Ta-Dah

Infobox Album | Name = Ta-Dah
Type = Album
Artist = Scissor Sisters


Released = Start date|2006|9|15 |
September 18, 2006 flagicon|UK
Recorded = May 2005–2006
Genre = Glam rock
Alternative
Pop
Length = 47:24
Label = Polydor Records (UK)
Universal Records (US)
Producer = Scissor Sisters
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:mr508q9cbt04]
*Digital Spy Rating|5|5 [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a37308/scissor-sisters-ta-dah.html link]
*"NME" Rating-10|6 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/scissor-sisters/8024 link]
*The Onion AV Club (a) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/53299 link]
*"Pitchfork Media (7.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38743/Scissor_Sisters_TaDah link]
*"Planet Sound" rating-10|10
*"Q" Rating|4|5 (#242, Sep. 2006, p. 104)
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scissorsisters/albums/album/11661009/review/11736853/tadah link]
*"The Times Rating|5|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2347124,00.html link] | Last album = "Remixed!"
(2004)
This album = "Ta-Dah"
(2006)
Next album = "Live At The O₂"
(2007) |

"Ta-Dah" is the second studio album by American 5-piece band Scissor Sisters, released in September 2006. It was leaked in its entirety onto filesharing networks on September 13, 2006. The album's release in the UK, on September 18, 2006 was preceded by the release of the new single, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". The song reached #1 on both the UK Singles and Download charts in September 2006 (see 2006 in British music). This follow up to their debut featured collaborations with Elton John, Carlos Alomar and Paul Williams. The album entered the Irish Albums Chart at #1 on September 21, followed three days later by a #1 entry in the UK Albums Chart. The album had a respectable debut on the Billboard 200 in the US, coming in at #19 and selling 41,992 units in its first week.

"Land of a Thousand Words" was released as the second single from the album, peaking at #19 in the UK. "She's My Man" was the third single released in early March 2007 and managed to chart at #29. The next single that was released was "Kiss You Off" on May 28, the video for which can be seen in the media section of the [http://www.scissorsisters.com band's website] . This was the poorest charting of the singles of "Ta-Dah", only being able to reach #43. This has, so far, been the lowest charting UK single on initial release. "I Can't Decide" charted at #64 on downloads alone, on the strength of being used in the "Doctor Who" episode "Last of the Time Lords".

Track listing

#"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Hoffman/Sellards/John) – 4:48
#"She's My Man" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 5:31
#"I Can't Decide" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 2:46
#"Lights" (Hoffman/Sellards/Alomar) – 3:35
#"Land of a Thousand Words" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 3:50
#"Intermission" (Hoffman/Sellards/John) – 2:37
#"Kiss You Off" (Hoffman/Sellards/Stumph) – 5:02
#"Ooh" (Hoffman/Sellards/Gruen) – 3:29
#"Paul McCartney" (Hoffman/Sellards/Gruen/Alomar) – 3:44
#"The Other Side" (Hoffman/Sellards/Garden) – 4:22
#"Might Tell You Tonight" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 3:20
#"Everybody Wants the Same Thing" (Hoffman/Sellards/Seacor/Wentz/Stumph) – 4:22
#"Transistor" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 4:51 (UK/iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Ambition" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 4:42 (Japan Bonus Track)

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc

#"Hair Baby" (Hoffman/Sellards/Gruen/Alomar) – 4:06
#"Contact High (Demo Version)" (Hoffman/Sellards/Lynch) – 3:37
#"Almost Sorry" (Hoffman/Sellards/Williams) – 3:15
#"Transistor" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 4:51
#"Making Ladies" (Hoffman/Sellards) – 4:39
#"I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Paper Faces Remix)" (Hoffman/Sellards/John) – 6:34

"The Other Side"

The song "The Other Side" is partially based on "In the Machine", the first third of the novel "Specimen Days", by American novelist Michael Cunningham, famous for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Hours" (later made into an Academy Award-winning film starring Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf).

"Specimen Days" is inspired by the writings of Walt Whitman in much the same way "The Hours" was inspired by Virginia Woolf. Michael Cunningham is one of Jake Shears' favorite writers and gave Shears an advance copy of "Specimen Days". Shears wrote "The Other Side" soon after reading it [Shapiro, Gregg, Cuts Like a Knife: An Interview with Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters, After Elton.com, 2006: http://afterelton.com/people/2006/9/shears3.html]

Release dates

flagicon|UKSeptember 18, 2006
flagicon|USSeptember 26, 2006

Charts

ong uses in popular culture

*The song "I Can't Decide" was featured in the "Doctor Who" episode "Last of the Time Lords", specifically referred to as "Track Three".
*"I Can't Decide" was also included at the end of Zero Punctuation's review of the game BioShock.
*"Ooh" can be heard in the background of the "Ugly Betty" episode "I'm Coming Out", during the Fashion Week scenes.
*The album's lead single, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" was used in the opening scene of the ABC drama "Private Practice", wherein the show's main character, Addison Montgomery, dances to it in the nude, after taking a shower.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.scissorsisters.com Official Site]
* [http://www.idontfeellikedancin.com/forum www.idontfeellikedancin.com — Scissor Sisters Unofficial Community & Fansite]
* [http://www.undergroundillusion.co.uk/ Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database]

succession box
before = "FutureSex/LoveSounds"
by Justin Timberlake
title = UK number one album
years = September 24 2006 – October 7 2006
after = "Sam's Town" by The Killerssuccession box
before = "FutureSex/LoveSounds"
by Justin Timberlake
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = September 25 2006 – October 1 2006
after = "I'm Not Dead" by Pink