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You Could Have It So Much Better | 
 enlarge | Artist: Franz Ferdinand
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  146 reviews
Sales Rank: 7398
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 94800
UPC: 827969480014
EAN: 8279694800148
ASIN: B000B0WODA
Release Date: October 4, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | The Fallen | | • | Do You Want To | | • | This Boy | | • | Walk Away | | • | Evil And A Heathen | | • | You're The Reason I'm Leaving | | • | Eleanor Put Your Boots On | | • | Well That Was Easy | | • | What You Meant | | • | I'm Your Villian | | • | You Could Have It So Much Better | | • | Fade Together | | • | Outsiders |
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After more than a year spent on the road behind their breakthrough self-titled debut--just how many times can Alex Kapranos sing "Take Me Out" without getting his skinny tie into a knot, anyway?--you might expect the members of Franz Ferdinand to feel a little frayed around the edges. But if You Could Have It So Much Better was supposed to be a bloated sophomore album focusing on bad airline meals and cold hotel swimming pools, somebody forgot to tell the Mercury Music Prize winning Scottish quartet. Instead, the Franzies return with a disc packed with thrilling punk-pop treatises like the single "Do You Want To," political rabble-rousers such as opener "The Fallen," and lovely psychedelic ballads that explore the common ground between the Beatles and Bowie, like "Eleanor Put You Boots On" (about Eleanor Freidberger of the Fiery Furnaces, no less). It's a stunning, confident piece of work that suggests the band is merely getting started. --Aidin Vaziri
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| Customer Reviews: Read 141 more reviews...
 Could Have Used More Variety September 24, 2008
Being a big fan of Franz Ferdinand's first piece of work, especially the classic "Take Me Out," I checked out their follow-up album to see if they could avoid the sophomore slump and provide us some more rock anthems. This album has a problem though in the lack of variety. Either their sound doesn't permit a great deal of variety, or the vocals don't permit it. Either way, it's a very monotonous record.
In fact, the first track is the best track, and it's the best gauge to see if you're going to like the rest of the album, because if you love the song, then you can stand listening to the whole album in one sitting. Otherwise, you're out of luck. Not to say it's a bad album, it just could have used more depth to it. So, hardcore fans unite, everybody else find other means.
Real Score: 2.5
 You Really Could Have It So Much Better September 24, 2008
This album is appropriately named, because you honestly can do so much better than this album. Their prior album was very good, but with the exception of a few tracks, this one is bland. I listened to it maybe 10 times after buying it when it first came out and didn't listen to it again until today, hoping I would have a different opinion of it. But I haven't changed my mind. If you liked their first album, I would recommend the Arctic Monkeys, which is a fantastic band. Both of their albums are superior to anything Franz Ferdinand has done.
 Every track on this album was great! August 22, 2008
Franz Ferdinand was very consistent in this album... Wonderful from start to finish, it's a permanent fixture in my ipod now, I could listen over and over. Just makes you want to dance and moves your day along!
FF ..ya May 30, 2008
I am a huge Franz fan and I loved this album. If yall are franz fans too then you should definitely consider Rikki Rocket's new album "glitter 4 your soul" it is a masterpiece comprised of music that will add glitter to your soul...literaly! so check it out if yall like franz
Well do you August 9, 2007
While not as fond of this release as their first, it's still a frequently played catchy sound. Their energy is refreshing and doesn't feel contrived. All-in-all I like it.
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