Hits To The Head
When Franz Ferdinand put together Hits to the Head, they were inspired by Changesbowie and the Rolling Stones' Rolled Gold -- greatest-hits collections that didn't just serve as introductions to a band's music, but worked as albums in their own right.
In Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me in The Bathroom (2017), an oral history of the rock‘n’roll revivalism in New York City between 2001 and 2011, it’s telling that the only chapter dedicated to a British band is that of Franz Ferdinand.
Greatest hits or compilation packages like Franz Ferdinand’s Hits to the Head, almost two decades into a band’s career, are primarily for several different kinds of fans.
Franz Ferdinand's potential is repeatedly hinted at rather than fully realized on 'Hits to the Head'. But it's better to show potential than to have none at all.