10/10 (Essential Listening)
Twenty years on, from the opening strum of “Jacqueline” to the final thud of “40’,” Franz Ferdinand remains a perfect debut: a statement of intent so confident and so joyous that it feels like it’s still trying to take you out on the floor. franz ferdinand first album
Released: February 9, 2004 (UK) / March 22, 2004 (US) Recorded: 2003 at Gula Studios, Malmö, Sweden Producers: Tore Johansson, Franz Ferdinand 10/10 (Essential Listening) Twenty years on, from the
It gave us the “Franz Ferdinand shuffle” (that sideways, staccato dance move), the skinny tie revival, and the permission for indie kids to like dance music again. A jagged, propulsive guitar riff that sounds like
It opens with a command. A jagged, propulsive guitar riff that sounds like a frantic telegram from the past, followed by Alex Kapranos’s sly, spoken-sung demand: “Jacqueline, take my hand…”