Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Four years after the last Franz Ferdinand album, Alex Kapranos and Co. come raging back with the tightest and most focused album of their career. The Scottish quartet has one foot in glam rock and the other in electronic dance music, making crossovers simple and light. It\'s actually a matter of degrees between the cheeky, bouncy \"Stand on the Horizon\" (which wants to dominant dance floors with a nonstop bass line) and \"Love Illumination\" (where the group cranks up the guitars, multiplies the vocals, and rocks harder than bands whose only job is to knock you out). McCartney-esque pop flows through the smooth-voiced \"Fresh Strawberries.\" FF\'s most dangerous weapon is how well the members chase one another around the tracks, with bass and lead guitars choosing their octaves and never letting go. \"Bullet\" is a brutal lesson in team spirit. \"Treason! Animals\" works even harder. In the softer spots (\"The Universe Expanded\"), Kapranos sounds weary—but with such a supportive band behind him, he\'s never lonely for long. The deluxe version adds 13 live tracks, including eight live performances of new tracks to accompany five classic FF tunes.
After a four year hiatus, Franz Ferdinand release their fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, a collection produced by the band with Bjorn Yttling and Todd Terje. It finds them reestablishing themselves as a workmanlike, crowd-pleasing dance-rock group by going heavy on the midtempo disco thump.
Franz Ferdinand’s debonair music has always transcended its influences, which has kept the U.K. quartet relevant for nearly a decade. It certainly helps that the band’s inspirations—early ’80s Scottish indie-pop, the arch cultural and social observations of Jarvis Cocker, gritty disco-punk, and British art-school…
The Glaswegian four-piece make a long overdue return to their roots with their wonderfully-titled fourth record
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Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action is the album Franz Ferdinand should have made after their self-titled debut.
Alex Kapranos has talked of how Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action comes from "the idea of the cynic's search for optimism.” It’s a compelling concept for a band that have played the music game for over a decade.
Earlier this week, Franz Ferdinand played two sold out shows in London and Glasgow, to mark their comeback, and launch of their fourth studio album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions.
Largely speaking, this fourth album follows the same pattern as the first album, and the one after that... and the one after that.
Album review: Franz Ferdinand's 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' is given the once-over by the Clash team. Turns out it's a pretty decent, very danceable fourth LP...
Franz Ferdinand's sharp, stylish fourth album is a fine return to form, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is a swaggering disco-rock album that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Review of Franz Ferdinand's new album "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions". The album comes out August 26 0n Domino Records. The first single is
It might be a tall order for Franz Ferdinand to regain the cool and cachet they once enjoyed, but they still know how their way around a tune and a well-turned lyric, writes <strong>Ben Beaumont-Thomas</strong>
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action review: Back on the horse.