After a couple of North American tours and heavy rotation of the “Take Me Out” video on MTV , the album eventually reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 later in 2004, and sold over a million copies in the United States.
In 2004, Buck-Tick largely suspended activities in order for the band members to work on individual musical projects. Sakurai began a solo career, releasing the album Ai no Wakusei in June, while Imai also released an album that month with the trio Lucy that he formed with Kiyoshi ( Spread…
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The album only reached the lowest levels of the Billboard 200 album charts in the US as of early 2004, but reached the top 5 of the indie rock chart and the Heatseeker chart for debut artists.
2004 saw another re-formation, comprising original members Bez , Gaz and Shaun Ryder along with another group of musicians. Shaun Ryder recruited Kav Sandhu to join on guitar and bring in a new group of musicians. Sandhu brought on-board bassist Mikey Shine, keyboard player Dave Parkinson and guitarist Jonn Dunn.…
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With the exception of the release of the Culture Vulture EP in 2004, the band released no new material between 2001 and 2018.
Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004
NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004
A two-CD retrospective compilation entitled The Way of Curve summarized the group’s output in 2004. The first disc included the band’s singles. The second disc contained a selection of B-sides, rarities and remixes.
A new remix compilation album, Remixes 81–04 , was released in 2004, featuring new and unreleased promo mixes of the band’s singles from 1981 to 2004. A new version of “Enjoy the Silence”, remixed by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park , ” Enjoy the Silence 04 “, was released as…
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The band’s website, maintained by Garcia, has at various times since 2004 posted updates on projects by Halliday and Garcia. It has also stated that there is unlikely to be future new Curve music.