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You Could Have It So Much Better | 
| Artist: Franz Ferdinand
Label: Domino
Category: Music
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 2720
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5034202016120
ASIN: B000A82IKW
Release Date: October 3, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | The Fallen | | • | Do You Want To | | • | This Boy | | • | I'm Your Villain | | • | Evil And A Heathen | | • | You're The Reason I'm Leaving | | • | Well That Was Easy | | • | Eleanor Put Your Boots On | | • | What You Meant | | • | Walk Away | | • | You Could Have It So Much Better | | • | Fade Together | | • | Outsiders |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
IYou Could Have it So Much Better/I, the second album from Mercury Music Prize winners Franz Ferdinand is pretty much everything a band's second record should be: an assured, endearingly cocky return that builds on the strengths of its predecessor, and importantly, brings a few more tricks to the table. img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-music/images/franz-band.jpg" width="149" height="150" align="left" pBeyond hipster quips and hedonism, however, Franz are busy expanding their emotional palette. "Walk Away" is a fragile indie soul piece, Alex Kapranos cooing "mascara bleeds into my eyes" over a tune reminiscent of London garage rockers The Flaming Stars (although it also features references to Mao-Tse Tung and Hitler, so don't be too quick to pin this one as a love song). Meanwhile, "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" nods to Dylan and Revolver-era Beatles, suggesting an urge to capture hearts beyond the dancefloor. All the same, though, a fabulous return. --ILouis Pattison/I ptable width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1" tr align="center" valign="top" td colspan="4"div align="left"strongMore to Explore/strong/div/td /tr tr align="center" valign="bottom" tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/02/uk-music/images/ff-circle.jpg" width="110" height="110" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/071193889X.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="82" height="110" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00014TQ7S.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="110" height="110" border="0"/td tdimg src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1905382006.02.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="85" height="110" border="0"/td/tr tr align="center" valign="top" td width="25%"p align="center" iSee more music by Franz Ferdinand/td td width="25%" p align="center" iPlay Guitar with Franz Ferdinand/i (Guitar Tab)/p/td td width="25%"div align="center" p align="center" iFranz Ferdinand/i (CD)/p /div/tdtd width="25%" div align="center"p iFranz Ferdinand ~ Nicholas Artsrunik/i (Paperback)/p /div/td/tr tr align="center" valign="top" td colspan="4" div align="center" p align="left"br img src="http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/orange-arrow.gif" width="10" height="9" See more Franz products/p /div/td /tr /table
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 54
 Now YOU can have it so much better: Franz Ferdinand return December 30, 2005
S. Johnson
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Many of my friends think this album is a waste of a cd. Apparently "Do you want to" made no sense, the video was stupid and the song was about nothing.pAparently.pIn fact, "Do you want to" is the song that lured me into this album. This defines what FF are; the slashy guitar tones and the dodgey, funny lyrics/vocals come in and you remember why you liked "Fire", "Take me out" and "Dark of the matinee". pThis album is much like their last, but with more songs that make their origins and influences more obvious to the listener. Songs that stand out are: "The Fallen", "Do You Want To", "This Boy" (similar to "Micheal" on their last album), and "walk away is a subtle slow tune that hasn#x27;t really been tried very much by Franz ...but it works really well, possibly the best vocal track on the album. Its amazing how they#x27;ve come up with a huge range of decent tracks in just over a year...they really tried on this album, and it shows through the retroness they create in the recording studio. A must have for any Franz fan, and an excellent album to own anyway. 10/10!
Up Another Gear October 6, 2005
Steve Horsfall - Author (You Are Here ; Full Story Inside) (UK)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Having loved the debut album I was not expecting too much in terms of change in formula but 'You Could Have It So Much Better' goes straight to a higher level. The unmistakable guitar sound is still there ( almost a Big Country style signature)but everything else is much more refined. The production is excellent to allow the distinctive vocals to shine. Every song is delivered with 100% commitment and means there is not a bad track to be heard. If I had to pick a favourite track it would be 'Eleanor Put Your Boots On' as it is just so different.
Stunning October 8, 2005
m tennant (united kingdom)
36 out of 42 found this review helpful
There's not much more i can say than the title of my reveiw. This album is well worth the money and although the first album was good, you could have it so much better sums it all up it truly is so much better. Buy it you wont be dissapointed.
Franz Ferdinand.......just got better! November 7, 2005
Music Fan (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
On hearing this album, the format reminded me so much of Oasis latest album.pNot the sound, but the one red herring track (the first released single) in each case.pFor Oasis, it was Lyla. A good song yes, but nothing like the rest of the album. Here, we have Do You Want To, which again is a great powerful song, but nothing like the rest of the album.pThat aside, the art-rockers go from strength to strength. A really cohesive album from the boys here, some outstanding songwriting, and an album so creativly diverse it#x27;s untrue. There#x27;s no filler, and every track is a gem. brNext single Walk Away is perhaps their finest ever moment. It#x27;s a track they#x27;ve had kicking about since early 2004, but has been so expertly produced and harmonised it#x27;ll be a crime if it isn#x27;t a number one. brIf i had to pick the albums highlights, i#x27;d personally go for:pDo You Want TobrThe Fallenbr*Walk Away* - Album Star TrackbrEleanor Put Your Boots OnbrEvil And A HeathenbrThis Boypdo yourself a favour and get this album. Absolute genius!
You couldn't have it much better than this! October 10, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I first purchased this album a few days ago.. The first time I listened to it, it was so different to what I was expecting; it wasn't as dressed up as their first album. The label they have gone for gives a much 'rougher' sound to their music, which is more popular amoung us indie audiences, the music sounds a lot more on the same level as that of 'The Libertines', 'Babyshambles' and 'The Paddingtons' (sub-bands, formed from members of The Libs.br I, and my friends would agree, that when you first hear the album, it dosn't seem as good as the first one they released. However, after listening to it a few times, it really does grow on you. I have now completely fallen in love with this album, and it is one of the most played albums on my iPod. My friends and I absolutly love it!br Well worth the money, I suggest you get it now and don't judge it on first impressions!pWell done Franz Ferdinand!brPeter550
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