Blood (Franz Ferdinand album)
Blood is a remix album produced by Dan Carey, comprising dub versions of songs from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the third studio album by Scottish band Franz Ferdinand. It was first released as a vinyl record for Record Store Day on 18 April 2009, limited to 500 copies, through the Domino Recording Company. It was later released as a CD in June 2009.
Origins and conception
Like Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, Blood is the result of Franz Ferdinand's recording sessions with producer Dan Carey in 2008. It was originally packaged in the deluxe and box-set versions of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand that were available in January 2009 in Europe only. The separately packaged version of Blood released worldwide features one additional song, "Be Afraid", which is a reworked version of "Dream Again". All of the track titles are taken from lyrics from the original songs, with the exception of "Katherine Hit Me" whose title refers to lyrics from both "No You Girls" and "Katherine Kiss Me".The songs from Tonight that were not remixed are "Bite Hard", "Lucid Dreams", and "Katherine Kiss Me".