Description

Franz Ferdinand came from nowhere to become one of the biggest bands in the UK in 2003 and 2004. This album features a show at Glastonbury Festival on the 25th of June 2004. They attracted a very young crowd with their funky-pop-indie, and the majority of the kids loved it. They had slight sound problems early on in the gig, but these are all forgotten when they play the first big track Take Me Out and everyone had their hands in the air clapping. They’ve got a really bright soul about them; they write about everyday, understandable things. Franz Ferdinand are just really good, tongue-in-cheek energetic pop with disco beats, a heavy guitar and good synthesizers. The gig was just blinding. They turned the Other stage into the main stage for the duration of the set. I’ve not seen anything like it since the Strokes played here a couple of years earlier. They’ve got a really fantastic presence and frontmen Alex and Nick had a good on-stage relationship, feeding off each other for the links between tracks giving you the feeling that they’re good friends. Every song is impossibly catchy, and it seemed they’ve lived up to their promise of ‘making songs for girls to dance to’. The band clearly were enjoying the experience, and judging by the reactions of the people in the crowd, so was everyone else. This album also features 6 bonus tracks from 2003.

Track list:
1. Come On Home
2. Tell Her Tonight
3. Take Me Out
4. 40
5. Van Tango
6. Auf Achse
7. The Dark Of The Matinee
8. Jacqueline
9. Shopping For Blood
10. Michael
11. Darts Of Pleasure
12. This Fire
13. Shopping For Blood-Liverpool Academy 2003
14. Take Me Out-Liverpool Academy 2003
15. Auf Achse-Liverpool Academy 2003
16. Cheating On You-Radio AYR Exclusive 2003
17. Jacqueline-Radio AYR Exclusive 2003
18. Shopping For Blood-Radio AYR Exclusive 2003