Darts of Pleasure
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| EP by Franz Ferdinand | |||||
| Released |  September 8, 2003  November 18, 2003 |
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| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Post-punk revival | ||||
| Length | 15:47 | ||||
| Label | Domino | ||||
| Producer | Tore Johansson, Alex Kapranos |
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Darts of Pleasure was the debut EP by the indie rock band Franz Ferdinand released in the United Kingdom on 2003-09-08 and in North America on 2003-11-18, both through Domino Records.
The song ends with several lyrics in German, most famously the line "Ich heiße Super Fantastisch!" ("My name is Super-Fantastic!").
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[edit] History
By 2003, the band had recorded an EP worth of material which they intended to release themselves. However, the band's reputation was spreading rapidly, and Domino Records offered them a contract to release an EP called Darts of Pleasure in the latter part of 2003. The band developed its reputation further by supporting Hot Hot Heat and Interpol. NME editor Connor McNicholas said[citation needed], "My first contact with Franz Ferdinand was when someone was playing the Darts of Pleasure demos, in the NME office, and it was genuinely one of those moments when a track goes on and I come bundling out of my office saying 'what the hell is this because this is amazing'". It was therefore no surprise the band won the "Phillip Hall Radar Award" at the NME Awards of 2004 (announced in late 2003). Furthermore, the NME described the band as "The Next Big Thing" and featured the band on the front cover describing them as "The Band That Will Change Your Life".
The EP was received well, Pitchfork Media, notable for being very strict and perhaps a bit harsh when reviewing, gave the EP a rating of 8.3, All Music Guide giving it 3.5 stars and the NME doing nothing but singing its praises, things seemed very optimistic. Darts of Pleasure was finally released on 8 September 2003 as an EP, With the release Franz were acclaimed as "the saviours of rock and roll" by John Peel who gave them airtime.
It entered the chart on #44 on September 15, 2003, where it stayed for 1 week after dropping out of the charts all together, nonetheless, the band were still chuffed, "we couldn't believe we were in the UK top 50".
[edit] Track listings
- Lead vocals performed by Alex Kapranos except where noted.
[edit] In the UK
- "Darts Of Pleasure" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Shopping for Blood" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy/Paul Thomson)
- CD,
- "Darts Of Pleasure" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Van Tango" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy.
- "Shopping for Blood" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy/Paul Thomson)
[edit] In the US and Canada
- CD
- "Darts of Pleasure" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- "Van Tango" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy.
- "Shopping for Blood" (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy/Paul Thomson)
- "Tell Her Tonight" (home demo) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
- Lead vocals performed by Nick McCarthy.
- "Darts of Pleasure" (home demo) (Alex Kapranos/Nick McCarthy)
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