Franz Ferdinand discography | |
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Studio albums | 6 |
EPs | 7 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 29 |
Video albums | 1 |
Music videos | 33 |
Remix albums | 1 |
Promotional singles | 5 |
The discography of Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish indie rock band, consists of six studio albums, one remix album, two compilation albums, two live albums, one video album, six extended plays, 29 singles, four promotional singles and 33 music videos.
The band first experienced major chart success with their second single, "Take Me Out", which peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The release of the single was followed by their debut album, Franz Ferdinand , which debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year for 2004.
Additionally, Franz Ferdinand recorded and released one album as FFS (an abbreviation of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks), a collaborative supergroup with American art rock band Sparks, in 2015.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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SCO [1] | AUS [2] | BEL [3] | FRA [4] | GER [5] | IRL [6] | NLD [7] | SWI [8] | UK [9] | US [10] | ||||
Franz Ferdinand | 2 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 32 | |||
You Could Have It So Much Better |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
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Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action |
| 2 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | ||
Always Ascending |
| 3 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | ||
The Human Fear |
| To be released | |||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Blood: Franz Ferdinand |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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SCO [1] | AUS [2] | BEL [3] | FRA [4] | GER [5] | JPN [20] | NLD [7] | SWI [8] | UK [9] | US [10] | ||
Late Night Tales: Franz Ferdinand |
| — | — | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hits to the Head |
| 4 | 76 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 15 | 7 | — [A] |
Notes
Title | Album details |
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Live 2003 [22] |
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Live 2014 at the London Roundhouse |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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JPN [20] | UK [23] | |||
Franz Ferdinand |
| 57 | — [A] |
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Notes
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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UK [23] | |||||||||||
Remixes |
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iTunes Festival: London 2009 |
| — | |||||||||
Covers |
| — [A] | |||||||||
The North Sea [26] [27] [B] |
| — | |||||||||
Live E.P. [29] [C] |
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Evil Action [30] |
| — | |||||||||
Spotify Sessions [31] |
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Notes
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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SCO [32] | AUS [33] | CAN [34] | FRA [4] | GER [35] | IRL [6] | NLD [7] | SWI [8] | UK [23] | US [36] | |||||
"Darts of Pleasure" | 2003 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | Franz Ferdinand | ||
"Take Me Out" | 2004 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 92 | — | 8 | 72 | — | 3 | 66 | |||
"The Dark of the Matinée" | 7 | — | — | — | 88 | 27 | 73 | — | 8 | — | ||||
"Michael" | 15 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | 17 | — | ||||
"This Fire" [A] | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — [B] | — | Non-album single | |||
"Do You Want To" | 2005 | 2 | — | — | 68 | 70 | 26 | 13 | 75 | 4 | 76 | You Could Have It So Much Better | ||
"Walk Away" | 9 | — | — | — | 96 | 46 | 84 | — [C] | 13 | — | ||||
"The Fallen" | 2006 | 4 | 51 | — | — | — | 41 | 91 | — | 14 | — | |||
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | Non-album singles | |||
"Lucid Dreams" [D] | 2008 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Ulysses" | 3 | 62 | 73 | 31 | 41 | — | 74 | 44 | 20 | — | Tonight: Franz Ferdinand | |||
"No You Girls" | 2009 | 3 | 34 | 54 | 46 | 80 | — | 95 | 83 | 22 | — [E] |
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"Can't Stop Feeling" | 28 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — [F] | — [G] | — | ||||
"What She Came For" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [H] | — | ||||
"Live Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Right Action" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [I] | — | Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action | ||
"Love Illumination" | — | — | — | 148 | — | — | — [J] | — [K] | — | — | ||||
"Evil Eye" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Bullet" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Fresh Strawberries" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [L] | — | ||||
"Stand on the Horizon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Always Ascending" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Always Ascending | ||
"Feel the Love Go" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Lazy Boy" | — | — | — | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Glimpse of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Billy Goodbye" [47] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hits to the Head | ||
"Curious" [48] | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Audacious" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [M] | — | — | — | The Human Fear | ||
"Night or Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Notes
Title | Year | Album |
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"Get Up and Use Me" / "Jacqueline" [A] (with The Fire Engines) [51] | 2004 | Non-album single |
"I'm Your Villain" | 2006 | You Could Have It So Much Better |
"Outsiders" | ||
"This Boy" (Rory Phillips Remix) | ||
"Fade Together" | ||
"Swallow, Smile" [52] [B] | Non-album single | |
"Die on the Floor" / "Katherine Hit Me" [53] | 2009 | Blood |
"Liefde En Puin" / "Heisa-Ho" [54] [D] (with De Kift) | Non-album single | |
"The Eyes of Mars" [55] [C] (with Marion Cotillard) | 2010 | Non-album single |
Notes
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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CIS [56] | RUS [56] | UKR [56] | |||
"Take Me Out" (Daft Punk Remix) | 2004 | 192 | 160 | 96 | "Take Me Out" single |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Darts of Pleasure" (live) [57] | 2005 | — | Austin City Limits Music Festival: Live From Austin, Texas 2004 |
"A Song for Sorry Angel (Sorry Angel)" [58] | 2006 | Jane Birkin | Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited |
"What You Waiting For?" [59] | — | Radio 1's Live Lounge | |
"Jackie Jackson" [60] | Colours Are Brighter: Songs from Children (And Grown-Ups Too) | ||
"The Dark of the Matinée" [61] | Coco Freeman | Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba | |
"All My Friends" [62] | 2007 | LCD Soundsystem | "All My Friends" single / A Bunch of Stuff EP |
"Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow" [63] | — | Hallam Foe: Original Soundtrack | |
"Sound and Vision" [64] | Radio 1: Established 1967 | ||
"No" [65] | David Shrigley | Worried Noodles | |
"Call Me" [66] | 2009 | — | War Child Presents Heroes |
"The Lobster Quadrille" [67] | 2010 | Almost Alice | |
"Real Thing" | 2012 | The Evaporators | Nardwuar The Human Serviette And The Evaporators Present: Busy Doing Nothing! |
"Nardwuar Vs. Franz Ferdinand" | |||
"Demagogue" | 2016 | — | 30 Days, 50 Songs |
"Take Me Out" (live) | 2019 | — | BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge: The Collection |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Darts of Pleasure" | 2003 | Scott Lyon [68] |
"Take Me Out" | 2004 | Jonas Odell [69] |
"The Dark of the Matinée" | Chris Hopewell [68] | |
"Michael" | Uwe Flade [68] | |
"This Fire" | StyleWar [68] | |
"Do You Want To" | 2005 | Diane Martel [70] |
"Walk Away" | Scott Lyon [71] | |
"The Fallen" | 2006 | Alex & Martin [68] |
"L. Wells" | Blair Young [72] | |
"Jeremy Fraser" | Scott Lyon [68] | |
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" | Chris Hopewell [73] | |
"Wine in the Afternoon" | Blair Young [74] | |
"All My Friends" | 2007 | Anna McCarthy [75] |
"Ulysses" | 2009 | Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern [76] |
"No You Girls" | Nima Nourizadeh [77] | |
"Can't Stop Feeling" | Russell Weekes [78] | |
"Right Action" | 2013 | Jonas Odell [79] |
"Love Illumination" | Tim Saccenti [80] | |
"Evil Eye" | Diane Martel [81] | |
"Bullet" | Andy Knowles [82] | |
"Erdbeer Mund" | 2014 | Anna McCarthy [83] |
"Fresh Strawberries" | Margarita Louca [84] | |
"Stand on the Horizon" | Karan Kandhari [85] | |
"Johnny Delusional" | 2015 | AB/CD/CD [86] |
"Piss Off" | ROBiSROB [87] | |
"Call Girl" | Sasha Rainbow [88] | |
"Always Ascending" | 2017 | AB/CD/CD [89] |
"Feel the Love Go" | 2018 | Diane Martel [90] |
"Glimpse of Love" | Alice Kunisue [91] | |
"Billy Goodbye" | 2021 | Diane Martel, Alex Kapranos, Ben Cole [92] |
"Curious" | 2022 | Andy Knowles [93] |
"Audacious" | 2024 | Andy Knowles [94] |
"Night or Day" | Rianne White [95] |
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