- Scissor Sisters (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Scissor Sisters
Type = studio
Artist =Scissor Sisters
Released =February 2 ,2004 (UK)
July 27 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Pop
Length = 50:47
Label = Polydor (UK)Universal Records B0002772-02 (U.S.)
Producer = Scissor Sisters
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0hdyyl74xpnb link]
*"Pitchfork Media " (8.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22273-scissor-sisters 03/11/04]
*PopMatters [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/scissorsisters-st2004.shtml 07/26/04]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/scissorsisters/albums/album/6305211/review/6383766/scissor_sisters link]
Last album = "The Demo Album"
(2003)
This album = "Scissor Sisters"
(2004)
Next album = "Remixed! "
(2004)"Scissor Sisters" is the debut studio
album by American 5-piece bandScissor Sisters , first released in 2004 (see2004 in music ). It was released byPolydor in the UK. It reached number 1 on the UK and Irish album charts, and was the best-selling album in the UK for the year 2004. Since its release it has gone 7x Platinum in the UK selling over 2,500,000 copies in the UK alone [ [http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32048 Platinum Awards Content ] ] . In Ireland it has been certified a close 5x Platinum. The album was not as successful in their native USA, peaking at #102 on theBillboard 200 . The album has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide, [http://www.musicweek.com/features/feature_page.asp?featureid=10727] and is listed as one of "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" in the book of the same name, edited byRobert Dimery .Track listing
#"Laura" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 3:36
#"Take Your Mama " (Hoffman, Sellards) – 4:31
#"Comfortably Numb " (Pink Floyd cover) (Gilmour, Waters) – 4:25
#"Mary" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 4:43
#"Lovers in the Backseat" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 3:15
#"Tits on the Radio" (Hoffman, Lynch, Sellards) – 3:16
#"Filthy/Gorgeous " (Hoffman, Lynch, Sellards) – 3:46
#"Music Is the Victim" (Gruen, Hoffman, Sellards) – 2:57
#"Better Luck" (Gruen, Hoffman, Sellards) – 3:08
#"It Can't Come Quickly Enough" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 4:42
#"Return to Oz" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 4:34Bonus tracks
All bonus tracks appear on the
United Kingdom edition of "Scissor Sisters".#"A Message from Ms. Matronic" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 0:31
#"The Skins" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 2:55
#"Get It Get It" (Hoffman, Sellards) – 3:47Alternate versions
"Lovers in the Backseat"
With regard to "Lovers in the Backseat", the earlier version is 3:36 in length and does not feature extra drums and cymbal crash, which follows the line "on the radio" at the end of the first chorus and "I'll just watch the show" in the second and third chorus. The new version also ends with Jake singing "on the radio" in a vocoder effect. The earlier version simply ends rather abruptly.
"Laura"
The newer mix of "Laura" has a saxophone part after 02:50 right through to the end.
Why these two songs have been remix/reworked remains unclear. It is possible that they were the first songs finished for the album and have been revisited to pull them up to the standard of the rest.
In addition, an edit of Filthy/Gorgeous used on the band's
Myspace profile omits a monologue byAna Matronic towards the end of the song.Film Credit
Finally, the song, "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" was featured, in its entirity, during the end credits of 2003's "Party Monster". The song is also featured on the film's soundtrack.
References
succession box
before = "A Grand Don't Come for Free " byThe Streets
"Room on the 3rd Floor " by McFly
"American Idiot" byGreen Day
"Hopes and Fears " by Keane
title = UK number one album
years =July 10 2004 –July 16 2004 July 24 2004 –July 30 2004 January 16 2005 –January 22 2005 February 27 2005 –March 5 2005
after = "Room on the 3rd Floor " by McFly
"A Grand Don't Come for Free " byThe Streets
"Hot Fuss " by The Killers
"Some Cities " byDoves
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