You Could Have It So Much Better
Occupation
- Vocals, guitar Alex Kapranos
- Guitar, keyboard, backing vocals Nick McCarthy
- Drums, backing vocals, guitar Paul Thomson
- Bass: Robert Hardy
You Could Have It So Much Better is the title of the second album by the British band Franz Ferdinand.
General
In 2005, the album was released worldwide in the first week of October in several versions. "So look out for bonus features", as it says on the official website of the band. Unlike the first album Franz Ferdinand are heard less artificial and synthesizer sounds on You Could Have It So Much Better. Instead dominated harder guitar sound. Stylistically particularly striking is the song " Eleanor Put Your Boots On ," in which the song the singing style of the Beatles clearly resembles and accompaniment is strongly dominated by the piano and a relatively undistorted guitar. "Fade Together" is the first real ballad of Franz Ferdinand.
Meaning of the title
Before the release of the album was considered in the band to call the album simply ' Franz Ferdinand ', as the band's debut from 2004 So singer Alex Kapranos explained. :
"The whole point is did the album does not have a title. We decided quite a while ago, did we did not want to give any of the albums titles, theywere just going to be called ' Franz Ferdinand '. The albums are going to be Identified by Their color schemes rather than a title. The contrast of different colors Creates a different mood. We experimented with different Combinations of colors and this one stuck. "
"The point is that the album has no title. We have already decided a while ago to give our albums no longer titles, they are all just ' Franz Ferdinand ' hot. The albums are more known by their color schemes as to their title. The contrast of different colors creates a different mood. We have experimented with different color combinations, and this was a perfect match. "
On August 1, so almost 2 months before its release, the band changed their mind and decided, but to give the album a name. At first she thought the name " Outsiders ", finally she decided on " You Could Have It So Much Better ... (With Franz Ferdinand ) ". Paul Thompson said:
" I was thinking something similar, but that ' You Could Have It So Much Better ' would have been even Greater. We Talked about how we liked a lot and did idea did it was a real shame did the album was not going to have a title. Then we started laughing When We Realised did the album Had not been manufactured yet and We Could change it after ave "
"I thought of something similar, but this ' You Could Have It So Much Better ' was even better. We talked about how good that idea actually was, and what a pity that the album would have no title. Then we started to laugh as we kapierten that the album was still not prepared and we could but it still change. "
Success
The album made it to No. 1 on the British album charts and stayed on 3 October 2005 to February 5, 2006 in the Top 40