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Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Franz Ferdinand

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Fourth album from the Glasgow art rock / indie rock quartet, after a gap of three years

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7.2

Label
Dominio
UK Release date
26/08/2013
US Release date
27/08/2013
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    By expanding its worldview, Franz Ferdinand has very nicely settled onto a path toward career longevity
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  2. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    This is a staggering return to form for the Glaswegian quartet, the sound of Franz Ferdinand coming home after a four year long absence
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  3. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    An unapologetically swaggering disco-rock album that refuses to overstay its welcome
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    They're back to their sharpest, struttiest, guitar-driven best
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Track for track, it may very well be the group's most satisfying album
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Another radical exhibition of how guitar lines can weave and creep around each other before breaking into perfectly synced melodies
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    A very danceable fourth LP
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  8. 8.0 |   The 405

    They've proven their relevance once more, and proven that they are unmatched masters of dance-rock
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  9. 8.0 |   Q

    When they're firing on all cylinders like this, they can stimulate both the intellect and the soul like few bands alive. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    There's no great leap forward here but the spring in their step is unmistakable. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   Time Out

    It’s just as brilliant, in its twisted, complex and fiercely intelligent way, as any album they’ve put out so far
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  12. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Franz Ferdinand have done what they didn’t quite manage on Tonight, combining their more experimental leanings with their irresistible dance-punk sound to create right thoughts, right words, right action, right album
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  13. 8.0 |   DIY

    Franz Ferdinand are asking; are you dancing?
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  14. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    “You know I hate pop music,” sings Alex Kapranos, but on this evidence, he knows how to do pop right
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  15. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Ostensibly the new record seems the most pop yet, though towards the end things get a little more experiential and the band dip into the neu-psych sound that's so frightfully au courant right now
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  16. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It’s as if the whole British guitar-music malaise never happened
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  17. 8.0 |   The Observer

    This is quintessential Franz, with all the electric guitar and pace and smarts restored
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  18. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Nobody does Franz Ferdinand quite like Franz Ferdinand
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  19. 7.3 |   Paste Magazine

    A fiendish and fun record. The whole affair sounds like one big, knowing smirk
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  20. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is difficult to characterize as a progression for Franz Ferdinand. It’s a tap on the shoulder, a reminder, or a nostalgic look back
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  21. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    Context is everything in pop music, and though Franz Ferdinand have made a fine album, it’s hard not to feel like their time has passed
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  22. 7.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Back on the horse
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  23. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    If you want our attention, stop dabbling. More Thoughts, More Words, More Action
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  24. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    They fuse all the kickiest elements of their music
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  25. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A subtle but distinctive shift, without sacrificing FF's identity. Print edition only

  26. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Best summed up as a career snapshot
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  27. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Simultaneously ‘just another Franz Ferdinand’ album and one of the indie records of the summer
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  28. 6.5 |   Under The Radar

    Ultimately Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is the work of a band too settled in their ways and perhaps nervous of straying too far from what they know to ever truly be loved
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  29. 6.0 |   State

    It is a pleasant nostalgia trip ten years into the past at times, yet rarely offering anything to excite
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  30. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    A polished 10-tracker with fan-pleasing potential
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  31. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    There are moments on Right Thoughts that seem poppier than ever for Franz Ferdinand and finds them better off for it
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  32. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Franz are back again, acting like nothing's changed
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  33. 6.0 |   The Fly

    It’s not that three rights make a wrong, more that we could have had it so much better
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  34. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Restores some of the spirit dissipated by 2009's Tonight. But in a year already host to some brilliant albums, it seems tired and dated
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  35. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It’s clear that Franz are firing on all pop cylinders again
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  36. 5.4 |   Pitchfork

    You can’t help but feel like the title isn’t a tribute to resolve or a refreshed sense of purpose, but rather a more erudite way of telling us they’re going through the motions
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  37. 5.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    A mediocre, if not dire album
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