Different number of displayed posts in cat view vs front page

The front page of my blog has one single article and i like it like that, however all of my archive views (monthly, category, etc) follow that same pattern and I think I’d really like them to have just the date, the title, and perhaps an excerpt.

That way, I bet I can fit at least 7-10 one one page and make for easy navigation.

Is there a simple way to achieve this?