• Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: Jun 29, 2010
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Despair is very much with us. It'll blow up before it recedes. And this music is intensely committed to escaping it.
  2. Night Work makes no apologies; Stuart Price creates a sound that is fierce and muscular.
  3. Though it starts off with a set of songs that wouldn't sound out of place on the two previous albums, Night Work quickly slips into hyper-sexualized gay club mode and sticks with that vibe until the end.
  4. The Scissor Sisters' third nightlife-themed album, Night Work, is a return to the glittery, flamboyant pop of the group's 2004 self-titled debut
  5. By matching their sound so adriotly to the content of their songs, Scissor Sisters makes Night Work an album of real structural sophistication.
  6. Scissor Sisters are record fans from way back, so they structure nearly every element of Night Work to relive the heady days of AOR (aka album-oriented rock).
  7. If Night Work set out to remind listeners what they loved about Scissor Sisters in the first place, it succeeds. If it had a couple more absolute killer songs then it would be an unqualified triumph but, as it stands, Night Work will do more than nicely.
  8. 76
    No surprise here-it's a dance album filled to the brim with beats that could make even a corpse twitch.
  9. New York's disco–?new wave party people are in freak mode on their third disc Night Work, dropping crass come-ons and slutty entendres like parade confetti (gay, straight, you name it).
  10. It's hard work keeping track of all the Scissor Sisters' references, but dancing to them certainly won't be.
  11. Jake Shears and Ana Matronic trot out those Bee Gees harmonies again over Moroder-style synth runs and glam guitars, delivering a stirring anthem about how for some disaffected folks, nightclubbing time is business time.
  12. Mojo
    80
    Returning to their electro roots might seem a surprising direction to take...but it works. [July 2010, p. 96]
  13. Q Magazine
    80
    Shears is now too smart a lyricist to need this sort of cartoonish carry-on. And, bar a smattering of filler, the tunes are unstoppable. [Jul 2010, p.124]
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 53
  2. Negative: 1 out of 53
  1. AndyC
    Jul 1, 2010
    10
    Pure perfection. This CD is the pop fix I have been anxiously awaiting for the past 10 years. Lady GaGa aside, the lack of good pop hooks in Pure perfection. This CD is the pop fix I have been anxiously awaiting for the past 10 years. Lady GaGa aside, the lack of good pop hooks in mainstream music is a crime. Night Work delivers the hooks in spades. With tempered beats, synth lines, and Shears' vocals, this album feels like a blend of Bee Gees, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, disco-glam, and a dash of rock opera. My only issue with Night Work, is that I cannot seem to stop listening to it. I guess I'm just a hopeless addict. Full Review »
  2. Apr 29, 2012
    8
    Scissor Sisters have given us the album of their career, and quite possibly one of the best pop albums of the last decade.You want pop? YouScissor Sisters have given us the album of their career, and quite possibly one of the best pop albums of the last decade.You want pop? You want rock? You want funk? You want dance? You want electronica? Well here it is. All on one disc. Stuart Price and the Scisstors have made a pop masterpiece. Full Review »
  3. Jun 24, 2019
    9
    This album only brings me good memories. And it reminds me that it's important to party too, to go dancing. Being happy is a natural part ofThis album only brings me good memories. And it reminds me that it's important to party too, to go dancing. Being happy is a natural part of the maturation process. Full Review »