It’s been a while since I listened to this, and it was a pleasure to do so. After the somewhat mixed ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’ and the downright disappointing ‘Tonight’, it’s easy to forget how excellent Franz Ferdinand’s debut was, and still is.Track after track is played out with accessible ease. There are highlights – ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Dark Of The Matinee’, ‘Darts Of Pleasure’ and so on, but the rest of the songs maintain the quality they set. Even the more forgettable, or disposable tracks – ‘Cheating On You’, ‘Tell Her Tonight’ – earn their place by being tremendous fun, and almost revelling in their underdog status. A great album.
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