This Fire [Single, Import]

Franz Ferdinand | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B000678L76
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,711 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. This Fire

2. Love & Destroy

3. Missing You

Editorial Reviews

Franz Ferdinand remake and remodel This Fire for their new single, re-recording certain guitar lines and vocals and remixing the track especially for this single. The track has been re-recorded with Rich Costey, who has just finished work on albums with Mars Volta and Bloc Party and renamed it ‘This Fffire’. The a-side is b/w two non-album tracks, 'Love And Destroy' and 'Missing You' . Epic. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it for the Trevor Jackson Remix, March 12, 2006

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Maxim - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Fire (Audio CD)

I'm not big on remixes. I've never really liked them. But the Trevor Jackson remix of THIS FIRE pretty much ruins the song. Here's what I have to say about the album itself:

THIS FFFIRE [RICH COSTEY RE-RECORD]--This re-recording of THIS FIRE is actually better than the original. This is the only version of it where the backup singing wouldn't sound horrible if the lead singing weren't there. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.

THIS FIRE [TREVOR JACKSON REMIX]--This dreadful remix of THIS FIRE goes on for eight minutes and features terrible backup singing. The guitar sound is ruined and the repetition is awful. This is what you'll regret more than anything in buying this CD. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.

THIS FIRE--The worst thing about the Trevor Jackson remix is that it makes you realise how bad the backup singing in the original song would be if the lead singing were taken away. Sure, the original is a fine song, but you'll never listen to it the same way again after listening to the other two versions. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.

I give it 3/5 stars. You've been warned.

4.0 out of 5 stars "Love And Destroy" Could Have Been Better, March 12, 2006

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Maxim - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Fire (Audio CD)

There is nothing I could say that is BAD about this CD. It's just I thought a thing or two could have been better. Here's what I have to say:

THIS FFFIRE [RICH COSTEY RE-RECORD]--This re-recording of THIS FIRE is actually better than the original. This is the only version of it where the backup singing wouldn't sound horrible if the lead singing weren't there. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.

LOVE AND DESTROY--I once heard a live version of this song, and it was EXCELLENT. I just wanted to listen to it over and over again. So, I expected the actual album version to be even better. But I was wrong. The album version isn't a bad song, it's just so slow and unamimated compared to the version that I once knew. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.

MISSING YOU--One song by Franz Ferdinand that does not feature piano that can be called a ballad. And it is quite beautiful. I'm glad that Franz Ferdinand discovered how to write a ballad and include electric guitar in it. Featuring vocals by Alex Kapranos.

So my final say is 4.5/5, .5 stars of just because I expected LOVE AND DESTROY to be so much better.