The discography of
Franz Ferdinand, a Scottish
indie rock band, consists of five
studio album
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s, one
remix album, two
compilation album
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s, two
live album
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s, one
video album, six
extended plays, 26
single
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
s, four
promotional singles and 31
music videos.
The band first experienced major chart success with their second single, "
Take Me Out
A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.
Film
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", 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 Supergroup or super group may refer to:
* Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields
* Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry
* Supergroup ...
with American
art rock
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band
Sparks
Sparks may refer to:
Places
*Sparks, Georgia
* Sparks, Kansas
*Sparks, Kentucky
*Sparks, Maryland
* Sparks, Nebraska
*Sparks, Nevada
*Sparks, Oklahoma
*Sparks, Texas
* Sparks, Bell County, Texas
* Sparks, West Virginia
Books
* ''Sparks'' (Raffi ...
, in 2015.
Albums
Studio albums
Remix albums
Compilation albums
Notes
Live albums
Video releases
Notes
Extended plays
Notes
Singles
Notes
Promotional singles
Notes
Guest appearances
Music videos
Notes
References
External links
Official website*
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{{Franz Ferdinand
Discography
Discographies of British artists
Rock music group discographies