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It’s neat but slight, and a good deal less freakish than its predecessor.
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Somehow, Ta-Dah feels like the Sisters covering themselves, and the glitter and gloss have worn off.
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Whether the songs are merely half-developed or the sugar-sheen production simply washes them of any potential grit, it seems apparent that the dreaded second album curse hath struck again.
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Despite its title, Ta-Dah offers few surprises.
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Arch and ostentatious, their music both falls victim to and exalts in Warhol's 15-minutes-of-fame declaration. Like a screenprint of a soup can, it's at once timeless and pointless.
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Every song is rooted in some long-gone Seventies AM-radio hit... doing for disco what the New Pornographers do for rock & roll.
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Under The RadarWith Ta-Dah, the band have decided to forego all the possible musical paths suggested in their debut and instead take the path of least resistance for most of the new record. Namely, making a safe, upbeat record that functions as little more than a feel-good, party album.
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Paste MagazineUnfortunately songs that aren't immediately danceable... tend to dull the excitement. [Dec 2006, p.94]
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Urb[A] time warp of an album, which takes us back to a future where grunge never happened, glam is god, disco balls sit atop the world and glitter falls from the sky. [Sep 2006, p.129]
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Scissor Sisters sound under so much pressure to follow up a monster hit that they're not actually having any fun.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 49 out of 57
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Mixed: 5 out of 57
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Negative: 3 out of 57
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Dec 11, 2016
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OrlandoCMar 28, 2007Ok its definitely not as good as the first album but its still pretty good.
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joegJan 16, 2007Significantly better than their first album.