Franz Ferdinand discography

Franz Ferdinand discography
Franz Ferdinand performing live in 2018
Studio albums 5
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 1
Video albums 1
Music videos 28
EPs 7
Singles 26
Remix albums 1
Promotional singles 5

The discography of Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish indie rock band, consists of five studio albums, one remix album, two live albums, one video album, six extended plays, twenty-six singles, four promotional singles and twenty-eight music videos.

The band first experienced major chart success with their second single, "Take Me Out", which peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The release of the single was followed by their debut album, Franz Ferdinand, which debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year for 2004.

Their fourth album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action was announced in July 2013 and released on 26 August 2013.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]		 SCO
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 BEL
[5]		 FRA
[6]		 GER
[7]		 IRL
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 US
[11]
Franz Ferdinand 321226726162183532
You Could Have It So Much Better
  • Released: 28 September 2005
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 11554522948
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 26 January 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 226544210439
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
  • Released: 26 August 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 62187564193324
FFS (as FFS)
  • Released: 8 June 2015
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 1788536322722371319—
Always Ascending
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, download
 6328162114133519559
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Blood: Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 1 June 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Compilation albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Late Night Tales: Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 15 September 2014
  • Label: Late Night Tales
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download

Live albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Live 2003[22]
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Vinyl
Live 2014 at the London Roundhouse
  • Released: 26 May 2014
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video releases

List of video albums
Title Album details Certifications
Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 28 November 2005
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Album details
Remixes
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12", CD
iTunes Festival: London 2009
  • Released: 9 July 2009
  • Label: Domino (via NME)
  • Formats: Digital download
Covers
  • Released: 16 April 2011
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12", CD, digital download
The North Sea[A][23][24]
  • Released: 29 July 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12", Digital download
Live E.P.[B][25]
  • Released: 12 August 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: Digital download
Evil Action[26]
  • Released: 18 September 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, Digital download
Spotify Sessions[27]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[28]		 SCO
[29]		 AUS
[30]		 BEL
[5]		 CAN
[31]		 FRA
[6]		 GER
[32]		 IRL
[8]		 NLD
[9]		 US
[33]		 US
Alt.
[34]
"Darts of Pleasure" 2003 4435————————— Franz Ferdinand
"Take Me Out" 2004 3225—792—872663
"The Dark of the Matinée" 87————882773——
"Michael" 1715—————39———
"This Fire" —[C]—62—————85—17
"Do You Want To" 2005 42—58—68702613769 You Could Have It So Much Better
"Walk Away" 139—58——964684——
"The Fallen / L. Wells" 2006 14451————4191—39
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" 3017—————————
"Lucid Dreams" 2008 ————35—————— Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
"Ulysses" 2036258733141—74—20
"No You Girls" 2009 2233472544680—95—[F]7
"Can't Stop Feeling" ———69—69—————
"What She Came For" ———————————
"Live Alone" ———————————
"Right Action" 2013 ——————————28 Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
"Love Illumination" ———72—148—————
"Evil Eye" ———57———————
"Bullet" 2014 ———83———————
"Fresh Strawberries" ———97———————
"Stand on the Horizon" ———122———————
"Johnny Delusional" 2015 ———90——————— FFS
"Call Girl" ———————————
"Police Encounters" ———————————
"Always Ascending" 2017 ———63——————25 Always Ascending
"Feel the Love Go" 2018 ———88———————
"Lazy Boy" —————174—————
"Glimpse of Love" ———69———————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Get Up and Use Me" / "Jacqueline"[D]
(with The Fire Engines)[35]		 2004 N/A
"I'm Your Villain" 2006 You Could Have It So Much Better
"Outsiders"
"This Boy"
"Fade Together"
"Swallow, Smile"[36][E] N/A
"Die on the Floor" / "Katherine Hit Me"[37] 2009 Blood
"Liefde En Puin" / "Heisa-Ho"[38][D]
(with De Kift)		 N/A
"The Eyes of Mars"[39][G]
(with Marion Cotillard)		 2010 N/A
"Piss Off" 2015 FFS
"Collaborations Don't Work"

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"A Song for Sorry Angel (Sorry Angel)"[40] 2006 Jane Birkin Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
"What You Waiting For?"[41] N/A Radio 1's Live Lounge
"Jackie Jackson"[42] Colours Are Brighter: Songs from Children (And Grown-Ups Too)
"The Dark of the Matinée"[43] Coco Freeman Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
"All My Friends" (Franz Ferdinand version)[44] 2007 LCD Soundsystem "All My Friends" single/A Bunch of Stuff EP
"Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow"[45] N/A Hallam Foe Soundtrack
"Sound and Vision"[46] Radio 1: Established 1967
"No"[47] David Shrigley Worried Noodles
"Call Me"[48] 2009 N/A War Child Presents Heroes
"The Lobster Quadrille"[49] 2010 Almost Alice
"Demagogue" 2016 30 Days, 50 Songs

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Darts of Pleasure" 2003 Scott Lyon[50]
"Take Me Out" 2004 Jonas Odell[51]
"The Dark of the Matinée" Chris Hopewell[50]
"Michael" Uwe Flade[50]
"This Fire" StyleWar[50]
"Do You Want To" 2005 Diane Martel[52]
"Walk Away" Scott Lyon[53]
"The Fallen" 2006 Alex & Martin[50]
"L. Wells" Blair Young[54]
"Jeremy Fraser" Scott Lyon[50]
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" Chris Hopewell[55]
"Wine in the Afternoon" Blair Young[56]
"All My Friends" 2007 Anna McCarthy[57]
"Ulysses" 2009 Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern[58]
"No You Girls" Nima Nourizadeh[59]
"Can't Stop Feeling" Russell Weekes[60]
"Right Action" 2013 Jonas Odell[61]
"Love Illumination" Tim Saccenti[62]
"Evil Eye" Diane Martel[63]
"Bullet" Andy Knowles[64]
"Erdbeer Mund" 2014 Anna McCarthy[65]
"Fresh Strawberries" Margarita Louca[66]
"Stand on the Horizon" Karan Kandhari[67]
"Johnny Delusional" 2015 AB/CD/CD[68]
"Piss Off" ROBiSROB[69]
"Call Girl" Sasha Rainbow[70]
"Always Ascending" 2017 AB/CD/CD[71]
"Feel the Love Go" 2018 Diane Martel[72]
"Glimpse of Love" Alice Kunisue[73]

Notes

  • A ^ The North Sea is a pseudonym for Franz Ferdinand. The actual track listing includes two remixes, by Todd Terje, of the songs from Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action: "Evil Eye (Todd Terje Extended Mix)" and "Stand on the Horizon (Todd Terje Extended Mix)".[74]
  • B ^ Live E.P. is a free Amazon.com release. Includes 3 tracks from Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action deluxe edition bonus disc.
  • C ^ "This Fire" was released as a download-only single, and reached #8 on the UK Download Chart.[75]
  • D ^ "Get Up and Use Me" / "Jacqueline" was released as a limited edition 7" single. "Get Up and Use Me" is The Fire Engines song covered for the single by Franz Ferdinand, "Jacqueline" is vice versa.[76] The same with "Liefde En Puin" / "Heisa-Ho" single with "Liefde En Puin" being a cover of "Love And Destroy" performed by De Kift and "Heisa-Ho" covered by Franz Ferdinand.
  • E ^ "Swallow, Smile" was released as a single exclusive to the band's official fan club.
  • F ^ "No You Girls" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[77]
  • G ^ "The Eyes of Mars" was released as limited edition 7" one-sided single

References

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  2. ↑ Peaks in Scotland:
    • Always Ascending: "Official Scottish Albums Chart: 16 February 2018". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Discography Franz Ferdinand". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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  7. ↑ Peak chart positions for Franz Ferdinand albums in Germany:
    • The first three albums: "Chartverfolgung / Franz Ferdinand / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
    • Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action: "charts.de" (in German). Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Discography Franz Ferdinand". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Discografie Franz Ferdinand". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "Franz Ferdinand"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2004". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Franz Ferdinand)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Trofeer". IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "American certifications – Franz Ferdinand". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
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  20. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2009". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  21. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Hung Medien (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  22. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Live 2003 at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "The North Sea". Domino Recording Company. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "The North Sea". Amazon.co.uk.
  25. ↑ "Live E.P." Amazon.co.uk.
  26. ↑ "Free Franz Ferdinand CD with this week's issue of NME – out now". NME. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  27. ↑ "Spotify Sessions - Franz Ferdinand | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  28. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  29. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/
  30. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
    • "Take Me Out" and "No You Girls": "Discography Franz Ferdinand". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
    • "This Fire": "The ARIA Report: Issue 769 (Week Commencing 22 November 2004)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
    • "The Fallen" / "L. Wells": "The ARIA Report: Issue 834 (Week Commencing 27 February 2006)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
    • "Ulysses": "The ARIA Report: Issue 988 (Week Commencing 2 February 2009)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  31. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in Canada:
    • All except "Take Me Out": "Franz Ferdinand Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
    • "Take Me Out": "Franz Ferdinand > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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  33. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  34. ↑ Peak chart positions for singles in United States (Alternative):
    • All except "This Fire" and "Do You Want To": "Franz Ferdinand Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
    • "This Fire" and "Do You Want To": "Franz Ferdinand > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  35. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Ferdinand-Fire-Engines-Get-Up-And-Use-Me-Jacqueline/release/911848
  36. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Ferdinand-Swallow-Smile/release/1833057
  37. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Ferdinand-Die-On-The-Floor-Katherine-Hit-Me/release/2110256
  38. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/De-Kift-Franz-Ferdinand-Liefde-En-Puin-Heisa-Ho/release/1784116
  39. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Franz-Ferdinand-Marion-Cotillard-Dior-Presents-The-Eyes-Of-Mars/release/6233080
  40. ↑ McClintock, J. Scott. "Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  41. ↑ "Radio 1's Live Lounge > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  42. ↑ "Colours Are Brighter: Songs from Children (And Grown-Ups Too) > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  43. ↑ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  44. ↑ "All My Friends > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  45. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Hallam Foe > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  46. ↑ "Radio 1: Established 1967 > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  47. ↑ "Worried Noodles > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  48. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "War Child Presents Heroes > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  49. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Almost Alice > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  53. ↑ "Walk Away | Franz Ferdinand | Music Video". MTV Music. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  55. ↑ "Music Video - Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On". musicvdb.com. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  56. ↑ "Music Video - Franz Ferdinand - Wine in the Afternoon". musicvdb.com. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  57. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - All My Friends". YouTube. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  58. ↑ "Ulysses | Franz Ferdinand | Music Video". MTV Music. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  59. ↑ "No You Girls | Franz Ferdinand | Music Video". MTV Music. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  63. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye (Official Video) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  64. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Bullet (Official Video) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  65. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - Erdbeer Mund - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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  68. ↑ "Johnny Delusional (Official Video) - FFS". Vevo. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  69. ↑ "Piss Off (Official Video) - FFS". Vevo. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  70. ↑ "FFS - Call Girl (Official Video)". YouTube. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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  75. ↑ The Official Charts Company
  76. ↑ "Franz Ferdinand - 'Get Up and Use Me'/The Fire Engines - 'Jacqueline'". Domino Records. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  77. ↑ "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles – Issue Date: 2009-03-14" (requires registration). Billboard. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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