you off then you deserve to listen to it on repeat until you rip out your own toenails. A poor, derivative imitation of illustrious forbears.
I hate this
I can’t explain why I’ve never liked this band other than I’ve always thought of them as pretentious and annoying. Maybe it’s just the extreme disappointment I felt when I first heard ‘Take Me Out’. An incredible first 1 minute and 3 seconds of intro, that built my hopes up far too high for the dross that was to follow. So, with an open mind I listened to this today. And I was right about them. Still just annoying. And there are better ways to experience 1 minute and 3 seconds of joy 🤣
ASS
Wish it didn't exist
Didn’t really like this album. Seemed that all the songs sounded the same.
Rejection. Revenge. Repeat, retarded. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 is considered the most immediate cause of the first World War. ‘His life, or at least the ending of it,’ recalls bassist Bob Hardy, ‘was the catalyst for the complete transformation of the world and that is what we want our music to be. But I don’t want to over-intellectualize the name thing. Basically a name should just sound good… like music.’ Drummer Paul Thompson followed up, saying, ‘I like the idea that, if we become popular, maybe the words Franz Ferdinand will make people think of the band instead of the historical figure.’ This never really worked out very well for my girlfriend in college who formed a country/funk fusion group, performed one live gig, and then promptly broke up. The Mary Queen of Scots were too far ahead of their time. This is a dumb name for a dumb band with a dumb sound. Nothing noteworthy here, save the absence of any instrumental breaks whatsoever. I didn’t hear one guitar solo, bass run, drum fill, piccolo trill, triangle shred… nothing. And lyrically? Well, here’s one really dumb example from the song, ‘Auf Achse’: ‘Now I’m nailed above you gushing from my side. It’s with your sins that you’ve killed me, thinking of your sins I die. Thinking how you’ve let them touch you, how you’d never realize than I’m ripped and hang forsaken knowing never will I rise again.’ A comparison upgrade, at least, from the Austrian Archduke. But a dumb one. Far as I can tell, this is an entire LP replete with unrequited love songs, each one dumber than the next (alleviating Hardy’s concern about any over-intellectualization.) But don’t feel too sorry for these boys. Their lyrics betray their own moral culpability in repeating the same dumb choices. Furthermore, it speaks volumes about the lyricist’s true feelings when he concludes a plea for her to ‘Come On Home’ with the lyric ‘But don’t forget to leave.’ That idea’s just plain… what’s the adjective I’m looking for?
Dreadful
ну чот такой рокешник у меня не в почёте, какой-то обычный, голосящий, ничем не привлекательный, одинаковый и без изюма
listened to some. don't care. kind of boring
sucked. bad. poop
Ok riffs but boring and bland lyrics
no thanks
Bleh
Muy bueno, me falla el final
No.
ya it rocks!! I Zimbra is really cool and energizing, and it sounds a lot like their other album i like but maybe a little more mainstream? idk would need to listen to the other one again but this kinda whips