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the INVINCIBLE BAND Since forming in 2002, Franz Ferdinand have sold more than three million albums, won the Mercury Music Prize and toured the world. Now they are back with a brilliant new album and what may be their first number one single. Peter Ross spends two days with them in Edinburgh and Glasgow
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FRANZ Ferdinand are hanging out with Bowie. George Bowie, the
Radio Clyde disc jockey. When the band play in New York, Ziggy
himself comes to their shows - "And he emails every day, " drawls
guitarist Nick McCarthy. "Delete. Delete. Delete" - but this is
Clydebank not Manhattan. Three quarters of Franz Ferdinand (drummer
Paul Thomson is visiting his parents in Edinburgh) are sardined into
a small studio, recording an interview for the early morning
programme Bowie At Breakfast. TV screens beh...
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Review: You Could Have it So Much Better.... With Franz Ferdinand: Second time around is even better for Franz Ferdinand
The Scotsman
; FRANZ FERDINAND: YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER WITH FRANZ FERDINAND, DOMINO, 13.99 I CAN never remember - is it a band's second album that is supposed to be the "difficult" one? Or the third? Or is the third one the "experimental" one? Such arcane concerns are immaterial to Franz Ferdinand, the
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Franz Ferdinand Happily Mines the Past
The Washington Post
; Franz Ferdinand's eponymous debut CD made it okay for hipsters with expertly disheveled hair to dance again. But the Scottish four- piece has altered its groove theory some since then. The band's sophomore album, "You Could Have It So Much Better," still features plenty of "music that girls can
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FRANZ FERDINAND STAYS AHEAD OF PACK
The Boston Globe
; A funny thing happened to all those new UK bands on their way to becoming this year's Franz Ferdinand. While those lean lads were perfecting their Gang of Four riffs, Franz Ferdinand decided it had no intention of vacating its place as that region's best breakthrough band. So this year's Franz
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The archdukes of cool; In less than a year Franz Ferdinand have come from nowhere to conquer the pop world. So how will they face their next challenge - the difficult second album?
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: DAVID SMYTH WHEN 2004 ends with the inevitable sight of Franz Ferdinand at the top of every album of the year list, it will round off a perfect 12 months. They have had a better year than any other new British band, selling two million copies of their debut album, making serious inroads
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Franz Ferdinand: How good are they? Storming follow-up or a case of difficult-second-album syndrome? Our panel of experts assess the band's new record
Belfast Telegraph
; Claire Sturgess Xfm DJ I don't know what it is about Franz Ferdinand, but their music always makes me want to stamp my feet and wave my arms in the air. Of course I never do that - it would be tragically uncool. However, in the confines of my radio studio, when no one is watching, my rock- star
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