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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand


Metacritic Reviews
All Music Guide Info and Review

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Amazon.com (USA) - The Best of the Decade in Music... So Far (2006) No Order
HARP (USA) - The 50 Most Essential Albums Since 2001 (2006) 35
Kitsap Sun (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the Last 40 Years (2005) 97
Michigan Daily (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium (2004) 29
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Albums of 2000-2004 (2005) 89
Robert Dimery (General Editor) - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) No Order
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 (2006) 51
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 18
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 90
Dagsavisen (Norway) - The 21 Best Albums of the 21st Century (2005) 19
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 423
Screenagers (Poland) - The 50 Best Albums from 2000-2004 (2004) 30
Teraz Rock (Poland) - Top 50 Albums of the New Millennium (2005) 6
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade ***
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 87
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
Amazon.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Amplifier (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Billboard (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Blender (USA) - Albums of the Year 2
Cokemachineglow.com (Canada) - Albums of the Year 35
Eonline (USA) - Albums of the Year 8
Eye Weekly Canadian Critics Poll - Albums of the Year 3
Eye Weekly Writers (Canada) - Albums of the Year 4
Filter (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Free Williamsburg (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
LA Times (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
LostAtSea (USA) - Albums of the Year 10
Magnet (USA) - Albums of the Year 7
Pitchfork (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
PopMatters (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
Prefix (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Rolling Stone (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Shortlist Prize Nominees 2001-2003 (USA) Nominee
Spin (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
Stylus (USA) - Albums of the Year 25
Tiny Mix Tapes (USA) - Albums of the Year 23
Tracks (USA) - Albums of the Year 18
Under the Radar (USA) - Albums of the Year 5
VH1 (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 4
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 1
Americana-UK (UK) - Albums of the Year 26
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
New Musical Express (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
No Ripcord (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Planet Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Playlouder (UK) - Albums of the Year 2
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year 3
Rough Trade (UK) - Albums of the Year 1
The Mercury Prize Nominees 1992-2003 (UK) Winner
The Observer (UK) - Albums of the Year 14
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 10
Word (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
Drowned in Sound (UK) - Albums of the Year 14
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Albums of the Year 1
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 1
Musikbyrån (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 3
Nöjesguiden (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 14
Panorama (Norway) - Albums of the Year 5
Rockmusica (Finland) - Albums of the Year 8
Rumba (Finland) - Albums of the Year 2
HUMO (Belgium) - Albums of the Year 8
Heaven (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 3
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 1
Eins Live (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Intro (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Laut (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 1
Plattentests (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 6
Spex (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 2
Zundfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 1
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 1
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 2
Blitz (Portugal) - Albums of the Year 2
DNMusica (Portugal) - Albums of the Year 1
GO-MAG (Spain) - Albums of the Year 3
Iguana (Spain) - Albums of the Year 2
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Muzikalia (Spain) - Albums of the Year 12
Rock de Lux (Spain) - Albums of the Year 4
Rolling Stone (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Blow Up (Italy) - Albums of the Year 6
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - Albums of the Year 1
Musica (Italy) - Albums of the Year 3
Rockerilla (Italy) - Albums of the Year 5
Rumore (Italy) - Albums of the Year 1
Sentire Ascoltare (Italy) - Albums of the Year 9
B92 (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 5
Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 5
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 4
Pure Pop (Mexico) - Albums of the Year 11
All Music Guide (USA) - Album of the Year No Order


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