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Alex Kapranos (20 Mar 1972 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Franz Ferdinand (2002) lead vocals, guitar
  2. The Karelia

Romantically Involved With

  1. Eleanor Friedberger

Recordings by (3)

  1. Defibrillator 7:52 (15 Sep 2014) part of “LateNightTales: Franz Ferdinand" DJ-mix
  2. Defribrillator (Exclusive Spoken Word) 7:52 (15 Sep 2014)
  3. Defribillator 7:53 (15 Sep 2014)

On Recordings (47)

Appears On Video

  1. The Culture Show 11:19 Kaiser Chiefs (2005)

Performer

  1. The World’s Gone Mad 5:24 Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos (08 Nov 2004)

Instruments

  1. A Song for Sorry Angel 3:14 Franz Ferdinand & Jane Birkin (27 Feb 2006) guitar
  2. Piss Off 3:55 FFS (02 Apr 2015) guitar
  3. Johnny Delusional 3:11 FFS (13 Apr 2015) keyboard, guitar
  4. Things I Won’t Get 3:03 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  5. Police Encounters 3:10 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  6. Sō desu ne 3:52 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  7. Save Me From Myself 3:57 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  8. Little Guy From the Suburbs 5:09 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  9. Call Girl 3:21 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  10. The Power Couple 3:01 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  11. Dictator’s Son 4:15 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  12. Collaborations Don’t Work 6:42 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  13. The Man Without a Tan 3:28 FFS (05 Jun 2015) guitar
  14. Always Ascending 5:21 Franz Ferdinand (25 Oct 2017) guitar

Vocals

  1. The Culture Show 11:19 Kaiser Chiefs (2005) spoken vocals
  2. A Song for Sorry Angel 3:14 Franz Ferdinand & Jane Birkin (27 Feb 2006)
  3. No You Girls (Trentemøller remix) 7:32 Franz Ferdinand (06 Apr 2009)
  4. Goodbye Lovers and Friends 5:19 Boom Bip (26 Sep 2011) guest
  5. Piss Off 3:55 FFS (02 Apr 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  6. Johnny Delusional 3:11 FFS (13 Apr 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  7. Sō desu ne 3:52 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  8. Save Me From Myself 3:57 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  9. Little Guy From the Suburbs 5:09 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  10. The Power Couple 3:01 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  11. The Man Without a Tan 3:28 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  12. Call Girl 3:21 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  13. Police Encounters 3:10 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  14. Things I Won’t Get 3:03 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  15. Collaborations Don’t Work 6:42 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  16. Dictator’s Son 4:15 FFS (05 Jun 2015) lead vocals, background vocals
  17. Always Ascending 5:21 Franz Ferdinand (25 Oct 2017) lead vocals

Produced

  1. Tell Her Tonight (home demo) 2:20 Franz Ferdinand (20 Sep 2003)
  2. Darts of Pleasure (home demo) 3:24 Franz Ferdinand (29 Sep 2003)
  3. The Lobster Quadrille 2:08 Franz Ferdinand (02 Mar 2010)
  4. Live Alone 3:27 Debbie Harry & Franz Ferdinand (16 Apr 2011)
  5. True Romance 4:01 Citizens! (14 Nov 2011)
  6. Nobody's Fool 3:30 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  7. Let's Go All The Way 4:10 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  8. Caroline 2:53 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  9. I Wouldn't Want To 3:13 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  10. Love You More 3:20 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  11. She Said 2:51 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  12. (I'm In Love With Your) Girlfriend 3:16 Citizens! (28 May 2012)
  13. Monster 3:37 Citizens! (28 May 2012)

Mixed

  1. Know Yourself 3:54 Citizens! (28 May 2012)

Credited as (15)

  1. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos
  2. RM Hubbert with Aidan Moffat & Alex Kapranos
  3. RM Hubbert with Shane Connolly, Alex Kapranos & Michael John McCarthy
  4. Al, Del the Funky Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Handsome Boy Modeling School
  5. Del the Funky Homosapien feat. Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos
  6. Alex Kapranos
  7. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Barrington Levy, Del & Alex
  8. It's a Fine Line feat. Alex Kapranos
  9. Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Barrington Levy & Alex Kapranos
  10. Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Jools Holland
  11. All We Are & Alex Kapranos
  12. Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald and Friends with Alex Kapranos
  13. Alex Kapranos & Clara Luciani
  14. Pip Blom feat. Alex Kapranos
  15. Pip Blom & Alex Kapranos

Works (88)

Wrote

  1. Ghost in a Ditch
  2. Darts of Pleasure
  3. Ulysses
  4. L. Wells
  5. Wine in the Afternoon
  6. Auf Achse
  7. This Fire
  8. Michael
  9. Come On Home
  10. The Dark of the Matinée
  11. Jacqueline
  12. Tell Her Tonight
  13. Cheating on You
  14. 40′
  15. Van Tango
  16. Shopping for Blood
  17. All for You, Sophia
  18. Words So Leisured
  19. Polkarama!
  20. Your Diary
  21. Fabulously Lazy
  22. Tell Her Tonight
  23. The Lobster Quadrille
  24. Missing You
  25. Jeremy Fraser
  26. Get Away
  27. Paper Cages
  28. Always Ascending
  29. Don’t Start
  30. Lazy Boy
  31. Finally
  32. The Academy Award
  33. Lois Lane
  34. Huck and Jim
  35. Glimpse of Love
  36. Feel the Love Go
  37. Slow Don’t Kill Me Slow
  38. Lucid Dreams
  39. Love and Destroy
  40. Do You Want To
  41. Evil and a Heathen
  42. Eleanor Put Your Boots On
  43. Fade Together
  44. Take Me Out
  45. Love Illumination
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Composed

  1. Brown Onions
  2. Evil Eye
  3. Billy Goodbye
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Lyrics

  1. Billy Goodbye
  2. Curious
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Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/alex_kapranos
  2. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2660274A
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135401321
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb169587500

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Alex%20Kapranos

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kapranos

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/241524

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000115548

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567208/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/20851586

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458625

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/4432040
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/43tffeOxONSbTQ888To7bE

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id26211523

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/alkapranos
  2. https://www.instagram.com/sonar_pak/