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s Andrew Beaujon stated that it "sounds exactly like what you'd expect, with pumping disco beats and lookin'-sharp guitars on track after propulsive track", and the magazine later ranked it the third best album of 2005 and called it "so much better than its predecessor" thanks to Kapranos' "dubious
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He added, "The albums are going to be identified by their colour schemes rather than a title. The contrast of different colours creates a different mood. We experimented with different combinations of colours and this one stuck. At one level they looked good together, and they capture the mood of
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explained, "I was thinking something similar, but that 'You Could Have It So Much Better' would have been even greater. We talked about how we liked that idea a lot and that it was a real shame that the album wasn't going to have a title. Then we started laughing when we realized that the album
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complimented the band on returning with a "big ridiculous stomper, a song whose hooks get so happily ballroom-glam you'd almost think they stole them from the Sweet or the Bay City Rollers–the kind of song most bands wouldn't be able to pull off without telegraphing a whole lot of irony and
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The song "You're the Reason I'm Leaving" is believed to be a dual-meaning track; it can be read as a typical relationship-centered song, but also as being a lighthearted political commentary on the rivalry between former UK
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explained, "The whole point is that the album doesn't have a title. We decided quite a while ago that we didn't want to give any of the albums titles, they were just going to be called 'Franz Ferdinand'."
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noted that the album "shows deeper roots in the first wave of white electric dance music: specifically the crunchy-guitar R&B and arch-garage songwriting of 1965–1967 Kinks".
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I'd no idea that in four years I'd be hanging from a beam behind the door of number ten, singing "fare thee well, I am leaving, yes I leave it all to you"
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However, on 1 August it was revealed that the band had changed their minds and decided to give the album a name. First, they revealed that the title
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wrote that the album "shows Franz Ferdinand working harder and sounding bigger, befitting their stature as rock's saviors of the moment", while
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hadn't been manufactured yet and we could change it after all." The title was also initially reported as the lengthy
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as of October 2008, somewhat below the sales success of the band's 2004 debut, although it was certified gold.
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single for "Do You Want To"; lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy (verses, bridge) and Alex Kapranos (chorus))
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managed to reach number 8 and earn gold status in the United States. The cover design is modeled on
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Initially it was reported that the album would simply be eponymous like the debut album, 2004's
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was relatively successful in the United States, going platinum and reaching number 32,
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received universal acclaim from music critics, with a score of 83 out of 100 on
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The album was the first chart topping album for both the band and their label,
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Entering and peaking at number 8, the album has sold 378,000 units in the
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The album became the band's first UK number-one album, and although
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Contains the material featured on the UK CD and DVD edition
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was considered before the current title was decided upon.
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You Could Have It So Much Better... With Franz Ferdinand
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Studio album
Franz Ferdinand
Genre
Indie rock
post-punk revival
dance-punk
Label
Domino
Producer
Rich Costey
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Singles
Do You Want To
Walk Away
The Fallen" / "L. Wells
Eleanor Put Your Boots On

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