Album Info

You Could Have It So Much Better

Alternative - 2005

Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish band that did so much to put booty-shaking back into currency for young rock fans, returns... more

Tracklist

1

The Fallen

3:42 min
2

Do You Want To

3:35 min
3

This Boy

2:21 min
4

Walk Away

3:36 min
5

Evil and a Heathen

2:05 min
6

You're the Reason I'm Leaving

2:47 min
7

Eleanor Put Your Boots On

2:49 min
8

Well That Was Easy

3:02 min
9

What You Meant

3:24 min
10

I'm Your Villain

4:03 min
11

You Could Have It So Much Better

2:41 min
12

Fade Together

3:03 min
13

Outsiders

4:02 min

About You Could Have It So Much Better

Franz Ferdinand, the Scottish band that did so much to put booty-shaking back into currency for young rock fans, returns with a second album that’s an even stronger work than their excellent debut. You Could Have It So Much Better finds the outfit trying on a wider array of styles even as it reaches a sharper, more consistent level of songwriting. In addition to their enticing blend of edgy guitars and disco-ready rhythms (first single “Do You Want To,” “I’m Your Villain”), they branch out into Village Green-era Kinks pastorals (the mini-masterpiece “Eleanor Put Your Boots On”) and bittersweet mid-tempo rock (“Walk Away”) with great success. Even the relative throwaways here are filled with more ideas than many other current bands’ hits. These guys certainly did themselves a favor by withdrawing from the road for a while and putting their energy toward this set.