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FRANZ FERDINAND
Glasgow, Scotland, GB
*  2001

Line-Up:

FRANZ FERDINAND (photo)
 

Alex Kapranos - voc
Dino Bardot - g
Julian Corrie
Bob Hardy - bg
Audrey Tait - ds

Former Members:

Nick McCarthy (g, 2001-7/16)
Paul Thomson (ds, 2001-10/21)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Darts of Pleasure18.11.2003Domino
2.Franz Ferdinand
produced by: Tor Johannsen		09.02.2004Domino3 32
3.You Could Have It So Much Better…With Franz Ferdinand03.10.2005Domino1 8
4.Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
produced by: Dan Carey		26.01.2009Domino2 9
5.Blood01.06.2009Domino
6.Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
(2CD)		26.08.2013Domino6 24
7.The Lowdown
(2CD)		12.10.2013Sexy Intellectual
8.Live 201415.04.2014Concert Live
9.Late Night Tales: Franz Ferdinand16.09.2014Late Night Tales
10.FFS
& Sparks		08.06.2015Domino
11.Always Ascending09.02.2018Domino6 59
12.Hits To The Head11.03.2022Domino7

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Darts Of Pleasure9/2003 Domino44
2.Take Me Out / Oh For You, Sophia / Words So Leisured
produced by: Tor Johanssen		12.01.2004Domino3 100
3.Matinee / Better In Hoboken / Forty Feet10.05.2004Domino8
4.Take Me Out (Daft Punk remix)12.07.2004Domino 66
Take Me Out (Morgan Geist remix)12.07.2004Domino
5.Michael / Don't Start / Love & Destroy / Missing You / Tell Her Tonight16.08.2004Domino17
6.This Fffire11/2004
7.Take Me Out (Daft Punk remix, Naum Gabo remix, Fake ID remix) / Matinee (Headman vocal remix)29.08.2005
8.Do You Want To / Get Away
CD1 + Your Diary (live)
CD2 + Fabulously Lazy / What You Meant		19.09.2005Domino4 76
Do You Want To (Erol Alkan mix)21.11.2005Domino
9.Walk Away / The Fallen (acoustic)
CD + Sexy Boy
DVD + This Boy (live in Edinburgh)		05.12.2005Domino13
10.The Fallen / L Wells
CD + Jeremy Fraser / Brown Onions		03.04.2006Domino14
12" + The Fallen (Ruined by Justice) / Do You Want To (Max Tundra remix) / Do You Want To (Max Tundra remix instrumental)08.05.2006Domino
11.Remixes EP
(The Fallen (Justice Ruined & Remix) / I'm Your Villain (Lindstrom remix) / Do You Want To (Erol Alkan's Glam Racket remix) / Outsiders (Isolee remix))		05.06.2006Domino
12.Eleanor Put Your Boots On / Wine In The Afternoon
7"(2) + Ghost In The Ditch
CD + Fade Together (Avalanches remix)		17.07.2006Domino30
13.Outsiders21.08.2006Domino
14.Ulysses / Anyone In Love
7"(2) + You Never Go Out Anymore
produced by: Dan Carey		19.01.2009Domino20
Ulysses (The Disco Bloodbath Effect, Mickey Moonlight remix) / Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation / Feeling Kind Of Anxious06.02.2009Domino
15.No You Girls06.04.2009Domino22
16.Can't Stop Feeling / All My Friends06.07.2009Domino
17.What She Came For (Drums Of Death remix, Tigerstyle remix, Lee Mortimer vocal remix, Lee Mortimer dub)27.08.2009Domino
18.Take Me Out12/2009 Domino
19.Covers EP
(Live Alone / Dream Again (Stephen Merritt original) / Live Alone (LCD Soundsystem original) / What She Came For (ESG original) / Turn It On (Peaches original))		10.05.2011Domino
20.Covers EP Remixes: Volume 1
(Live Alone (Toby Tobias remix) / What She Came For (Wild Geese Leyline dub) / Turn It On (Daniel Maloso remix))		15.03.2012Domino
21.Right Action / Love Illumination19.08.2013Domino
22.The North Sea EP
(Evil Eye (Todd Terje extended mix) / Stand On The Horizon (Todd Terje extended mix))		29.11.2013Domino
23.Bullet24.01.2014
24.Fresh Strawberries / Erdbeer Mund01.05.2014Domino
25.Stand on the Horizon22.07.2014EMI
26.Feel The Love Go1/2018
27.Lazy Boy25.01.2018
28.Glimpse Of Love4/2018 Domino
29.Billy Goodbye02.11.2021Domino
30.Curious25.01.2022Domino

Alex Kapranos:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Summer Wine
& Clara Luciani		10/2020 Initial Artist Services

Bibliography:

Helen Chase: The A-Z Of Franz Ferdinand (19.11.07, Northumbria University Press)

Awards:

2004 New Musical Express Awards - Philip Hall Radar Award
2004 MTV Video Music Awards - Breakthrough Video ("Take Me Out")
2004 Mercury Music Prize ("Franz Ferdinand")
2004 Q Awards - Best Video ("Take Me Out")
2005 Brit Awards

- Best Rock Act
- Best British Band
2005 Meteor Awards
- Best International Band
- Best International Album
2005 Ivor Novello Awards - Best Contemporary Song ("Take Me Out")
2006 NME ShockWaves Awards - Best Live Band

WWW Links:

http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Take Me Out (Home Demo Version)" on compilation "Worlds Of Possibility" (6.10.03, Domino)
"Darts Of Pleasure" on compilation "We Love You… So Love Us Three" (29.3.04, We Love You)
"Shopping For Blood" on compilation "Declaration Of Independence" (8/04, Domino)
"Michael" on compilation "MTV2 Presents: The 2004 Shortlist Nominees" (2.11.04, Razor & Tie)
"Take Me Out" on compilation "NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 17" (2.11.04, Capitol)
"Darts Of Pleasure" on live compilation "Austin City Limits" (30.8.05, Rhino)
"The Dark Of The Matinee" on compilation "Rhythms Del Mundo" (13.11.06, & Coco)
"Sound & Vision" on compilation "Radio 1. Established 1967" (1.10.07)
"Call Me" on War Child charity compilation "Heroes" (16.2.09)
"The Lobster Quadrille" on OST "Almost Alice" (2.3.10)

Alex Kapranos:

appeared on the SP:

Handsome Boy Modeling School: The World's Gone Mad (10/04, Atlantic)

appeared on the LP:
Edwyn Collins: Losing Sleep (13.9.10)

produced by LP:
The Cribs: Men's Needs Women's Needs, Whatever (21.5.07, Wichita)
Citizens: Here We Are (28.5.12, Kitsune)

Nick McCarthy:

appeared on the LP:

Super Furry Animals: Dark Nights / Light Years (13.4.09)
Edwyn Collins: Losing Sleep (13.9.10)

Press References:

Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
20046 8Pelmel
20047 6Pelmel - Krátce
20048 28Profilprofile
20049 69Deska měsícealbum review
200410 65gig review
200412 29Témaalbum review
200510 32Interviewinterview
200511 68Recenzealbum review
20069 17Rock&Topinterview
20069 89Livegig review
200610 8News
20071 6News
20077 6Rock & Top - News
20082 7Newsprofile
20087 8Rock & Top - News
20088 8Rock & Top - News
200811 6Rock & Top
20091 71Record - Nemine nás
20092 36Playprofile
20092 66Recordalbum review
20093 66Recordalbum review
20095 78Replay - Livegig review