2004 studio album by Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters Released February 2, 2004 Recorded 2003 Genre
Length 43 :02 Label
Producer Scissor Sisters
The Demo Album (2003)
Scissor Sisters (2004)
Remixed! (2004)
"Laura " Released: October 27, 2003
"Comfortably Numb " Released: January 19, 2004
"Take Your Mama " Released: March 29, 2004
"Mary " Released: October 11, 2004
"Filthy/Gorgeous " Released: January 3, 2005
Scissor Sisters is the debut studio album by American glam rock band Scissor Sisters , first released on February 2, 2004. It was released by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Universal Motown Records in the United States.
Scissor Sisters 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 been certified 9× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,700,000 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 number 102 on the Billboard 200 . As of February 2007, it has sold 299,000 copies in United States.[2] Scissor Sisters has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide,[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Critical reception [ ]
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".[6]
Track listing [ ]
1. "Laura " Scott Hoffman , Jason Sellards Scissor Sisters 3:36 2. "Take Your Mama " Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 4:31 3. "Comfortably Numb " (Pink Floyd cover) David Gilmour , Roger Waters Scissor Sisters 4:25 4. "Mary " Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 4:43 5. "Lovers in the Backseat" Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 3:15 6. "Tits on the Radio" Hoffman, Ana Lynch , Sellards Scissor Sisters 3:16 7. "Filthy/Gorgeous " Hoffman, Lynch, Sellards Scissor Sisters 3:46 8. "Music Is the Victim" Derek Gruen , Hoffman, SellardsScissor Sisters 2:57 9. "Better Luck" Gruen, Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 3:08 10. "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 4:42 11. "Return to Oz" Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 4:34
12. "A Message from Ms. Matronic" (unlisted hidden track) Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 0:31 13. "The Skins" Hoffman, Sellards Scissor Sisters 2:55 14. "Get It Get It" Hoffman, Sellards, Michael Nyman Scissor Sisters 3:47
12. "Get It Get It" Hoffman, Sellards, Nyman Scissor Sisters 3:47
Personnel [ ]
Charts [ ]
Weekly charts [ ]
Year-end charts [ ]
Decade-end charts [ ]
Chart (2000–2009)
Position
UK Albums (OCC)
9
Certifications [ ]
Release history [ ]
Country
Date
United Kingdom
February 2, 2004
United States
July 27, 2004
References [ ]
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