{"id":41420,"date":"2009-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/tonight-3\/"},"modified":"2009-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T00:00:00","slug":"tonight-3","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/tonight-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 28th of June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, son of Karl Ludwig of Austria and heir to the crown, was assassinated in Sarajevo. His death caused Austria-Hungary to declare war against Serbia. The countries allied with Austria-Hungary and the countries allied with Serbia almost immediately declared war on each other. The death of Franz started World War I. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Now, almost 95 years later, the four guys from Scotland who call themselves Franz Ferdinand have released their third album. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Franz Ferdinand\u2019s self-titled debut album was a huge success, selling 3.6 million copies and earning critical acclaim. Their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better<\/i>, received a warm welcome as well, even though it wasn\u2019t renewing like Franz Ferdinand<\/i>. After all, the album still went platinum and reached #1 in the UK charts. Considering the achievements of their previous albums, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand<\/i>, will almost certainly be a huge success.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

The album starts off with the song \u201cUlysses,\u201d which is also the first single they released. I immediately noticed that it sounds rather much like what we heard on their first album. That\u2019s not a bad thing, though! They do make a lot more use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments, however. The second track, \u201cTurn It On,\u201d is easy on the ear but turns out to be a bit of a clich\u00e9. Even though it\u2019s very predictable and straightforward, it\u2019s a pretty decent song. The next song, \u201cNo You Girls,\u201d is probably one of the best songs of the album. It\u2019s a lot more complicated than \u201cTurn It On\u201d but it is easy on the ear as well.\u00a0 It\u2019s funky and fun! <\/o:p><\/p>\n

At this point, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand<\/i> suddenly changes into something we never heard from the band before. All of the sudden, the songs become darker and more sophisticated and this is where the best part of the album begins.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cTwilight Omens\u201d is a bit more dark and sinister. At first I thought it was rather annoying, but after listening to it a few times it turns out to be pretty good. It sounds a bit like Franz Ferdinand covering a Beatles song. \u201cBite Hard\u201d starts off gently but soon transforms into an addicting and fast-paced indie rock song. This is one of those songs you\u2019ll keep playing over and over again. \u201cCan\u2019t Stop Feeling\u201d sounds like a roller-skate disco being invaded by a Brit pop band. Perhaps the most sophisticated song of <\/i>the album is \u201cLucid Dreams.\u201d It\u2019s kind of psychedelic and features loads of weird sounds, synthesizers and a complicated song structure.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s \u201cKatherine Kiss Me,\u201d which is a very corny but beautifully performed song. It\u2019s a slightly edited version of \u201cNo You Girls.\u201d They changed the lyrics, chords and song structure and decided to play it acoustically. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand<\/i> is an experimental, funky and fun record. I still think their debut album is better but this certainly beats their second one. Franz Ferdinand has always been very recognizable and they still are. They did have the guts to release something a bit different this time, though. Overall, it\u2019s a very good album and I\u2019d certainly recommend it to everyone looking for something a bit different \u2013 just not too different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":29806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7680],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-41420","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-franz-ferdinand","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41420"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}