Franz Ferdinand discography
Franz Ferdinand performing live in 2018
Studio albums5
Live albums2
Compilation albums2
Video albums1
Music videos31
EPs7
Singles27
Remix albums1
Promotional singles5

The discography of Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish indie rock band, consists of five studio albums, one remix album, two compilation albums, two live albums, one video album, six extended plays, 26 singles, four promotional singles and 31 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.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
IRL
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
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You Could Have It So Much Better
  • Released: 28 September 2005
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
1545229418
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 26 January 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, box set, download
26442104329
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
  • Released: 26 August 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
2185641933624
Always Ascending
  • Released: 9 February 2018
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, download
32821141335195659
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Blood: Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 18 April 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, download

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
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
  • Released: 11 March 2022
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, download
476225594531157[upper-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. Hits to the Head did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 42 on the Album Sales Chart.[21]

Live albums

List of albums
Title Album details
Live 2003[22]
  • Released: 22 Dec 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Vinyl
Live 2014 at the London Roundhouse
  • Released: 26 May 2014
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Formats: CD, download

Video releases

List of video albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
JPN
[20]
UK
[23]
Franz Ferdinand
  • Released: 28 November 2005
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: DVD
57 [upper-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. Franz Ferdinand did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the UK Official Music Video Chart Top 50.[24]

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[23]
Remixes
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12-inch, CD
iTunes Festival: London 2009
  • Released: 9 July 2009
  • Label: Domino (via NME)
  • Formats: Download
Covers
  • Released: 16 April 2011
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12-inch, CD, download
[upper-alpha 1]
The North Sea[26][27][upper-alpha 2]
  • Released: 29 July 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 12-inch, download
Live E.P.[29][upper-alpha 3]
  • Released: 12 August 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: Download
Evil Action[30]
  • Released: 18 September 2013
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, download
Spotify Sessions[31]

Notes

  1. Covers EP did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[25]
  2. The North Sea is a pseudonym for Franz Ferdinand. The actual track listing includes two remixes, by Todd Terje, of the songs from Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action: "Evil Eye (Todd Terje Extended Mix)" and "Stand on the Horizon (Todd Terje Extended Mix)".[28]
  3. Live E.P. is a free Amazon.com release. Includes 3 tracks from Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action deluxe edition bonus disc.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SCO
[32]
AUS
[33]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[34]
FRA
[4]
GER
[35]
IRL
[6]
NLD
[7]
UK
[23]
US
[36]
"Darts of Pleasure" 2003 3544 Franz Ferdinand
"Take Me Out" 2004 225792872366
"The Dark of the Matinée" 78827738
"Michael" 153917
"This Fire"[upper-alpha 1] 6285[upper-alpha 2] Non-album single
"Do You Want To" 2005 25868702613476 You Could Have It So Much Better
"Walk Away" 95896468413
"The Fallen" 2006 451419114
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" 1730 Non-album single
"Lucid Dreams"[upper-alpha 3] 2008 35 Non-album single
"Ulysses" 362587331417420 Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
"No You Girls" 2009 334725446809522[upper-alpha 4]
"Can't Stop Feeling" 286969[upper-alpha 5]
"What She Came For" 59[upper-alpha 6]
"Live Alone"
"Right Action" 2013 [upper-alpha 7] Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
"Love Illumination" 72148
"Evil Eye" 57
"Bullet" 2014 83
"Fresh Strawberries" 97[upper-alpha 8]
"Stand on the Horizon" 122
"Always Ascending" 2017 63 Always Ascending
"Feel the Love Go" 2018 88
"Lazy Boy" 174
"Glimpse of Love" 69
"Billy Goodbye"[43] 2021 Hits to the Head
"Curious"[44] 2022
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "This Fffire" was only released as a commercial single in Australia and Europe, it was released as a radio and download single elsewhere.
  2. "This Fffire" was released as a download-only single, and reached #8 on the UK Download Chart.[37]
  3. "Lucid Dreams" was only released as a digital download.
  4. "No You Girls" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[38]
  5. "Can't Stop Feeling" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 27 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[39]
  6. "What She Came For" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 75 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[40]
  7. "Right Action" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[41]
  8. "Fresh Strawberries" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 20 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[42]

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Get Up and Use Me" / "Jacqueline"[upper-alpha 1]
(with The Fire Engines)[46]
2004 Non-album single
"I'm Your Villain" 2006 You Could Have It So Much Better
"Outsiders"
"This Boy"
"Fade Together"
"Swallow, Smile"[47][upper-alpha 2] Non-album single
"Die on the Floor" / "Katherine Hit Me"[48] 2009 Blood
"Liefde En Puin" / "Heisa-Ho"[49][D]
(with De Kift)
Non-album single
"The Eyes of Mars"[50][upper-alpha 3]
(with Marion Cotillard)
2010 Non-album single

Notes

  1. "Get Up and Use Me" / "Jacqueline" was released as a limited edition 7" single. "Get Up and Use Me" is The Fire Engines song covered for the single by Franz Ferdinand, "Jacqueline" is vice versa.[45] The same with "Liefde En Puin" / "Heisa-Ho" single with "Liefde En Puin" being a cover of "Love And Destroy" performed by De Kift and "Heisa-Ho" covered by Franz Ferdinand.
  2. "Swallow, Smile" was released as a single exclusive to the band's official fan club.
  3. "The Eyes of Mars" was released as limited edition 7" one-sided single

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Darts of Pleasure" (live)[51] 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival: Live From Austin, Texas 2004
"A Song for Sorry Angel (Sorry Angel)"[52] 2006 Jane Birkin Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
"What You Waiting For?"[53] Radio 1's Live Lounge
"Jackie Jackson"[54] Colours Are Brighter: Songs from Children (And Grown-Ups Too)
"The Dark of the Matinée"[55] Coco Freeman Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
"All My Friends"[56] 2007 LCD Soundsystem "All My Friends" single / A Bunch of Stuff EP
"Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow"[57] Hallam Foe: Original Soundtrack
"Sound and Vision"[58] Radio 1: Established 1967
"No"[59] David Shrigley Worried Noodles
"Call Me"[60] 2009 War Child Presents Heroes
"The Lobster Quadrille"[61] 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

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Darts of Pleasure" 2003 Scott Lyon[62]
"Take Me Out" 2004 Jonas Odell[63]
"The Dark of the Matinée" Chris Hopewell[62]
"Michael" Uwe Flade[62]
"This Fire" StyleWar[62]
"Do You Want To" 2005 Diane Martel[64]
"Walk Away" Scott Lyon[65]
"The Fallen" 2006 Alex & Martin[62]
"L. Wells" Blair Young[66]
"Jeremy Fraser" Scott Lyon[62]
"Eleanor Put Your Boots On" Chris Hopewell[67]
"Wine in the Afternoon" Blair Young[68]
"All My Friends" 2007 Anna McCarthy[69]
"Ulysses" 2009 Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern[70]
"No You Girls" Nima Nourizadeh[71]
"Can't Stop Feeling" Russell Weekes[72]
"Right Action" 2013 Jonas Odell[73]
"Love Illumination" Tim Saccenti[74]
"Evil Eye" Diane Martel[75]
"Bullet" Andy Knowles[76]
"Erdbeer Mund" 2014 Anna McCarthy[77]
"Fresh Strawberries" Margarita Louca[78]
"Stand on the Horizon" Karan Kandhari[79]
"Johnny Delusional" 2015 AB/CD/CD[80]
"Piss Off" ROBiSROB[81]
"Call Girl" Sasha Rainbow[82]
"Always Ascending" 2017 AB/CD/CD[83]
"Feel the Love Go" 2018 Diane Martel[84]
"Glimpse of Love" Alice Kunisue[85]
"Billy Goodbye" 2021 Diane Martel, Alex Kapranos, Ben Cole[86]
"Curious" 2022 Andy Knowles[87]

Notes

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