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Scissor Sisters
by Scissor Sisters


8.9

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Although a New York band, Scissor Sisters (as evidenced by this debut disc) are definitely not part of the typical New York scene, eschewing garage and no wave to embrace campier, glammier 70s and 80s rock and dance music sounds. Included here is the band's cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb."

LABEL:	Polydor / Universal
RELEASE DATE:	27 July 2004
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Indie, Rock

NOTES: Original UK release 2 Feb 2004.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Playlouder

This is a genius pop album, one on which pretty much everything fantastic happens.

100

Uncut

Sincerity of intent is one thing. But they've got the music to back it up.... This is Scissor Sisters' first Greatest Hits collection. [Feb 2004, p.70]

Blender

Handled with less love, this could feel like a smug wander through an ironic record collection. Here, it becomes sexy, life-affirming pop. [Aug 2004, p.141]

New Musical Express

By celebrating what it is to be a freak in 2004 they've made a debut that's unique yet uniting, deep yet designed for the dance-floor.

Logo

The key is - unlike the tongue-in-cheek cock-rock of The Darkness and the running joke of Electric Six - Scissor Sisters are reverential to the sounds of the 70’s.

Stylus Magazine

With more concern for melody and rhythm than partisan politics, they use modern technology and an open mind to nimbly skip between the opposing camps of black 70s Disco and white 70s AM Radio, but in their songwriting methods The Sisters embrace the now mythic open arms party spirit of the early dance movement.

E! Online

Take Elton John, multiply him by five, add a pinch of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, maybe a little Beck and some Carson Kressley, and you'll have something resembling the Scissor Sisters.

Pitchfork

With one part arched eyebrows and droll wit, and one part melancholia and sharp social observation, the Sisters' debut is bursting with golden moments.

Amazon.com

Ignore it at your peril. [Amazon UK]

All Music Guide

As fun as all of this is (and the lip-smack glam of "Music Is the Victim" is very, very fun), the Sisters' revisionism can also get them in trouble.

PopMatters

The album is fully committed to its breadth of ideas, allowing the songs to transcend their quirky individuality and ear candy sheen.

Drowned In Sound

If it's pop thrills a go-go you’re after, you’ve got it.

Q Magazine

A trash-conscious blend of craft and humour gives them the sass, style and balls to sound like no one else around. [Mar 2004, p.111]

Dot Music

Yes, there are a lot of reasons to hate Scissor Sisters. But this brilliant debut is not one of them.

The Guardian

[An] intensely enjoyable record, which plays like a singles collection.

ShakingThrough.net

Scissor Sisters' debut is a brilliant ode to a musical era defined by vapid decadence and disposable dance tracks.

Urb

Rather spectacular. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]

Flak Magazine

The powerful melodies are impossible to shake, and grooves compel you to move, giving the album the authority of a greatest-hits collection.

Austin Chronicle

This debut's fantastic energy does peter out toward the end, and some may consider it unfortunate that the bawdy, simplistic lyrics aren't the kind of life-changing poetry you'll want someone singing at your wedding.

Filter

It becomes evident towards the latter half of the album that genre-splicing gets dull... fast. [#12, p.101]

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Scattershot.

Rolling Stone

What makes these multilevel pastiches more than cheeky cutups is a genuine musicality.

Trouser Press

Often irresistible yet occasionally irritating.

Tiny Mix Tapes

The songs here are mindless, repetitive, and perfect for the dance floor.

Mojo

Spread over a whole CD, there is some worryingly featureless stuff. [Apr 2004, p.102]

The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 77 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ann H gave it a9:
Heard Lara being played in a record store and bought the album immediately. Played that song over and over and eventually listened to and realized the rest of the songs were great as well.

erwin k gave it a10:
pure perfection

Kate B gave it a10:
I love this album and don't know how people can slate it as badly as they have. I agree with the majority, and I love the way that Ana Matronic and Jake swap vocals in songs like Filthy/Gorgeous.

siobhan d gave it a10:
absolutely brillant. love it

Liz B gave it a10:
I agree with Rebecca L. This is the best album I've heard in a long time and I'm going to be 54 this year so I've heard a few!

Rebecca L gave it a10:
This album is my all time fav I can listen to it over and over again and not get sick of it I LOVE LOVE this album

dee j gave it a10:
simply the best

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Scissor Sisters
by Scissor Sisters