Review: You Could Have it So Much Better.... With Franz Ferdinand: Second time around is even better for Franz Ferdinand

From: The Scotsman | Date: September 30, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

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 most successful, flamboyant and downright Franztastic Scottish band of our times, as they come roaring back with a second album of insouciant pop brilliance without, it seems, so much as a fringe out of place.

Like all groups who get the chemistry just right, Franz make it look and sound ...

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