Franz Ferdinand
Studio album by Franz Ferdinand
Released 9 February 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length 38:45 (single disc)
54:35 (double disc)
Label Domino Records
Producer Franz Ferdinand, Tore Johansson
Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains three UK top ten singles: “Take Me Out”, “This Fire” (on the download chart) and “The Dark of the Matinée” or “Matinée”. Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. The album has since sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide. The album is notable as one of the very few modern albums that are not compressed to the max in participation of the loudness war.
Chart performance
The album entered the UK album charts at #3 in February 2004 and at #12 on the Australian ARIA album charts in April 2004. The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on April 26, 2004, and climbed slowly, peaking at #32 in December 2004. It reached #2 on the Heatseeker chart for new acts. As of September 2004, there have been five different singles released from the album:
The “Darts of Pleasure” EP reached the top 50 of the UK singles charts in September 2003.
“Take Me Out” reached the top 5 of the UK charts, top 10 of the Irish charts and top 40 in a composite European chart.
“The Dark of the Matinée” or “Matinée” reached the top 10 of the UK singles charts and top 30 of the World Modern Rock Charts (a composite chart of United States, German, UK, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and Australian modern rock charts).
“Michael” reached the top 20 of the UK singles charts in August 2004.
“This Fire” only first played by KROQ in September 2004.
Take Me Out was voted #1 in the national Australian music poll, the Triple J Hottest 100 (2004) and This Fire and The Dark of the Matinée were placed at #29 and #50, respectively.
Track History:
“This Fire” is the fifth single by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand from their eponymous album. It was not as successful as their other singles, but received widespread airplay.
It was released as a download-only single and is still available on the official Franz Ferdinand website. The song reached #17 on the United States Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the UK Download Chart. It was featured on the in-game soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game Burnout 3: Takedown. The song has become part of the hockey culture in Calgary, Alberta, where it is played in every Calgary Flames home game.
The single was released in Australia as “This Fffire” [sic] with identical b-sides to the UK release of “Michael”. The music video for the song was directed by Stylewar.
The song was later sampled for Burn This City by rapper Lil Wayne & Twista.
The album artwork to “This Fire” is based on El Lissitzky’s art work; “Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge”
Lyrics:
Eyes
Boring a way through me
Paralyse
Controlling completely
New
There is a fire in me
Fire that burns
Fire that burns
This fire is out of control
I’m going to burn this city
Burn this city
If this fire is out of control
Then i
I’m out of control
And i burn
Eyes
Burning a way to me
Overwhelm
Destroying so sweetly
New
There is a fire in me
Fire that burns
Fire that burns
This fire…
On Set:
Alex Kapranos — lead guitar, lead vocals
Nick McCarthy — rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards
Bob Hardy — bass guitar
Paul Thomson — drums, percussion, backing vocals
Andy Knowles (touring only) — drums, keyboards, guitar
Note: The song stops at 4:15, the video keeps on going till 5:57, a little mistake i made while making the video i guess, im sorry, and hope you still enjoy it.
Duration : 0:5:57
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
best song ever!
best song ever!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Franz Ferdinand ist …
Franz Ferdinand ist überwältigend! JA SCHAUKELT AUF! !!!!!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Fire that …
Fire that buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu,uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurns
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
!!!!this fire yea …
!!!!this fire yea que buena rola de ferdinan si que rifa!!!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Hell yeah it is
yeah it is
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
this song is …
this song is franztastic
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
La mia canzone …
La mia canzone preferita in Burnout ..
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Burnout 3
Burnout 3
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
you know ive heard …
you know ive heard alot of their song, some that ive heard and others that i havent and its just plan and simple: they are a really great band…i liked every last one of those songs i heard and they werent so weird that weirdos wouldnt listen to them lol i love this band
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I love Franz …
I love Franz Ferdinand !!!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
they performed this …
they performed this song on their gig in vienna. it was amazing, and kinda more powerful. <3
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Franz Ferdiand are …
Franz Ferdiand are the best!! =))
5*
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
wow man youre the …
wow man youre the best of my dick suck my dick hahaha
lol
the song is great
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Faço parte de uma …
Faço parte de uma banda de covers e originais, há pouco tempo começámos a tocar isto, é uma malha muito fixe
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Amo demais
Amo demais
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
@ytsen13 Ugh, …
after that post, makes it closer to what i was thinking.
@ytsen13 Ugh, youtube doesn’t get tone across rigth, just imagine i put a big ol
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I said i liked it
I said i liked it
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
man its really …
man its really weird that the music video version is just a hare faster, but it’s enough to screw with your head.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
@ytsen13 Hmmm, i …
@ytsen13 Hmmm, i can’t see a problem there, a bit of extra bass never goes amiss.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Te he he “Burnout …
Te he he “Burnout Takedown” xD. I was pretty suprised when I heard that one during the game. Suprised in positive way. I simply adore this song and of course the band too^^
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
alex’s voice is so. …
alex’s voice is so… enticing.
i love franz ferdinand.
saw them live twice, AMAZING.
i will NEVER forget those performances.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
this song is about …
this song is about rape
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
lol, i was joking. …
lol, i was joking.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
And why not?
And why not?
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 am
no thank you
no thank you