Scissor Sisters (album)

Scissor Sisters
Studio album by Scissor Sisters
Released February 2, 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre
Length 43:02
Label Polydor (UK)
Universal Motown Records (U.S.) B0002772-02
Producer Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters chronology
The Demo Album
(2003)		 Scissor Sisters
(2004)		 Remixed!
(2004)
Singles from Scissor Sisters
  1. "Laura"
    Released: October 27, 2003
  2. "Comfortably Numb"
    Released: January 2004
  3. "Take Your Mama"
    Released: March 29, 2004
  4. "Mary"
    Released: October 11, 2004
  5. "Filthy/Gorgeous"
    Released: January 3, 2005

Scissor Sisters is the debut studio album by American 5-piece band Scissor Sisters, first released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was released by Polydor in the UK. It reached number 1 on the UK and Irish albums charts, and was the best-selling album of 2004 in the UK. Since its release it has gone 9× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,100,000 copies in the country alone.[1] In Ireland it has been certified 5× Platinum. The album was not as successful in their native USA, peaking at #102 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide,[2] and is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in the book of the same name, edited by Robert Dimery.[3]

The album won Best International Album at the 2005 BRIT Awards. In July 2006 it was named by Attitude as the top gay album of all time.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Blender[7]
The Guardian[8]
Mojo[9]
NME9/10[10]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[11]
Q[12]
Rolling Stone[13]
Uncut[14]
The Village VoiceB+[15]

The album received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim".[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Laura"  Scott Hoffman, Jason SellardsScissor Sisters 3:36
2. "Take Your Mama"  Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 4:31
3. "Comfortably Numb" (Pink Floyd cover)David Gilmour, Roger WatersScissor Sisters 4:25
4. "Mary"  Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 4:43
5. "Lovers in the Backseat"  Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 3:15
6. "Tits on the Radio"  Hoffman, Ana Lynch, SellardsScissor Sisters 3:16
7. "Filthy/Gorgeous"  Hoffman, Lynch, SellardsScissor Sisters 3:46
8. "Music Is the Victim"  Derek Gruen, Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 2:57
9. "Better Luck"  Gruen, Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 3:08
10. "It Can't Come Quickly Enough"  Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 4:42
11. "Return to Oz"  Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 4:34

Personnel

Release history

Country Date
United Kingdom February 2, 2004
United States July 27, 2004

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 7
Austrian Albums Chart 75
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders) 81
Danish Albums Chart 18
Dutch Albums Chart 67
Finnish Albums Chart 40
French Albums Chart 100
Irish Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 33
Portuguese Albums Chart 19
Spanish Albums Chart 70
Swedish Albums Chart 13
UK Albums Chart 1
US Billboard 200 102
US Top Electronic Albums 1
End-of-decade (2000–2009) Position
UK Albums Chart 9

Certifications

Chart Certification Sales
Australia (ARIA) Platinum 70,000+
Europe (IFPI) 3× Platinum 3,000,000+
United Kingdom (BPI) 9× Platinum 2,700,000+

Preceded by
A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets
Room on the 3rd Floor by McFly
American Idiot by Green Day
Hopes and Fears by Keane		 UK number one album
July 10, 2004 – July 16, 2004
July 24, 2004 – July 30, 2004
January 16, 2005 – January 22, 2005
February 27, 2005 – March 5, 2005 		Succeeded by
Room on the 3rd Floor by McFly
A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets
Hot Fuss by The Killers
Some Cities by Doves

References

  1. ↑ Platinum Awards Search
  2. ↑ Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  4. ↑ "Beatles Top Gay Album". Leeds: Contactmusic. 30 July 2006. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2006.
  5. 1 2 "Reviews for Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters". Metacritic. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ Loftus, Johnny. "Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ Harrison, Andrew (August 2004). "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Blender (28): 141. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Lynskey, Dorian (January 30, 2004). "Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters". The Guardian. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Mojo (125): 102. April 2004.
  10. ↑ Jonze, Tim. "Scissor Sisters : Scissor Sisters". NME. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ Plagenhoef, Scott (March 10, 2004). "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Q (212): 111. March 2004.
  13. ↑ Walters, Barry (August 19, 2004). "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters". Uncut (81): 70. February 2004.
  15. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 22, 2005). "Consumer Guide: DJ Kicks". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
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