Tonight: Is The Night

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
3/5

Its pathetic how slow Januaray has been for the music world. Nothing half interesting has hit the shelves in a while but it seems like the spring will pick things up while Kelly, The Fray, U2 and The Black Eyed Peas all release some new work!
But for the time-being, Franz Ferdinand's newest disc is under the spotlight. With the first single Ulysses mildly stepping up the charts, it didn't seem like their impact would be as big as it would've been say when they released "Take Me Out" and "Do You Wanna" in 2003 & 2005. And though they lack on the charts for the time being, it seems as though the band was focussing on making every single song worth it instead of just the singles. Almost every single song on the record projects with high jazzy feelings and loopy lyrics along with some sentimentments secretly hidden between the lines. There are also some clear stand-outs among others, such as "No You Girls Never Know", "Bite Hard" and "Lucid Dreams" whose noise can barely be reduced to such a vague generalization such as music. Fear not, the CD contains nothing really worth bashing, but then again, there is still some issue this band has with breaking out of its shell. Its now been three CDs, change it up a bit, even if it is for just a couple songs. Is it really that difficult to change? Despite this, in the end, the CD is worth listening to and its catchy stuff so it'll be in your head for a while. You decide if that can or can't hurt.

Tracklisting:
1. Ulysses
2. Turn It On
3. No You Girls Never Know *
4. Send Him Away
5. Twilight Omens
6. Bite Hard *
7. What She Came For *
8. Live Alone
9. Can't Stop Feeling
10. Lucid Dreams *
11. Dream Again
12. Katherine Kiss Me *