★★★★★
"We will soon be rotten," sings Alex Kapranos in a telling lyric from "Fresh Strawberries," the fifth track into Franz Ferdinand's fourth LP. "We will all be forgotten/half remembered rumors of the old." Nine years back, this Scottish quartet was bright and young and rightly celebrated for having turned the early Eighties art-clang of Gang of Four into pop hits on brilliant tunes like "Take Me Out."
- www.austinchronicle.com
2013-10-03
★★★★★
"We will soon be rotten," sings Alex Kapranos in a telling lyric from "Fresh Strawberries," the fifth track into Franz Ferdinand's fourth LP. "We will all be forgotten/half remembered rumors of the old." Nine years back, this Scottish quartet was bright and young and rightly celebrated for having turned the early Eighties art-clang of Gang of Four into pop hits on brilliant tunes like "Take Me Out."
- www.austinchronicle.com
2013-10-02
★★★★★
When listening through Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the fourth full-length album from Glasgow-based throwback rockers Franz Ferdinand, it's remarkably difficult not to let your mind wander back to 2004, to a time when these guys were setting the world--and the charts--on fire with their debut self-titled record. (There's an ill-advised pun in that last sentence, since one of the songs on that debut record was actually called "This Fire...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-23
★★★★★
If ever an album seemed like ripe fodder for the scathing fangs of a cynical music critic, that album would be Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. Even in a year of surprise returns from the grave, this seems a bridge too far. A David Bowie or My Bloody Valentine album in 2013? That much we can stomach, perhaps even embrace. But a Franz Ferdinand album in 2013? Anachronism! Few bands feel quite as ill-fitting in the present moment as Franz Ferdinand...
- www.tinymixtapes.com
2013-09-12
★★★★★
Franz Ferdinand
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
[Domino; 2013]
By Ray Finlayson ; September 11, 2013
Purchase at: Insound (Vinyl) | Amazon (MP3 & CD) | iTunes | MOG
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"Goodbye lovers and friends/ It's so sad to leave you.....
- beatsperminute.com
2013-09-12
★★★★★
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action speaks like a wry, introspective commentary on the current position of the Glasgow indie rockers. 10 years after the staggering success of their debut eponymous LP, Franz Ferdinand's fourth album strongly insinuates the inevitable end of a well-worn out band. Take a look at the cover art. The capitalised letters and aggressive arrows are reminiscent of those old Soviet propaganda posters...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-09-10
★★★★★
Although lumped in with such where-are-they-now? luminaries like Razorlight and Pete Doherty, Scottish group Franz Ferdinand never seemed to align with the rest of the -sponsored early-21st century British Invasion, catchy bursts of post-punk guitar and attraction to the dance floor notwithstanding. The band's influences - underappreciated '80s new wavers Orange Juice, Russian Constructivism, the ambiguous sexuality of disco, etc...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-04
★★★★★
There was a time when Glasgow's Franz Ferdinand were the proverbial toast of the town. Their debut album, released way back in 2004, was a much needed shot in the arm for quirky rock music and - alongside the likes of The Strokes, The Killers, and Jet - set about defining the sound of the decade. Every single one of these bands has ridden the highs and lows of outrageous fortune since then. Some have broken up, others have lingered beyond their welcome...
- www.undertheradar.co.nz
2013-09-04
★★★★★
I don't really consider myself part of any specific social group, lest not defined by musical taste. Instead, I'm something of a moderate in that I listen to a bit of everything, something which gives me common ground with virtually anyone and is reflected in my somewhat eclectic circle of friends. Some of them are into rave, others meat-headed metal. Some pass their time absorbing three-hour Autechre mixes, while others refuse to accommodate anything without the safety of a guitar...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-02