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Blood (also known as Blood: Franz Ferdinand) is a compilation album of dub music versions of songs from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the third studio album from Scottish band Franz Ferdinand. It was released in June 2009 through Domino Records. In addition, a limited edition vinyl version of 500 copies were sent to independent record stores in the United States to coincide with Record Store Day.
Contents
- Feel the pressure blood franz ferdinand 2009 franz ferdinand
- Franz ferdinand die on the floor
- Origins and conception
- Musical style
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
Franz ferdinand die on the floor
Origins and conception
Like Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Blood is the result of Franz Ferdinand's recording sessions with producer Dan Carey in 2008. It was originally packaged in the deluxe and box-set versions of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand that were available in January 2009 in Europe only. The separately packaged version of Blood released worldwide features one additional song, "Be Afraid", which is a reworked version of "Dream Again". All of the track titles are taken from lyrics from the original songs, with the exception of "Katherine Hit Me" whose title refers to lyrics from both "No You Girls" and "Katherine Kiss Me".
The songs that were not remixed are "Bite Hard", "Lucid Dreams", and "Katherine Kiss Me".
Musical style
Talking about the album and the work of producer Dan Carey, frontman Alex Kapranos stated: "He's coming from that Jamaican perspective — there's much more space; the bass guitar leads a lot more on this record than anything else." This is in reference to the genre choice of Blood which "evolved from reggae, and centers on instrumental remixes of existing recordings".
Track listing
All songs written by Franz Ferdinand, except Be Afraid written by Franz Ferdinand and Philipp Plessmann
Songs
1Feel the Pressure3:27
2Die on the Floor6:35
3The Vaguest of Feeling3:49