Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

To be honest, i found this album a bit boring. Of course, Ulysses is a brilliant song, but compared to their other 2 albums, this one isn't nearly as good. I think it maybe needs to grow on me, but usually I find their songs fantastic straight away and I don't feel that way with this album.

This album is worth buying just for this song!!! Overall its an amazing album from a band on top form!!! Hope to see them at the festivals this year :)

I have a been a big fan of Franz Ferdinand since their first album. When, I heard they were releasing a third album I was ultra excited but was really quite disappointed with the outcome. Although its every artists prerogative to grow and change direction I just don't think Franz have progressed for the better. Didn't think much of their first single "Ulysses" whereas, their previous first releases off their other two album were blinding tunes. "No You Girls" is one of the only tracks that see Ferdinand back on form. I wouldn't recommend this CD but if you're a fan, you're going to check it out regardless. For people who are not yet convinced download "No You Girls", its brilliant.

With the previous two albums there have been tracks I have loved and tracks I have hated. I don't get the same feeling with this one. Other than one track which I love (Katherine Kiss Me) the rest barley registers any emotion with me. There is nothing much wrong with other tracks. They sound fine while listening to them but little sticks in the memory afterwards. It is clear they have put a lot of time and effort into this but the songs just seem to have lost that spark which made the band so special.

I hardly got to listen one FF full album from start to end, though i loved some of their songs, but this album is great! The synths are what they've been missing: their music was greatly suitable for some electronic stuff, and now what they've baked is a great electro-indie piece of music, with some elements of very hard electronic music (the ending of lucid dreams would be tough even for someone who usually listens to house music!)

Upon releasing their first album, Franz Ferdinand claimed that they wanted to make 'dance music for girls'. I'm not sure about the 'for girls' part, but this is the album that's come closest to being dance music.
Ulysses kicks things off in stunning fashion, with Alex's whispered vocals giving the track a great sound, before blasting into it's 'la la la la' chorus
Other highlights include Turn It On - another disco infused song. No You Girls which is just too catchy for it's own good, and in my opinion, should be the next single. Live Alone is another sure fire single that's chorus will remain lodged in your head. And then comes Lucid Dreams. Many of you will have heard the pre-release of this song, and for those of you hoping for it to be slightly better produced, if that, think again. It's been totally re-worked into a total indie trance tune, and it's spectacular. It's also now doubled in length to just under eight minutes, the final four minutes being a pure acid trance instrumental of epic proportions. The albums masterpiece without a doubt
So why doesn't this album get five stars? There are some songs, namely Send Him Away, Can't Stop Feeling and Dream Again that lack a certain something. Good songs, but just don't hold your attention like the rest of the album. And Katherin Kiss Me may be a little too close to Eleanor Put Your Boots on for some people.
Non the less, this is a brilliant album, that has it's sights set on a firm path, and destroys that path as it takes it.

This is more exciting than i had hoped for and very much worth the wait. It sounds like pure Franz Ferdinand but a band that really know who they are and are now at ease with taking time to make a really artistic, dark, funky masterpiece. It kicks of with 'Ulysses" and says pretty clearly that they've found "a new way". Lucid Dreams is a 7 minute very psychedelic track: Strawberry Fields at a Glasgow disco.
Tonight is a reminder of how fresh FF were and now they've become slightly dangerous and dark. This is the real thing - Tonight!

Having been lucky enough to have heard these tracks aired for the first time in the tiny Macbeth Pub back in June this year, this album heralds the welcome return of Franz Ferdinand.
The album is slower than their 2005 number one You Could Have It So Much Better, but the songs have Franz Ferdinand stamped all over them - in particular their first planned release 'Ulysses'; a song about getting stoned when there's little else to do. Dirty scuzzy guitar is matched with the usual Franz style chords and strong drums and bass.
'Lucid Dreams', having been used on MaddenNFL 2009 and released as a scratched record on the official website shows new direction with a mix of funk and rock drumming with obscure lyrics.
The funky 'Kiss Me Katherine'; Gentler paced 'Send Him Away'; the thrumming 'Bite Hard' and mad rock-out ending to 'What She Came For' are all included after their warm reception from audiences this summer when the band roadtested the songs. My only regret is that the magnificent 'New Thrill' was left off the finished article.
'Live Alone' was debuted at a gig in London Club Durr last night and will, I'm sure, also become a favourite.

Welcome back boys - you've been gone too long :)

From the early plays of 'Ulysses' and the couple of tracks that are available on YouTube, the new material sounds brilliant. It's different from the old stuff, more synths but the same ridiculously catchy hooks as we're on the first two albums. As a big Franz fan, I'm impressed with the new work and really looking forwards to the release of Tonight. Thank God Franz are back!!