Scissor Sisters [Import]

Scissor Sisters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0001WGE48
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,636 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Laura

2. Take Your Mama

3. Comfortably Numb

4. Mary

5. Lovers in the Backseat

6. Tits on the Radio

7. Filthy Gorgeous

8. Music Is the Victim

9. Better Luck

10. It Can't Come Quickly Enough

11. Return to Oz

Editorial Reviews

Scissor Sisters are five electro-glam reprobates from New York who have produced one of the coolest records of 2004 without even trying. Ignoring the zeitgeist sounds of the Strokes & Stellastarr (there's no way that these guys own a Television album) the Scissor Sisters have missed out on becoming trendy scenesters to plough their own furrow in the plentiful fields of camp party music. Like fellow genre-splicing nutters Electric Six, Scissor Sisters are a band that won't be categorized. Influenced by vintage Bowie, Roxy Music & Elton John & with the audacity to cover Pink Floyd, the Scissor Sisters are one of the most unique & exciting bands around. Their self-titled debut album is chock-full of cheesy-yet-awesome tunes that incorporate disco, soft rock & everything in between. The Floyd cover 'Comfortably Numb' evokes 'Saturday Night Fever' era Bee Gees whilst 'Mary' is a wonderful pastiche of Toto. Elsewhere the disco stomper 'Laura' is guaranteed to fill dance floors from student unions to wedding receptions & 'Filthy/Gorgeous' is the greatest single Fat Boy Slim never released. 11 tracks. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, Please, August 19, 2004

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J. Teaman "down_with_patheticism" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scissor Sisters (Audio CD)

The people who slam this album are simply not fans of enjoyable, fun pop music. If you like Blondie, early B-52s, early Elton John, and perhaps some Queen, you will like this. Just because some people with extremely limited tastes don't like it is no reason to count it out. Oh, and to Floyd fans who take the "sanctity" of Comfortably Numb WAY too seriously: shut up. It's about time that someone took the musical genuis of Pink Floyd and toned down the pretention a bit. Have some fun for a change.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album Ever, December 24, 2004

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Kris Villager "Kris Villager" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scissor Sisters (Audio CD)

This is my new favorite album and possibly the only album I am ever going to listen to again (ever). Seriously though, if I was being sent to the moon tomorrow and NASA was only letting me take 5 cds, this would have to be one of them and I've only just heard of these guys today. (Where have I been I do not know.) All kidding aside, these guys are new but they have huge potential, considering that almost all of the songs are good versus your usual 1 or 2 good and 8 or 9 filler and if you don't buy it immediately it's your loss.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simply amazing album, March 2, 2005

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Donald (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scissor Sisters (Audio CD)

I first saw this group on the Brit Awards this year and immediately went out and bought the album. It was the best album I've bought in a long time. A great mix of different styles all with a tongue in cheek attitude which is a pleasant surprise. This is a definite must-buy album for anyone that loves 70s and 80s pop music.