Post by Seb on May 24, 2021 23:48:48 GMT
Alex Kapranos (20 March 1972)
Vocal Range: D2 - F5
Associated Acts: Franz Ferdinand (2002 – present), FFS (2014-2015), BNQT (2015 – present)
{Discography}Franz Ferdinand:
Franz Ferdinand (D2 on bonus disc - F♯2 - B♭4)
You Could Have It So Much Better (D2 - B4 - E5)
Tonight (F2 - A4 - F5)
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (G2 - A4 - B♭4)
Always Ascending (E♭2 - A4 - D5)
FFS
FFS (E2 - A4 - C♯5)
BNQT
Volume 1 (A2 - E4) (only sang on 2 songs unless he’s somewhere in the backing vocals of other tracks)
+ Singles, guest appearances & various assorted performances
Franz Ferdinand (D2 on bonus disc - F♯2 - B♭4)
You Could Have It So Much Better (D2 - B4 - E5)
Tonight (F2 - A4 - F5)
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (G2 - A4 - B♭4)
Always Ascending (E♭2 - A4 - D5)
FFS
FFS (E2 - A4 - C♯5)
BNQT
Volume 1 (A2 - E4) (only sang on 2 songs unless he’s somewhere in the backing vocals of other tracks)
+ Singles, guest appearances & various assorted performances
Significant High Notes:
F5 (“Demagogue”, “Turn It On”)
E5 ("Evil and a Heathen", “No You Girls”, “Womanizer”)
D5 (“Always Ascending”, “Bite Hard”, “New Kind Of Thrill”, "Ulysees”)
C♯5 (“King Of The Song”, “Lucid Dreams”, “Sexy Boy”, “The Delivery”, “Well That Was Easy”)
C5 (“Can’t Stop Feeling”, “Finally”, “Ulysees”)
B4 (“Demagogue”, “Do It Again”, “Jackie Jackson”, “Lucid Dreams”, “Police Encounters”, “Sexy Boy”, “Well That Was Easy”, “You Could Have It So Much Better”)
B♭4 ("Bullet”, “Cheating On You”, “Send Him Away”, “The World’s Gone Mad”)
A4 (“Always Ascending”, “Bullet”, “Fade Together”, “Get Away”, “Johnny Delusional”, “Live Alone”, “Look At Me”, “Love Illumination”, "Mis-Shapes", “Missing You”, “New Kind Of Thrill”, “No You Girls”, “Right Action”, “Save Me From Myself”, "Shopping For Blood", “Take Me Out”, “Tell Her Tonight”, “The Delivery”, “Turn It On” (live at O2 Academy), “Twilight Omens”, “What She Came For”, “Ulysees”)
G♯4 (“Anyone In Love”, “Bite Hard”, “Call Me”, “Collaborations Don’t Work”, “Come On Home”, “Evil and A Heathen”, “Fresh Strawberries”, “Glimpses Of Love”, “King Of The Song”, “Live Alone”, “Lucid Dreams”, “Michael”, “So Desu Ne”, “This Boy”, “Treason! Animals.”, “Womanizer”,’ You Could Have It So Much Better”)
G4 (“A Song For Sorry Angel”, “Always Ascending”, “Bite Hard”, “Can’t Stop Feeling”, “Demagogue”, Do You Want To”, “Eleanor Put Your Boots On”, “Evil Eye”, “Finally”, “Jackie Jackson”, “Jacqueline”, “Johnny Delusional”, “Look At Me”, “Love Illumination”, "Mis-Shapes", “New Kind Of Thrill”, “No You Girls”, “Piss Off”, “Right Action”, “Save Me From Myself”, “Send Him Away”, “Shopping For Blood”, “Stand On The Horizon”, "Suffragette City", “Take Me Out”, “The Fallen”, “The Power Couple”, “The Universe Expanded”, “The World’s Gone Mad”, “Turn It On”, “Twilight Omens”, “Ulysees”, “What You Meant”, “What You Waiting For?”, “You Could Have It So Much Better”, “You Never Go Out Anymore”)
F♯4 (“All My Friends”, “Anyone In Love”, “Brief Encounters”, “Bullet”, “Cheating On You”, “Do It Again”, “Do You Want To”, “Don’t Start”, “Evil and A Heathen”, “Fresh Strawberries”, “Get Away”, “I’m Your Villain”, “It Won’t Be Long”, “King Of The Song”, “L. Wells”, “Love And Destroy”, “Love Illumination”, “Maid To Minx”, “Police Encounters”, “Right Action”, “So Desu Ne”, “Sound And Vision”, “Swallow, Smile”, “The Dark Of The Matinee”, “The Eyes Of Mars”, “This Boy”, “Treason! Animals.”, “Turn It On”, “Well That Was Easy”, “Wine In The Afternoon”, “Womanizer”, “You’re The Reason I’m Leaving”)
F4 (“Bite Hard”, “Bullet”, “Call Girl”, “Call Me”, “Collaborations Don’t Work”, “Do You Want To”, “Fade Together”, “Feel The Love Go”, “Finally”, “Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow”, “Huck And Jim”, “I’m Your Villain”, “Jacqueline”, “Johnny Delusional”, “Lazy Boy”, “Lois Lane”, “Love And Destroy”, “New Kind Of Thrill”, “No You Girls”, “Outsiders”, “Paper Cages”, “Piss Off”, “Right Action”, “Save Me From Myself”, “The Academy Award”, “The Fallen”, “The Power Couple”, “The Universe Expanded”, “This Fire”, “Twilight Omens”, “Ulysees”, “Walk Away”, “What She Came For”, “What You Meant”, “You Never Go Out Anymore”, “Your Diary”)
E4 (“All For You, Sophia”, “All My Friends”, “Always Ascending”, “Anyone In Love”, Auf Asche”, "Billy Goodbye", “Call Girl”, “Can’t Stop Feeling”, “Collaborations Don’t Work”, “Come On Home”, “Darts Of Pleasure”, “Do It Again”, “Dream Again”, “Eleanor Put Your Boots On”, “Evil and A Heathen”, “Fade Together”, “Feel The Love Go”, “Fighting The World”, “Finally”, “Fresh Strawberries”, “Glimpses Of Love”, “Goodbye Lovers and Friends”, “Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow”, “I’m Your Villain”, “Jackie Jackson”, “King Of The Song”, “L. Wells”, “Live Alone”, “Lois Lane”, “Love Illumination”, “Lucid Dreams”, “Maid To Minx”, "Mis-Shapes", “Outsiders”, “Police Encounters”, “Save Me From Myself”, “Stand On The Horizon”, “Take Me Out”, “Tell Her Tonight”, “The Dark Of The Matinee”, “The Delivery”, “The Eyes Of Mars”, “The Fallen”, “This Boy”, “Well That Was Easy”, “Wine In The Afternoon”, “What You Waiting For?”, “You Could Have It So Much Better”, “You Never Go Out Anymore”, “You’re The Reason I’m Leaving”)
Significant Low Notes:
D3 (“Always Ascending”, “Collaborations Don’t Work”, “Dictator’s Son”, “Do You Want To”, “Dream Again”, “Glimpses Of Love”, “Goodbye Lovers and Friends”, “Heart Attack”, “Hey Banana”, “Huck And Jim”, “Jackie Jackson”, "Jacqueline”, “Johnny Delusional”, “L. Wells”, “Lazy Boy”, “Lois Lane”, “Love Illumination”, “Missing You”, “New Kind Of Thrill”, “No”, “Outsiders”, “Paper Cages”, “Right Action”, “Send Him Away”, “Sexy Boy”, “So Many Bridges”, “Shut Up Kiss Me”, “The Fallen”, “The Man Without A Tan”, “The Universe Expanded”, “Things I Won’t Get”, “This Fire”, “Walk Away”, “What You Meant”, “What You Waiting For?”, “Your Diary”)
C♯3 (“A Song For Sorry Angel”, “Collaborations Don’t Work”, “Feel The Love Go”, “Fresh Strawberries”, “Leaving My Old Life Behind”, “Live Alone”, “Lucid Dreams”, “Passionfruit”, “So Desu Ne”, “The Dark Of The Matinee”, “Walk Away”, “Words So Leisured”)
C3 (“40’”, “A Violent Death”, “Always Ascending”, "Billy Goodbye", “Dictator’s Son”, “Do You Want To”, “Fade Together”, “Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow”, “Jacqueline”, “Lazy Boy”, “Little Guy From The Suburbs”, “Lois Lane”, “Missing You”, “Outsiders”, “The Fallen”, “The Lobster Quadrille”, “The Man Without A Tan”, “Things I Won’t Get”, “Turn It On” “Van Tango”)
B2 (“Bite Hard”, “Fighting The World”, “Glimpses Of Love”, “Heart Attack”, “Heisa--Ho”, Jackie Jackson”, “Leaving My Old Life Behind”, “Look At Me”, “Love And Destroy”, “Love Illumination”, "Mis-Shapes", “Missing You”, “New Kind Of Thrill”, “No”, “Oblivion”, “Passionfruit”, “Shut Up Kiss Me”, “The Fallen”, “This Boy”, “This Fire”, “Walk Away”, “What You Meant” acoustic, “Wine In The Afternoon”)
B♭2 (“Huck And Jim”, “Jacqueline”, “Katherine Kiss Me”, “Sound & Vision”, “The Academy Award”)
A2 (“A Violent Death”, “Bite Hard”, “Can’t Stop Feeling”, “Dictator’s Son”, “Fade Together”, “Get Up and Use Me”, “Glimpses Of Love”, “Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow”, “Heart Attack”, “Hey Banana”, “Katherine Kiss Me”, “Little Guy From The Suburbs”, “Lois Lane”, “Love And Destroy”, “Sexy Boy”, “Summer Wine”, “The Delivery”, “The Man Without A Tan”, “The Power Couple”, "This Fire”)
G♯2 ("Michael”, “Swallow, Smile”, “The Academy Award”, “The Lobster Quadrille”, “Womanizer”)
G2 (“A Violent Death”, "Billy Goodbye", “Finally”, “Katherine Kiss Me”, “Little Guy From The Suburbs”, “Send Him Away”, “Shopping For Blood”, “Stand On The Horizon”, “Summer Wine”)
F♯2 (“I’m Your Villain”, “Leaving My Old Life Behind”, "Michael”, “Passionfruit”, “Sound and Vision”, “Swallow, Smile”, “Walk Away”, “Words So Leisured”)
F2 ("Send Him Away”, “The Lobster Quadrille”, “The Man Without A Tan”, “The Power Couple”, “The Academy Award”)
E2 (“Heart Attack”, “Heisa-Ho”, “Johnny Delusional”, “Little Guy from The Suburbs”, “Passionfruit”, "Shopping for Blood”, “Swallow, Smile”, "The Dark of The Matinee" Live on Letterman 2013, “Walk Away", "Womanizer”, “Words So Leisured”)
E♭2 (“Sound and Vision”, "Swallow, Smile”, “The Academy Award”)
D2 (“Walk Away”, “Words So Leisured”)
*Underlines marks notes sung in backing vocals/obscured by the mix.
*Italics marks non-melodic notes.
*Blue marks soft/falsetto notes.
*Boldface marks noteworthy passages or performances.
{Description}Frontman to arguably the most successful founding post-punk revival band and one of Scotland's premier musicians, Alex Kapranos' role as lead vocalist and guitarist of Franz Ferdinand cannot be understated. Initially working a wide variety of jobs, including running music venues and playing in several Glasgow bands, Kapranos would form FF at the turn of the century, alongside band members Nick McCarthy, Paul Thomson and Bob Hardy. The group blends a classy, refined image encompassing Russian avant garde art and an energetic blend of anxious and cool in its music, which can also perfectly describe Alex's vocals.
Alex Kapranos' vocals have remained fairly consistent since the first Franz Ferdinand record, with the only major fluctuation in range being a moderate increase in high register vocals and falsetto during their third album, Tonight. Kapranos' voice has a clean, mature, somewhat heavy tessitura, with a fairly decent amount of range to boot. A large amount of Kapranos' performances reach the mid to upper 4th octave, loosely and comfortably, though his full voice capabilities grow limited above A4. Falsetto is not one of his primary weapons of choice vocally, but he has demonstrated solid usage of it up to the lower 5th octave. His ability to mix and lighten his normally weighty tone is also displayed on some songs, up to the heights of his full voice range. Alex does sing in his very capable, baritone lower register too, contrasting with some of his lighter sounding high notes. These displays of lower notes have been growing more frequent as of late, although he was already hitting strong middle 2nd octave notes in some of his first recordings in Franz Ferdinand. Overall, a very consistent, charismatic voice and one of the premier voices of post-punk revival.
Alex Kapranos' vocals have remained fairly consistent since the first Franz Ferdinand record, with the only major fluctuation in range being a moderate increase in high register vocals and falsetto during their third album, Tonight. Kapranos' voice has a clean, mature, somewhat heavy tessitura, with a fairly decent amount of range to boot. A large amount of Kapranos' performances reach the mid to upper 4th octave, loosely and comfortably, though his full voice capabilities grow limited above A4. Falsetto is not one of his primary weapons of choice vocally, but he has demonstrated solid usage of it up to the lower 5th octave. His ability to mix and lighten his normally weighty tone is also displayed on some songs, up to the heights of his full voice range. Alex does sing in his very capable, baritone lower register too, contrasting with some of his lighter sounding high notes. These displays of lower notes have been growing more frequent as of late, although he was already hitting strong middle 2nd octave notes in some of his first recordings in Franz Ferdinand. Overall, a very consistent, charismatic voice and one of the premier voices of post-punk revival.
{Bolded Notes}C♯5 "King Of The Song"
A4 "Live Alone", "New Kind Of Thrill", "What She Came For"
G♯4 "Lucid Dreams"
G4 "Turn It On", "A Song For Sorry Angel", "You Could Have It So Much Better", "Shopping For Blood"
F♯4 "Anyone In Love", "Evil And A Heathen", "Love And Destoy", "The Dark Of The Matinée"
F4 "Piss Off"
D3 "Lazy Boy"
B2 "Love And Destoy", "This Fire" (music video version because of better quality)
A2 "A Violent Death", "Summer Wine"
F♯2 "Passionfruit", "Sound And Vision"
F2 "The Lobster Quadrille"
E2 "Words So Leisured"
A4 "Live Alone", "New Kind Of Thrill", "What She Came For"
G♯4 "Lucid Dreams"
G4 "Turn It On", "A Song For Sorry Angel", "You Could Have It So Much Better", "Shopping For Blood"
F♯4 "Anyone In Love", "Evil And A Heathen", "Love And Destoy", "The Dark Of The Matinée"
F4 "Piss Off"
D3 "Lazy Boy"
B2 "Love And Destoy", "This Fire" (music video version because of better quality)
A2 "A Violent Death", "Summer Wine"
F♯2 "Passionfruit", "Sound And Vision"
F2 "The Lobster Quadrille"
E2 "Words So Leisured"
{Questionable Notes}B♭5 (“Evil Eye” [1][2])
E5 (“You Could Have It So Much Better” [1])
D5 (“Your Diary” [1])
C♯5 (“Feel The Love Go” [2])
C5 (“Turn It On” [1])
G4 (“Ghost In A Ditch” [2])
D2 (“Better In Hoboken” [3], “New Kind Of Thrill [3]”)
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
E5 (“You Could Have It So Much Better” [1])
D5 (“Your Diary” [1])
C♯5 (“Feel The Love Go” [2])
C5 (“Turn It On” [1])
G4 (“Ghost In A Ditch” [2])
D2 (“Better In Hoboken” [3], “New Kind Of Thrill [3]”)
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
