Track 1: Ulysses:

I bought this album by the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand shortly after it first came out. (Yes, they are named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria whose assassination eventually led to World War I.)For the past two months I've been listening to it constantly and obsessively in the car especially. It is so energetic, fun, and guaranteed to get you singing and dancing. There is a purposefully rough suaveness to the lyrics and music I only wish I could embody.

Some mornings I feel like my "song of the day" is a farce because half the time it seems one of these songs is really the song stuck in my head. I could hold it in no longer. Although this album has not stood up to the test of time (yet) I think it needs to be my Album of the Week and is definitely a Must Own Album.

To quote myself from my post on Ulysses (which is weird I know): "I have been loving the whole album since I bought it the day after it came out (1/27). This is quite possibly the most exciting song ("Ulysses") and album I've heard from 2009 so far. So, unless you have a heart condition (no seriously, there should be a warning on it, it is that good!), stop what you are doing, and turn up the volume and push play!"

I am kicking myself because I missed them on their North American tour. Next time.

Here are my favorites from the album, with "Ulysses" being my favorite:

Track 1: Ulysses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31sZ9xZr_Ew

Track 2: Turn It On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o86ETqV5x3g

Track 3: No You Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoewjKHanA8

Track 7: What She Came For
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmSwhYD18DE

Track 8: Live Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S248nLr0cuE

Track 9: Can't Stop Feeling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Yv2Juq4gI

Track 10: Lucid Dreams (New Album Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl98kUWgQrc

It was tough to pick the 5… so for this post I decided 7 was the new 5. (My blog. My rules.) The album is too good. Oh and make sure you check out the 2nd part of "Lucid Dreams" (starting at 4:45) where they are electro jamming! It has a nice sharp industrial new wave fusion kind of sound to it. Too cool.

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Franz Ferdinand - Tonight