Late Night Tales: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand are welcomed into the Late Night Tales family with a diverse 20 track selection of musical influences, inspirations, diversions and discoveries.

The quartet have released four studio albums including their 2004 self-titled debut album, which went gold just about anywhere with a record store, as well as nabbing the Mercury Music Prize and a pair of Brits for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. They ve subsequently gone on to release You Could Have It So Much Better, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand and last year s Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.

Announcing itself with Franz Ferdinand s own exclusive cover version of the hugely collectible Leaving My Old Life Behind , originally performed by Jonathan Halper, (which appeared on the cult Kenneth Anger movie Puce Moment), their Late Night Tales mix flows between dark and light, introspection and affection, dancing and horizontal appreciation.

Tracklisting 

1. Franz Ferdinand Leaving My Old Life Behind 
2. R. Stevie Moore I'm Only Sleeping
3. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Eighteen Is Over The Hill 
4. Sandy Nelson Let There Be Drums 
5. Life Without Buildings New Town
6. Can Connection
7. The Liminanas* The Darkside 
8. Ian Dury Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 
9. Disco Dub Band For The Love Of Money 
10. Zapp More Bounce To The Ounce 
11. Serge Gainsbourg Requiem Pour Un Con
12. Lee "Scratch" Perry* Disco Devil
13. James Brown King Heroin 
14. Carrie Cleveland Love Will Set You Free 
15. Paul McCartney & Wings* Nineteen Hundred & Eighty Five
16. Boards Of Canada Reach For The Dead 
17. Oneohtrix Point Never Zebra 
18. Justus Köhncke Old Man 
19. American Spring* Sweet Mountain 
20. Alex Kapranos Defibrillator