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Elton John's best album in the 2000s
2.5
Top songs on this album are “Laura” (really catchy intro song), “Take Your Mama”, “Mary”, “It Can’t Come Quickly Enough” & “Return To Oz” (to lesser extent this last one). The more upbeat sexual ones Arn’t as much my thing but decent. The Pink Floyd cover of “Comfortably Numb” isn’t needed at all. If this was its own track put out as a single or dance compilation it’s fine. On this album it doesn’t work and it’s merely ok. Sounds like “Another Brick In The Wall Part 2” with its Disco feel. Feeling a 3.5
This one starts brilliantly with Laura and Take Your Mama. Two absolutely cracking tracks. Then there’s the cover of Comfortably Numb. I didn’t like it when it originally came out and I’m still not that fussed on it. I will give them respect though for doing something completely different with the song. It’s just not for me. After that nothing really did much for me until Filthy/Gorgeous which is probably the strongest of the singles for me. Overall it’s a good album, one or two more standout tracks and I’d probably give it a 4 star. I do massively prefer the follow up album Ta-Dah though. Top Track - It Can’t Come Quickly Enough. Never really paid attention to it when the album originally came out but enjoyed it today.
fucking great album - you don’t know what to expect each time a song starts
A strong ‘00s pop album. Front loaded of course, but the non-hits don’t let the side down too much. It generally owes an awful lot to Elton John and that’s ok by me. As someone with a severe allergy to Pink Floyd, I shockingly have no issue at all with their reading of “Comfortably Numb” since they thoroughly rethink it. I do get to register my disapproval though since the album closer seems to be a concerted effort to sound just like the Floyd. By that stage though I have usual been won over to give them a pass. When I remember, I can simply stop early.
amused by the album title. glad the albums good too, really fun disco and rock fusion hell yea. if i had vagina id scissor to this with my beautiful lesbian girlfriend
Ahead of their time by making an AI generated Bee Gees cover of Pink Floyd, about 2 decades before it existed. Okay in actuality it is made well with great production and interesting sounds but as a concept itself it fails and it just sounds so dumb. Don't put it on an album, that's like some b-side of a single crap that only sees the light of day again on random youtube uploads of it and the 10 year super deluxe edition anniversary of the album. This showed a lot of promise at first, and then that damn cover song just ruins it all for me. However, it does pick itself up after that and has a few bangers. Not really a fan of the lyrics or the singing but rest is honestly pretty good
8.5/10
Forgettable. And after reading the summary I guess I’m not British enough to truly enjoy it
This album is fun, and some songs seem very influenced by Elton John (not a bad thing!)
The name had me cracking up and I found it difficult to take it seriously. However, I found this album to be pretty alright.
This album as a whole should be a 4/5 but i’m knocking a star off for that rendition of Comfortably Numb. I’d rather rip my ears off than listen to that again.
In which Jake Shears drags the corpse of Elton John’s career into the new century. A guilty pleasure consisting of funk / pop and electro. 5/5 and don’t come at me in the comments!
Alright pop music. It didn't really hit me when it first came out. Nothing changed. However, tits in the radio was entertaining track
So many good memories associated with this album. So much good dancing music. All of it.
This album should not be on the list. It is just fine. Nothing to remember. Wish I could forget the Pink Floyd cover.
Pleasant for forgettable for me.
Doesn't hit as hard as some disco but wasn't objectionable - other than the cover of Comfortably Numb.
Already familiar with them and the album. They are great! Not every song is a winner, but very solid album.
forgot how good these guys were. Something else original in the 00's not sure about the cover of comfortably numb though - hadn't heard that before
I listened to this twice and it’s really starting to grow on me. It’s a weird mix of pop, rock, techno, but it works. There is a strange and (I call it) rather unnecessary rendition of “Comfortably Numb” but the rest of the album is good enough and interesting enough to make up for it. Lyrically I’m also liking it more and more. It’s tongue in cheek and sarcastic, and can be very raw and real. This is really good, and I get the feeling that I’m not done with it yet.
Jaunty and very glam with an all timer hit early on in the lineup to set up the rest of the album with a lot of forward momentum. A lot of husky sensuality that gives the feeling of being on the side of a runway show with some slower moments paced throughout. Singers voice is good and the piano pulls everything together in a very big sound way. Glad to have heard more from the band.
we could have had actually great gay albums on the list... instead we get this
To be honest, I only knew one Scissor Sisters song before today, "I Don't Feel Like Dancing," so I expected a pop sound like ABBA from this album. Or maybe Duran Duran, since another song by the band we recently failed to guess in a quiz (millennials will understand) sounded similar. But it turns out their debut is an incredibly danceable, funky affair, a bastard child of Prince, Bee Gees, and Franz Ferdinand. Also there's a fair amount of guitar glam here, feels like Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie. But there are no oversmart ten-minute progressive passages here, as the cover might suggest, unless you count the unusual but interesting disco cover (imagine that!) of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb." A good, energetic album, like straight out of the early '80s, a great discovery; I'll be listening to it again!
I went in expecting super‑camp, but this album isn’t nearly as theatrical as its reputation suggests. A few songs start out a little too close to showtunes for comfort, but they always pull out of the dive and settle into something genuinely catchy. Their disco‑falsetto cover of “Comfortably Numb” is definitely their song, not Pink Floyd’s. And if you love the original, you’re probably going to hate this one. It’s bold, but it’s not for me. “Tits on the Radio” was the biggest surprise: cheeky, weird, and way more abrupt than I expected. It’s a fun detour, but it definitely jumps out of the album’s lane. And the legs‑as‑blades logo? A little too on‑the‑nose, even for them. Rating: 4/5
Quirky, fun little rock pop record. Has some cool electronic/synth characteristics, reminiscent of some 80s music, including the rhythms and cadences of that era. I enjoyed this one, but probably won't intentionally revisit.
Uiteraard ken ik de schaarzusjes van de megahit dit niet op dit album staat. Een megahit waar ik niet kapot van ben overigens, dus echt missen doe ik het niet. Wat dat betreft valt dit album me nog wel mee eigenlijk. Op dit album hoor je een soort mix van Beegees, Jamiroquai, Mika en ome Elton. Het is niet helemaal mijn muziek en ik sta niet juichend op de tafel, maar voor een keer is het wel te doen. Al zit er her en der wel een klein dieptepuntje in. Denk hierbij bijvoorbeeld aan de Pink Floyd cover. Soms neigt het teveel naar lollig gedoe en dan heb ik er weinig mee. Al met al is het niet iets waarover ik naar huis schrijf, maar ik kan het ook niet afbranden. Drie sterren.
Ihan asiallista poljentoa, biittejä ja laulantaa. Ei jäänyt muutamaa biisiä lukuunottamatta hirveästi muistiin.
Taking the conventions of classic rock, mixing them with glam rock and disco, and creating catchy songs that are fun to listen to; who could have a problem with that? I guess I’m saying that I am exactly gay enough for this album. 🏳️🌈🪩💋🕺🏼
Under the cut it is a good album a few songs where I did not like again there were songs where I moderately liked 1-2 I liked
Most was not for me, but the 2 or 3 songs that were really were.
I really enjoyed this one
Well this was a nice surprise. Very fun and inventive. The utter surprise of that cover, holy shit, it put a huge grin on my face. I wish I’d known about this back in ‘04! Then again, I would’ve been too lost in the emo sauce to appreciate it. Glad I know it now, though. Must-listen #385
fav songs: n/a annoying voice, cheerful, 20/100
Anyone who hates this, hates fun.
Irresistible! Super disco fun bounce music. Catchy hooks, saucy lyrics and very danceable beats. Return to track one and replay! There’s some meh shit, and the Floyd cover isn’t THAT bad but its ambition outlives its appeal. But this a good record, friend, a blast of fresh air amid the horrible early-2000s music scene.
My guilty pleasure forever and always.
Right out of the gate, it has goofy piano, brass, and vocals. Yeah, that’s my beloved glam rock. I love a good piano part, and though most of the ones featured here sound a little simple and derivative, I consider that all in good fun. And hey, gay music? Call me a fan. It’s better than the stuff RuPaul puts out, anyway. I hear a lot of Bee Gees (and similar era) influence Laura is a pretty slick opening track. Even though it’s completely nonserious, the arrangement sounds pretty dang tight, and I enjoy the simple, funky chord progression. Definitely some nods to disco with that falsettoed octave harmonising in the chorus. Next we have Take Your Mama, another excellent high-spirits song with a clichéd series of chords. That chorus is straight out of a mid-career Bee Gees record. Now, I think it’s fair to say Pink Floyd songs are pretty difficult to cover effectively – Comfortably Numb included. In the case of Scissor Sisters, it’s best to try to forget what the original version sounds like. This version is good and gets a little chuckle out of even the most serious closeted businessmen, but those high beepy-boopy synths take a lot of the wind away from your memory of how the song “should” be. (Such is the nature of song covers. Ah, well.) After three back-to-back peppymaxxing tracks, I’m looking for something a little more serious – perhaps a ballad. Cue Mary. A beautiful little song in its own right, but also a masterclass in album sequencing. It’s placed exactly where it should be. Plus, the mild resemblance to Angie (the Stones) works in its favour, seeing as Mary is actually a solid improvement from there. Lovers In The Backseat… way to bring the seriousness back down to “lighthearted whimsy with silly arpeggiated synth” levels. Yeah, that’s basically how I’d describe the song. Someone decided that the vocals should be mixed almost lower than the synths, leading to a pretty funny effect if you happen to only be listening to the right-side channel. Still a good song though. Tits On The Radio, in its lyrics, mourns the fact that you can’t see tits on the radio. Damn important subject matter, I say. The music itself is fine – nothing special – but the chorus lyrics bring the whole package home. Filthy / Gorgeous marks what I think is the album’s first case of electric guitar (I guess that fulfils the “filthy” quota). Unfortunately it essentially plays a distorted bassline that gets the loser treatment in terms of mixing. Cool vocal filters in the second half. Music Is The Victim marks a return to the lower-range vocal seen in a couple of earlier tracks, plus another guitar solo. It also strongly resembles something Elton John might’ve released back in the day. Actually, the whole album thus far acts as a (very indirect) homage to the Rocket Man. Is this why people call it the “gay album”? Better Luck very much acts as part 2 of Music Is The Victim. Nothing too different happens in the musical department, aside from a bizarre country-esque guitar part that doesn’t appear in any other songs. I like the adventurous melody of It Can’t Come Quickly Enough, plus the soft guitar in the back plays nicely into the mix. Lovely backing vocals towards the song’s end. A complete switch-up in mood with Return To Oz, featuring the bassiest singing thus far and the largest ratio of acoustic-guitar-to-song on the whole darn record. Are these guys trying to be the next Dylan? (Dylan wishes.) Actually, the song sounds a lot more like ELO, which is an extremely good thing. I sincerely want to place this in my list of key tracks, but I already have three of them. …Ah, sod it. My review, my rules. Love the combination of textures in the outro, including that nifty piano bit. If there’s a single person in this godforsaken world whose favourite song is A Message From Ms. Matronic… I don’t know what I’d be capable of. Thankfully, there isn’t. And while I’d normally shun interludes, this one actually contributes to the album’s plot and at the same time doesn’t overstay its welcome. The two bonus tracks, The Skins and Get It Get It, end the record pretty darn groovily – the former with a cool little electric guitar riff, and the latter with rapid 80s-homage synthesisers. 4/5 Key tracks: Laura, Take Your Mama, Mary, Return To Oz
1. "Take Your Mama" 2. "Mary" 3. "Tits on the Radio" It might be Elton John meeting The Bee Gees via Pink Floyd, but it's fun!
I don't like the high voices. Quite annoying after just 3 songs
don't like it
Some surprising good songs but such a weird album it’s like every song was a different genre
Kind of a modern Pink Floyd? Even without the "Comfortably Numb" track, they are updating some of the 70s era stuff while taking on some interesting thematic ideas. I enjoyed it but probably wouldn't come back.
Great little record. Very Elton John. Fun, indulgent, louche, nasty
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It does have a couple songs like Filthy/Gorgeous and Laura that have been beaten to death by use in adverts etc, but otherwise it's just some daft, fun disco pop I also enjoyed that at some points Jake Shears sounds like King Diamond trying not to sing too loudly in his room so he doesn't wake up his parents, especially the Comfortably Numb cover Highlights: No Tits on the Radio, Mary
Took an entire star away for that horrible cover of Comfortably Numb.
According to Wiki the album cover art wasdesigned by English illustrator Spookytim (Tim O'Brien) from the Brighton-based studio Studiospooky, with art direction by Fury*- which is ok, perhaps even quite nice - However I realised as I was listening to this that it was in fact an Elton John record with some clever attempts to disquise his voice, Think Gorillaz and Blur, this is Eltons Gorillaz, but those tell tale whiney vocals and over plump productions gave the game away-hah Elton you dont fool me, its another 1*.
It's supposed to be fun, but I don't fell it. Sounds like a mix of Elton John and Pet Shop Boys and I don't see much originality. Was a bit surprised to learn they're not British, but that really doesn't make it more interesting.
I'm not the target audience for this album, and I don't typically find showtune elements attractive outside of rock opera or live shows. If this album means something to someone, then rock on.
Fun, upbeat danceable pop club stuff. Heard of them, had a different preconception of what they sounded like. and totally caught off guard by the George Michael-esque grooves and songcraft.
haha mind this i am not mentally ill anymore i promise!!!!
lowkey this slapped
I love its originality, but it just differs too much from my usual tastes.
57/100
Pleasantly surprised how good this one was, enjoyed most of this, wasn’t really a fan of their cover of comfortably numb but the rest is great. Low 4
The Apple Music version was missing three tracks: Comfortably Numb, Filthy/Gorgeous, and The Skins. I found them on YouTube, but it's certainly annoying. The only song of theirs I've heard before was Comfortably Numb which I don't remember very fondly. Starts out alright, and Take Your Mama was a jam, but I feel like the world could've lived without the weird Pink Floyd cover. Lovers in the Backseat, Music is the Victim, and Return to Oz were great. All in all a great album that I didn't expect.
me gustó harto, no conocía la banda, entretenido el disco
I have a feeling this is going to be another Liege and Lief situation with our group review, but here we go. This is one of the few albums on the list (so far) that genuinely surprised me. Not knowing anything about this band I was fully expecting to dislike this, but that was not the case at all. It was such a strange fun mix of pop and disco and glam rock. Their cover of Comfortably Numb was fascinating…like The Bee Gees covering Pink Floyd. I flip flopped back and forth between hating it and laughing at it. Take Your Mama (great song) and Music is the Victim - I would swear they were Elton John collaborations if I didn’t know what album this was. A lot of their songs remind me of other artists I enjoy, so that may have influenced my reaction, but I really liked this. I thought it was a fun album.
Awful name for a band and the music isn’t much better. I’m not a big fan of falsetto and the group should be permanently disbanded for that cover of Comfortably Numb. This album started out ok and then jumped off a cliff not too far after. I hate to admit I listened to this whole thing, but I did.
I’m not well versed in superhero movies but a common trope seems to be that the villain is a very intelligent or talented misfit that somehow went wrong and converted to the darkside. I feel like that is an appropriate backstory for this band. They have talent but they use their powers for evil. Their good chops make terrible music. I’m struck by their flexibility. Give them any genre and they can deliver a horrible song. 80s ballad? ✅ 00s new wave pop? ✅ Unforgivable cover of a classic rock song? ✅✅✅ I’m giving 1 bonus point for the genius lyric “you can’t see tits on the radio”. - oooph.
The album was fun, I'll give it that. This isn't a genre I care for, but I enjoyed it well enough. They have good beats, interesting use of laser beam sounds, and more falsetto than should be allowed on a single album but it all works. Except for the Pink Floyd cover, the world was a better place before I knew a disco version of comfortably numb existed.
Fun album with solid tracks throughout
Glam rock (2000s and later) is kind of an L genre overall. I like a few of the artists like the Darkness and Foxy Shazam but overall it feels more like an homage to past greats than musical and cultural innovation. Same with this album here. It felt like a glam/boogie combo which I suppose is unique but had a lot of elements right from the greats. And that comfortably numb cover was horrible
OK. That was alright. Poppy and dance-y. Not something that I need to listen to again.
chillington
4 sterne
Campy fun, if you're in the mood for that. Liked it more than when I first heard it back when it came out, but still not enough to go out and buy a copy. Oh, and "Comfortably Numb" is among the worst covers I've ever heard.
The end of this album couldn't come quickly enough. First of all that was a horrible cover of "Comfortably Numb" and complete sacrilege! Secondly ... there is absolutely nothing new here ... the whole album is one big cut and paste!
I quite liked this. Upbeat for the most part, liked quite a few songs.
No notes.
This was a romp that’s for sure. I like the rock disco fusion going on here. Don’t think the song writing was doing anything crazy but it was proficient enough. I disliked the Pink Floyd cover.
Kind of a generic glam pop. Nothing incredible, nor terribly shitty
Poppy and fun
Hm. I kind of hated that.
This is a fun, albeit obnoxious at times, album to listen to.
It's always dangerous and divisive to cover a band like Pink Floyd and put it out in the world for criticism. As for the rest of the album, pure fun and a great first album.
Insane opener! Very good album looking forward to the others. 4/5 - GEMV (20.07.2026)
Vissa låtar är lite roliga, på ett inte dåligt sätt.. Blev dock sämre mot slutet tyvärr
Looooooooved it
I like this more than I expected
Pretty fun, very gay
fine, but taking a star off for that cover, blech
How have I missed this one all my life?
I recognize a few of the tracks on this by name, though I was surprised to see "Comfortably Numb" on here. What I know of this artist I don't particularly enjoy, so I'm not holding out much hope. Otherwise, I've never listened to this album start-to-finish. I wasn't really feeling this and was prepared to give it a 2 or 3. But the "Comfortably Numb" cover makes this a 1. This is bad and I don't have to act like it's okay.
okay
The words “2004 Glam Rock” alone are a jump scare. Don’t wanna read em. Let alone listen to it. Then you get to track 3 and it’s the worst cover song you’ve ever heard. Real rough stuff.
8/10 - What an album, reminds me of my early nightlife days in Edinburgh, some big songs on this but can accept that the vocals are an acquired taste
Extra star because I know that Comfortably Numb cover is gonna give every boomer a stroke.
Not a fan! Some good bangers from the start
Not my usual jam, but some funky dancey numbers.
Great
This was a fun one. Generally upbeat with a very clear influence from Elton John. Take Your Mama, Music Is the Victim and Better Luck are all enjoyable and memorable.
So fun and quirky and cool
reminder of simpler days
What in the Stayin' Alive, Bee Gee's-ass cover of Comfortably Numb is this? The rest of the album is pretty solid honestly (Mary, Lovers in the Back Seat), but at the risk of coming off as an old man defending the honor of a bunch of old rich assholes (read: Roger Waters), that cover is just offensively bad. Like, a complete misinterpretation of the original song. Making a dance-y, disco cover of a song that's all about being so drugged out of your mind that you can't move is just a weird ass take. And I don't even care much for Wall-era Pink Floyd. But what do I know, Waters apparently liked the cover, so fuck me I guess, lol. But anyways yeah, the album isn't half bad. Kinda in line with other weird throwback bands on the list from the 90's and 2000's like The Cardigans and Darkness (Cardigans being the clear winner of the three IMO). Would I put it on the list? Absolutely not, but definitely not an album that isn't worth a listen. But not really my vibe either.
Increíble. De esos discos con los que uno descubre enseguida una conexión muy especial. Amé todas sus canciones, me divirtió muchísimo y me dejó con ganas no solo de escucharlo cien veces, sino de escuchar ya todo lo que hayan sacado las hermanas tijera. Genial.
Very fun album! I enjoyed this a good bit. I think the group showed a clear competency for pop hooks and how to arrange catchy rock-leaning music. The “Comfortably Numb” cover was hilarious though. Sounded a bit like jamiroquai meets Jimmy Fallon doing an impression of the BeeGees, all over a surprisingly forward-thinking instrumental. “Mary” had a great chorus and a sublime key section, especially towards the end of the song. Great choice to sprinkle some different sonic textures with those keys. “It Can’t Come Quickly Enough” had some sweet downtempo electronic production swooping in to add even more variety and keep me engaged. Not once did I feel like I wanted to just get this album over with already. Is it a 3/5? A 4/5? Hard to tell.
It’s kind of crap
This albums definitely is a lighter listening experience than other albums - musically not as complex as others, but yet not bad. More or less what you'd expect from a glam-rock band. The keyboards on the album are very prominent (cf. "Mary") and the vocals are sometimes "Bee-Gee-like" (not nessecarily a bad thing). In general I find this album quite good with some really good tracks ("Mary", "It Can't Come Quickly Enough"). Another nice touch was the more acoustic final track "The Return to Oz", which shows that the group is not solely restricted to a more electric sound. The one thing that bothered me the most was the cover of "Comfortably Numb" - and while there are songs, where the cover version can hold up or even superceeds the original, I didn't like this cover version at all.
pretty ok, I did already had liked one of their songs and loved it. overall the whole album is fine, i would listen to it while gaming but other than that i would not keep it on repeat
I absolutely hate this one. I hate the cover of Comfortably Numb, I hate how much the record starts to meander, and I hate that they never even dare to commit to their 80s pastiche fully. The only bright side: I Don't Feel Like Dancing is NOT on this record.
The biggest selling album of 2004 in the UK, often referred to as the greatest gay album of all time, though curiously never fully accepted in their US homeland. They are often referred to as a Glam rock band, which I can understand when you hear 'Take your mama' I do like it when they basically sound like a 70s Elton John record, but I hear no Slade, T-Rex and the Sweet in this band. There is plenty of disco and 80s power pop in their canon and it's unquestionably retro in places. I could never fully accept the 'Comfortably Numb' cover as a fully credible piece of work, but I concede that plenty of folk just a bit younger than me really like this album. Despite a great single, their follow up album couldn't quite match it - probably as they weren't original in the first place....
This album features one of the best songs of all time, but it’s not by the Scissor Sisters... But I really have to say, listening to the album was fun and there are a few good songs on it; it really surprised me.
meaningful glam pop bangers everywhere on this album. Heavy disco and Elton John influences. Important to know the backstory of the band
A sobering reminder that even transgressive gay people can be unbearably boring
Everything about the Comfortably Numb cover has been said already, I’ll just add this, the cover is now almost as old as the original was when the cover was released.
Simply -fabulous-. A great, joyous album that's made my day just a tad brighter.
If you can enjoy the falsetto voices this one is quite good. Funky basslines combine with disco vibes but it isn't pure camp either. A bit of a punk vibe to it in its attitude. Don't trip over the pink floyd cover, let the album speak for itself.
I prefer the follow-up as it feels more solidified and energetic, but this is very fun on its own.
Wow... I had never heard of this before today and was pretty skeptical based on the description. Turns out a lot of this really rocks! Love the late '70s disco throwback vibes. Lots of funk going on. It's not all great, but most importantly it's fun, which is pretty refreshing. Will be listening to this again.
Ah this is so fun. You forget how many great songs this lot have. Very nostalgic for any UK 00s kid.
2.73
1001 albums generator wasn't about to let pride month end without giving me another gay classic. At it's best this album is an extremely flamboyant and glorious piece of glam pop, but it is a little inconsistent. Still though, am glad to have heard it.
If one of Elton John's outfits became sentient and wrote an album.
Surprenamment fun
lol that was crazy
So much fun
Aww a party album the day before a music festival😍 These guys are wild, saw them a year ago, haven't been the same since. I love the camp sound, a bit Elton John, a bit George Michael in parts. And their version of Comfortably Numb is really good.
Kyllä itellä on saksisiskoille ihan joku oma spottinsa sydämessä ja aina tykänny tosta Comfortably Numb viritelmästä, vaikkei sillä alkuperäisen kanssa oo mitään samaa ku sanoja
Ihan mukavaa rallattelua.
Varmaan kovimmat pink floidi -fanit saa halvauksen aina tätä levyä kuunnellessa tietyn koverin takia, mutta on tässä ihan jees ilme. Se näiden isoin hitti tais olla myöhemmällä albyymillä ja oma mielikuva pändistä ol muodostunut vahvasti sen perusteella. Varmaan tätä voi pitää jonain postmodernina genreltään ja sellanen pastissimaisuus tästä huokuu. Kuitenkin selkee tyylivalinta ja himppasen tuntus olevan kieli poskessa, joten hyväksytään. Eli iha jees meno.
Heh, vanha kunnon meemi Hesarin "tunnista bändi" -kuvasta. Avausraita Laura soi aivan jatkuvalla syötöllä MTV:llä aikanaan kun muutin Helsinkiin opiskelemaan syksyllä 2004. Vähän tuli allergia silloin koko bändiin, eikä se ole oikein hellittänyt vieläkään. Pink Floydin raiskaamisesta lähtee se toinenkin tähti minkä olisi meemiarvosta voinut antaa pois, niin ykkösellä mennään.
Favorite Track: Laura
Arrancamos la semana con el debut de esta banda que me recuerda a mi adolescencia. Nunca escuché más que sus singles que sonaban en la radio, en MTv y así: hoy toca escuchar disco. El álbum empieza bailable desde lo sutil, sin explotar, y luego va subiendo, con las excepciones de temazos como "Mary". Gran debut. Hasta mañana, gente
A band I've never heard of. Kinda sounded like a more soulful Maroon 5 with a bit of a disco twist. I was surprised to see this was released in 2004, it was a bit of a throwback sound, but I enjoyed it! Some catchy tunes, some nice ballads, and an infectious energy. Some of the lyrics were pretty funny too; One song was bragging about how they were going to take your mom out for a night on the town, and another complaining about not being able to see "tits on the radio." A fun dance rock album, a solid 4/5.
Britain can feel pretty depressing at the moment, but the fact that we collectively made this album a huge hit is a reminder that we don't always hate fun.
Glam rock, electroclash, nu-disco.
This is a fun album
I can't believe I recognized multiple songs by these guys. This was a fun album. A beegees-esque disco album in the 21st century is a welcoming idea but it's not going to have any staying power with me. It was fine.
Great throwback with some bangers
Comfortably Numb
Skip it!
Another male dominated band marketing themselves as females. This album sounds a bit like Elton John. The singing's pretty good, though the vocal effects are kinda questionable. I'm not really a fan of the dance pop beats, but it's not bad. The best tracks are "Laura" and "Mary".
Very gay and surprisingly good. I expected this to be a lot like Elton John, but I was pleasantly surprised.
It's just very much its own high-quality weird moment in time and there isn't much like it. It's very good at what it does and it's damned catchy.
Much fun (the unusual version of COmfortably NUmb)
Generelt godt nivå
I feel uncomfortably numb after hearing this one. Those vocals are not it.
This album is actually a lot of fun and I enjoyed it. Many people remark on the Numb remake and honestly, I think it's great--maybe better than the original.
Number: 162 Date: 06/14/2026 Artist: Scissor Sisters Album: Scissor Sisters Year: 2004 Style: Glam Pop Rock Familiarity: Aware (2) Rating: 1 Before: ======= I have heard their name quite a lot but cannot name any songs from them and would not know them if I heard them; however, I'm pretty sure they show up some in playlists that Spotify recommends for me. My guess is that nothing form them ever grabbed my attention. During: ======= Starting off with Laura...Oh, it's a dude, not what I was expecting. OK, yeah, not a fan. Sounds a little too main stream for my tastes. OMG, what have they done to Comfortably Numb? I'm leaning to a 1 for the whole album based on that. 2 Laura 2 Take Your Mama 1 Comfortably Numb 2 Mary 1 Lovers In The Backseat 2 Tits On The Radio 1 Filthy / Gorgeous 2 Music Is The Victim 1 Better Luck 1 It Can't Come Quickly Enough 1 Return To Oz ----------------------------------------------------- 1.44 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= So my average by per song rating is 1.4 so yeah, this gets a 1 from me, even though apparently some people think it is worthy and some sort of statement, especially amongst certain groups. 1 my personal rating 3 suitability for this list 4 impact ----------------------------------------------- 2.7 composite rating
La verdad gran disco. No es mi estilo pero me gusto todo lo que escuche. Creo que es un 3.5 pero les doy el 4
Meandering pop
Overall it was something different. A couple songs I liked but nothing too crazy.
great find, haven't heard of them before. Favorite track: flithy/gorgeous other picks: comfortably numb, take your mama
Sara nije slusala jer se spremala da joj dodje decko Marko 2
Listened on: Spotify Listening experience: Single glorious uninterrupted session Wow - this was 2004. Reminds me of youth and party tunes. Have never listened to the full album - it was so fun. Highlights are Laura and Tits on the Radio. Fabulous.
I'm so glad I discovered this band. Papi and fun. I really like the song take your Mom. I will continue to listen to them.
Really good. Almost 5
Went on a complete roller coaster with this because I assumed the name meant they were gay women, but I guess they're gay men instead. Then there was a disco cover of Comfortably Numb. Thoroughly interesting, lots of different styles and eras that they were playing with. I enjoyed it a lot.
Fun, but a too disco-y for my taste.
Its ok Bad pink föoyd cover
At first I was like, I don't like disco but this seems kind of genuine so maybe it's not that bad. The longer this album went the more in burned me out, by the end I couldn't wait for it to be over. I don't think it's necessarily bad but it's definitely not my taste in music.
Surprisingly, I didn't hate this. Well ok, I did kind of hate the tracks that leaned more into disco and dance, but some of the more glam rock/art rock tracks were actually pretty decent. That said, this album is getting a 2/5 for that cover of Comfortable Numb alone. While I do appreciate when an artist covers a song in their own style, absolutely no one was asking for a disco version of Comfortably Numb.
Before listening thought of them as light weight pop band. After same opinion. That said i dont dislike it. You can hum and tap along to your hearts content. Would i die on a hill for the no. Would i turn of if on radio no. A solid 3.
I really enjoyed this when it was released, it just hasn't aged well
Favorite Track: Mary Least Favorite Track: Comfortably Numb
Some cool ideas and I love what they represent but it’s certainly a hit or miss project for me
Very unexpected. Knew nothing of the band or their sound. Loved the poppiness and how it flowed from track to track. Laura, Mary and Dirty/Gorgeous were my standouts.
I was excited to have my first five star album that was new to me. The first two songs had me. But it fell off for me after that. Still overall great!
6/10 No me acuerdo la verdad, pero me habia gustado
Edgy, engaging, queer art pop? I am all in on this glam gay shit. Definite Elton John vibes in there too. Just fabulous. A high 4 on first listen that could become a 5
I was expecting a bit more but didn’t get anything out of this. Rating: 1.4
3.5 enjoyed
This album was unexpectedly a good time for me. I'm not a fan of disco, but you could definitely hear its influence. Overall, I liked it, but I have to subtract a star for that horrendous Comfortably Numb cover. Liked Songs Added: Take Your Mama Tits On The Radio
Bland and uninspiring. Not necessarily mediocre, they do some novel things and have a unique sound, but it’s just not a collective good.
Fine, but slightly annoying somehow.
Love it
how did people survive the early 2000s
really interesting band i hadn't heard of
An interesting blend between Portugal the Man and John Grant all with a poppy punch. Honestly had a good time listening to this album and they donated great job of keeping each song fresh. I didn't know we had a hit on this album too but overall nothing got bogged down in the process
Again. Why is there only one woman in this band
A decently indecent pastiche of 70s and 80s pop rock. Gotta respect the Scissor Sisters for breaking through the deep homophobia of the mainstream media in 2004 with some deeply gay aesthetic choices. One problem with drawing on such a wide set of musical styles is you're unlikely to hold most peoples' interest across a full album. For me, I loved the disco songs; the glam / arena rock songs did not scratch the itch.
Its just not my bag. I think I have heard the singles too much as they got (and still do get heavy rotation). Don't like the falsetto delivery. I don't hate it and they have some catchy tunes its just not for me.
Scissor Sisters The opening 4 tracks really are superb, Laura, Take Your Mama, Comfortably Numb and Mary, all of them neatly and joyously encapsulating their obviously displayed influences; Stevie Wonder, disco, pop, rock, Elton John, the Bee Gees, etc. You might think it would struggle to maintain that stellar start, but Lovers in the Backseat, riffing on the excellent Everything She Wants by Wham, is also fantastic. And Tits on the Radio also isn’t merely a brilliant song title, it’s another disco-sleaze banger. I always thought Filthy Gorgeous sounds a bit like the ‘What’s Mr Chips doing’ music, and although it's fun and I like it, it's never resonated as much as those first 4 songs. Music Is The Victim clearly uses Nutbush City Limits as its launching pad/raison d’etre and I think they get away with it through sheer sense of exuberance and charm. Although it's by no means bad, from Better Luck to the end is where it starts to fall away for me, where the jubilant satin inspiration starts to give way to more polyester perspiration, a slight sense that the gleeful nicking and interpolations of the first 3/4s start to run out of steam somewhat. Despite that tailing off, it doesn’t outstay its welcome at all, all being wrapped up in a nice 43 minutes. It generally treads the tightrope of pastiche and tribute brilliantly, and the playing really is excellent, particularly the bass, and it's all tied together with a palpable sense of infectious fun, with 4 absolute bangers. It’s a shame it does tail away at the end, so I don’t think it quite makes a 5, but it's easily a high 4. ✂️✂️✂️✂️ Playlist submission: Take Your Mama
Kicking off with the stanky 'Laura' is an inspired move, showing there's a lot more here than club cheese. In fact this is a great 70s throwback - obviously Elton, but also a fair old slice of Wings, as well as disco overtones, prevalent throughout. The basslines are funky and of the 70s clubs. What really hammers home the quality is the come down to 'Mary', which feels like 70s blue-eyed soul, proving the album's not all about camp disco. The shimmering break is excellent. The filler is at its best when keeping a good tempo like 'Music is the Victim'. Otherwise it tails off a little with enjoyable but less catchy disco numbers ('Tits on the Radio', 'Better Luck') to the bland ('It Can't Come Quickly Enough'). If you like to party with gay abandon, then this has plenty for you. An album first half that is astounding given this is a debut, which runs out of steam over the second half, but not enough to sink the score.
This album is a gay old time.
Listened til Comfortably Numb, i.e. stopped after three tracks. Too fine a day to waste on mediocrity.
What sets the debut Scissor Sisters album apart is how openly, proudly queer it is. From their suggestive name, to their provocative lyrics, to their hit singles, like "Take Your Mama." Their music exists in this delicate space between "fun" and "irritating," but overall, I find this album a worthwhile and enjoyable listen. Something different than a lot of this list, and an important representation of a community and culture.
Excellent album varied and interesting
Too many S’s
A riot. I definitely under appreciated this at the time. Give me a bottle of rose chicken wine and a sunny late afternoon and this is a proper party soundtrack.
Some of the songs remind of the disco hits of the 1970's.
Favorite track(s): Lovers in the Backseat Besides the one track, it all came and went. Should've been another UK indie album for all it was worth.
mid as hell
Fuck sake
Me gustó el álbum, un poco extraño, pero siento que eso es lo que le da un toque especial. Me gustaron más unas canciones que otras, pero está padre que el mismo álbum va contando una historia que, según yo, tiene relación con la portada.
Heavy-hitting pop songs, good instrumentals. A pleasant listen. I didn't know I liked Scissor Sisters, but now I do. A solid four, because fives are reserved four albums that give me goosebumps or get me completely hooked.
I‘d vaguely heard of this band before the album came up on here. The first thing i noticed is how different each track sounds, which I rlly appreciate. A lot of enjoyable ones i gotta say. One thing i don’t understand is why name urselves Scissor sisters when yall are 3 dudes and one woman. Low 4
Hard to describe … modern day Elton John? I dunno. But it’s a fun listen
I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. This is a rock album that borrows heavily from disco and dance influences. There's a cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb which is completely unexpected, but works fairly well. This album is pretty good, although I would say I would need to be in the mood to listen again.
I was 18 when this came out, but only remember the band by name and was wondering how I missed it. After listening, I totally see why it passed me by. Definitely not something I would have appreciated at the time. Even now, after listening, I get why it might have been a big deal, but a whole album of this is too much for me. Some funky , groovy songs, but I think I would appreciate them more if a song or two were sprinkled amongst a playlist.
That. Was. Bad. 1
You include the album thats without their only hit. What the fuck
Bought this at time on the strength of a couple of singles. Disappointed then. Still disappointed. Dated from the day it was released. But Floyd fans should get over their comfortably numb angst. It’s a pretty good cover. And return to biz is a pretty good Floyd pastiche - though I’m sure that’s not what they were aiming for
Hell yeh
Funny? Ugly? Sometimes annoying, sometimes fresh. If you hear not too much is a nice change.
ehhhhh? if you had to have scissor sisters here idk why you wouldn’t just pick the album with their two big hits instead of this one, especially considering none of these tracks ever reach the highs of I Don’t Feel Like Dancing. that being said, it’s okay, and definitely tolerable when compared to a lot of this chronically online theater kid shit (namely tally hall and will wood UGGHHHHHHH) but it didn’t leave much of an impression on me.
Listening session: may 13th, while crocheting Listened to before: no Thoughts: sure this is not the best music ever made, but it’s surely fun to listen to and that’s not always the case on this project Favourite tracks: Take Your Mama, Mary & Filthy / Gorgeous
I don’t get it at all
I didn’t get Sister Scissors back when they were everywhere… I still don’t get them now. Should probably be a 2 star (I don’t mind the first 2 tracks) but the Comfortably Numb cover is so offensive I’m deducting a star.
I've seen the Scissor Sisters 4 times in concert. One time I even snuck my way in to the back entrance of the Palms (it's amazing where you can get when you just act like you're supposed to be there) and was able to meet Jake and Anna in person. They were awesome. Their shows were awesome! All this to say I miss this band terribly, and I'd love to see them all back together again. This album is Gay and Glam as fuck and nobody did it better.
I had never heard of this band. I was kind of enjoying it, and then came the Pink Floyd classic “Comfortably Numb”. I almost vomited. In spite of how much I hated that cover, I enjoyed the rest of it enough to still give it three stars.
music for fun times. we are all gay.
I remember reasonably enjoying the followup to this album 20 years ago(!), so I thought I'd like this, but ultimately I found it all a bit empty feeling.
This was a surprising listen to. I could hear the influences of psychedelic punk rock and that laid back sound from the 70s. This was an enjoyable sound experience.
sue me but i like the pink floyd cover. IT‘S FUN OK??? DO NONE OF YOU KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN ANYMORE??? So sue me but i’ll be listening to the dance version of comfortably numb
It was surprisingly good, i enjoyed the Pink Floyd vibes, and some songs were especially good.
Underrated and ahead of its time!
Very poppy, disco inspired music. Really well produced, and I appreciate the Pink Floyd cover as it's an unusual spin on a class song. Unexpected.
I did a double take over that Comfortably Numb cover. And the Sir Elton sounds like was pretty fun, too.
This was decent all the way through. Catchy and upbeat, nothing stood out except for the single, Take Your Mama, which is a really good song. No strong feelings about this one, it was decent, probably won't revisit.
I actually enjoyed it a lot. Most of the songs were good.
Enjoyed
For a band called Scissor Sisters I expected more lesbians? Stolen valor????? Anyway I am told the men in this group are gay so I guess that's better than them being straight. I actually really liked this up to the point they used that slur that gay men LOVE to use, you know, the one that starts with a "T" (note: I am gay, you can't be mad) that they *really* shouldn't be using. Left a sour taste in my mouth and took what probably would be a 5/5 for me down to a 4/5. 4/5
Great album, but I had to dock them a star for their Pink Floyd cover.
Meh
ganz ok, germ gehört
Some fun singles. Not sure it's sustained across an album
I remembered this a lot less than I expected. And I enjoyed this a lot less than I wanted.
I was familiar with the band's name, but not their music. Yeah, it was kind of funny. Something like that would definitely be a lot of fun in a disco or a gay bar. But the botched cover of the Pink Floyd song changes the review of the album from ok to vomit. 2/5
uuuh sie hani vage in erinnerig vorallem glaub ein grosse hit? uuh de erst song tönt recht geil er singt jo huere weird haha. sehr 2000er beat. take your mama isch sehr en 2000er rock n roll song aber sis falsetto isch huuuuere cool. ok noICE haha d comfortably numb version isch huere cool aber d lyrics sind scho für es langsamers tempo gschriebe. aber d gitarre und d synths sind huuere cool. und d haa haa haa-s sind meeega beegees. mary hani en viel bessere song gfunde als s comfortably numb cover haha. super cooli keys. shit ich finds richtig geil. mengmol mega retro aber immer huere punchy. sehr usgwählti sounds irgendwie. better luck isch chli afoch en happy popsong aber sehr groovy und super cooli chords.
ähüää glaub nanie vo dene ghört? fangt sehr lustig ah okee weiss iwie nanig was demit ahfange HAHAHAHA oke han denkt dass es es goofy cover wird sii vo comfortably numb aber SOOO GOOFY auchli beegees? respektiers aber würkli guet findis nöd es nimmt die ganze emotione und d rueh usem lied, was sicher extra isch aber joooo hahaha tits on the radio isch funny und au dur sin gsang im refrain sicher en verwiis uf video killed the radiostar filthy/gorgeous macht easy spass hahaha weiss nöd es ischmer alles chli z liecht und goofy die letschte 3 songs hendmer chli besser gfalle, hans gfühl die sind echli "ernster" gsi jaa nöd so min fall gsi. hans aber easy kreativ gfunde, knapps 3?
definitely different, loved their take on Comfortably Numb
A good album, but I'm knocking it a whole point because of the awful cover of Comfortably Numb. It may be petty, but fuck it lol
Great fun! I didn’t realize I knew some of these songs. Perfect for a sunny spring morning!
469/1089 - It's an alright combo of glam and disco. Mary sounded cool, iirc, I liked the mysterious chord progression in the post-chorus.
This was ok. Kinda fun, kinda campy.
Kind of a mash up of Lady Gaga, Pet Shop Boys with a little Bee Gee's thrown in but not as goos as any of them. Just alright.
Love this album. A funky little slice of alt rock meets the nightclub in the early 2000s.
Bee Gees Jr. Not sure about it yet.
How the fuck did this album ever sell over 3 million copies? 3/10
It was one of the weirdest albums and most decent albums I’ve listened to
Well, what can I say. I’m a sap and I let myself enjoy this maybe more than I should have. 😂
CUT!
buen album, me gustó muchisimo.
The comfortably numb cover makes me angry I enjoyed the other album with I can't decide as a kid but this album feels like a slightly more sophisticated venga boys
Low-key amazing debut album. Mixing glam rock with electronica. But I could do without that cover of Comfortably Numb… 3⭐️
yep, played this a lot back in the day
Shocked that this album is on this list.
Pretty fun. I'm not super into the guy's voice. The cover of Comfortably Numb was very different and cool.
Couldn't really get a good read on this one. Some enjoyable stuff throughout but a very different sound that mostly was not for me. 4/10
couple of good songs
Removed
Not bad
Un disco simpático, la única que me gustó fue Take your Mama. Comfortably Numb, este cover que hace la banda, es muy extraño, como que la letra y la música no van, no me gustó. Esperaba más de este grupo, pero sinceramente me decepcionó
7.5
Never listened. Expectations: Low - Verdict: Not For Me - This opening track is definitely catchy although I'm not sure I would ever reach to put it on. The intro of Take Your Mama really reminds me of Movin' On Up. I quite enjoy the falsetto vocals. The Floyd cover makes me feel uncomfortable, it's nowhere near as good as their own material and while it is a creative take on a classic, it's just awful. Mary is decent while Lovers In The Backseat is quite poor. After a really quite a strong start this has gone downhill pretty quickly.
I enjoyed the 70s-like style of this
#102/1001 🇺🇸✂️🏳️🌈 This record is brilliant fun. We had it on rotation when it came out but haven't listened to it in years. Just a riot of electro, disco and damned good pop music. The cover of Comfortably Numb serves well to upset and outrage the purist rock fans. I love both versions. Best tracks: Filthy Gorgeous, Comfortably Numb, Laura.
A good album but not the best scissor sisters album
Way way more interesting than I thought it to be back in the day. Engaging and forward stuff, nice compositions and decent production!
Mmmm yes of course much to mmmmm yeah mm
Pretty good actually, not a fan of the Comfortably Numb cover
Camper than an Elton John show in Blackpool.
Je connais Scissor Sisters grâce à Just Dance 3 et I Don't Feel Like Dancin' et je m'attendais donc à un album qui bouge pas mal mais en fait non.
I enjoyed this, maybe it was the right music for a sunny day. Particularly liked the gayest cover of comfortably numb I've ever heard.
Some decent songs and some bad. The pink floyd cover is unforgivable though
Not for me!
Scissor Sisters are like Electric Light Orchestra: real sweet and sugary with tremendous melodies. This album starts hot and was solid listening the whole way through. Top tracks: "Take Your Mama," "Laura," "Comfortably Numb"
Bob Dylan stinks
--Laura...funky fresh opening track. sweet guitar. we got saxophone! --Take Your Mama...an absolute banger --Comfortably Numb...fun cover --Mary...lush ballad --Lovers in the Backseat...solid bass groove --Tits on the Radio...speaking of solid bass grooves. can't see tits on the radio? not with that attitude --Filthy/Gorgeous...I'm starting to think this LP might be a little gay. fun dance rocker --Music Is the Victim...I want to be a victim, too! great bop --Better Luck Next Time...this band is full of surprises. they can seamlessly switch between funk, club/disco, rock. often all within the same track --It Can't Come Quickly Enough...pleasant but generic ballad. first time I've been bored --Return to Oz...a little disappointed that they decided to slow things down so much for the final two tracks, but this one is more interesting than "It Can't...". David Gilmour-style guitar solo at the end is great
Pretty fun and well produced. Just did not need 3 album sides
A really really good pop album. I can understand why these guys were all over the radio and a lot of other media (certainly in the UK) in the early noughties. As for the 'Comfortably Numb' debate, I thought I vaguely recognised it before I looked at the title. It's SO far from the original that it's almost a different song. I thought it was perfectly aligned to the rest of the album. If they actually *were* known as "that gay band" then I'm coming out.
I haven't been leaving many reviews but I had to say something about their cover of Comfortably Numb. Absolute trash. Period.
I had this vague idea that I like the Scissor Sisters as a result of the renewed popularity of Let’s Have a Kiki. After slogging through this whiny record I can confidently say I do not. Couldn’t finish. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Very catchy and fun Pop record. I thought these guys were English for the longest time. Turns out they're New Yorkers. The Glam influences are refreshing and give them an edge not often found in 2000's mainstream pop releases. The genre diversity is also very welcome, form the Broadway-esque opener "Laura", to their controversial Electro-Disco take on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb", all done very tastefully and in a self-aware manner. Also, incredibly gay of course. Key tracks: Laura Take Your Mama Comfortably Numb Mary Filthy/Gorgeous
Ein buntes, energiegeladenes Debüt, das Disco‑Pop, Glam und Camp‑Attitüde mit viel Spielfreude mischt. Einige Songs zünden sofort, andere wirken heute etwas überdreht oder stilistisch zu grell. Charmant, catchy, aber nicht durchgehend treffsicher.
I thought i would like it, thought I wouldn't and then thought I would again!
While listening to this album, I was reflecting on the nature of queer relationships and thinking about the glamorous camp of professional wrestling. I had very strange expectations going into this album, assuming at a glance that it would be some hair rock band a la Twisted Sister. And while the first two songs skewed close to that sound, they managed to execute it with a level of tact and taste not often found in this other bands, which eased my reservations quite a bit; by the time the fuzzy electric sound and carnival music energy made themselves known, those reservations were long gone. The fact that Scissor Sisters could take something similar to that skeevy southern rock sound and polish it up with just enough class to actually make it unambiguously enjoyable wasajorly impressive to me. Even the slower ballads are incredibly compelling, and the album manages to dance between those rock sensibilities and a synth-heavy electropop sound, mixing house beats and guitars in a way that would feel right at home on a dancefloor. The cherry on top is just how actively queer, and about the queer community, this album is; listening to it feels like a celebration and recognition of queer identity in a way that I found incredibly refreshing, especially for a 2004 album. Highlights: Laura, Take Your Mama, Comfortably Numb, Mary, Lovers In The Backseat, Tits On The Radio, Music Is The Victim, It Can't Come Quickly Enough, Return To Oz
That atrocious cover of Comfortably Numb almost dropped this thing down to 2 stars
Others have commented how awful early 2000s music was. The fact that the first three tracks on this album were all massively overplayed on UK radio says so. This album is fine, but only that.
“Take Your Mama” is insanely catchy, and that one did a lot of the heavy lifting for me. “Better Luck Next Time” was good too, and “Return to Oz” was another strong one. The big thing holding it back is that disco EDM version of “Comfortably Numb.” That did not need to exist, and it definitely dragged the album down for me. Full star deduction just for that.
Sounds a little like it was made exclusively with toy instruments, including one of those midi keyboards that plays rudimentary beats and reverb. The minute the vocals came in I knew this wasn't for me. I want to say the producer had too many yes-men involved in making this album. I agree with very few musical decisions made here. Kudos to Scissor Sisters for making it happen.
You're telling me that this is the band that also recorded I Can't Decide. anyways 2.5* I couldn't decide
A couple of really pretty good songs, a lot of pretty mid songs, and a couple of pretty bad songs. Overall a meh experience. I honestly would have guessed Scissor Sisters were earlier than 2004, but they also definitely have a 2000s sound to them.
Sounded like a funk band from the 70s forgot to set the alarm, but it sounds so good. I was surprised by how different every track was.
I won the Scissor Sisters award at CSUN for having the best essay title, “Reckon Balls,” & never bothered to actually listen to Scissor Sisters! Real good!
Would rather have gotten some Blood Brothers but this was ok.
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4.2 That was fantastic. The only track I really knew fully beforehand was Laura, although a couple others were familiar. Still, even a random cover of Comfortably Numb (that I'm unsure was worth it) can't spoil the fact that this is a very catchy little album, with many throwbacks to the best of 80s synth-pop. I remember this coming out in 2004 and instantly dismissing it despite by then-girlfriends attempts to put it on rotation. Turns out I was very much in the wrong. Very very good album.
For some reason I thought that I would enjoy this album a lot more than I did. I just think of another song with a man with a high voice singing gibrish. I'll remember it sometime. Take your momma was pretty good though.
I like the name of the group 😂. I vibe with some of the tunes (shout out take your mama)… but over all only going 2.2. Hard to really get into it.
Wow this was a pleasant surprise! Great energy on this album, I enjoyed it a lot. 7/10 Quite Likeable
Pretty good
Queer icon album, really good
I didn't reduce the score by one star for the heretic "Comfortably Numb" cover only because it wouldn't be fair.
I was into my electroclash back then and loved Comfortably Numb, bought this album on day of release and was surprised at how Abba-ish and dance oriented it was. Saw them live in Leeds and was a great gig, met the band they were all really nice (except Ana Matronic who I find painfully dull, her audience talk is always painfully forced and phony). But find it weirdly soulless and flat to listen to now.
I was all set to hate on this - I've got serious rock 'n' roll credentials to manitain. But the truth is I had a good fun time reliving this. The singles remind youi a foam party in the old club in town, while the rest doesn't fall into the 'filler' category, every song here knows the brief and happily fulfills it.
Not what I expected, and surprised!
A pretty good album, I liked Laura the most.
Whatever this is, I like it. I was not expecting to enjoy an album that topped (tee hee) the UK charts in the early 00s, given that I've hated the Britpop/post-Britpop that this list has handed to me so far (drab, formulaic, clichéd, why?). This has been a pleasant surprise. Wasn't really ready for a disco cover of Comfortably Numb. I don't love it. I don't hate it either. As a disco song, it's fun. As a Floyd cover, it's not great. It misses the point and narrative of the song in favor of pizazz. But it *does* have pizazz. In spades. Vocals are neat; Brothers Gibb one second, Elton John the next. Instrumentals are fun, energetic, some nice bass work in there. It's a bit cheeky, a bit irreverent, occasionally tender. Thumbs up. Not perfect, but pretty darn good.
'Filthy/Gorgeous' is phenomenal, and even 'Mary' had the feels. I guess other than that I'm not sure what the hype was all about. But hey it was fun!
This album is all over the place. There's no way I would have guessed this was made in 2004 because it all feels like it's from much earlier times. Where it's fun, it's really fun... Where it isn't, it isn't. Notables: "Laura" starts the album on a very Dolly Parton "9 To 5" riff which immediately triggers your brain into dance mode. "Comfortably Numb" is actually kind of a low point for me. Maybe I like the original too much to embrace this disco version. "Mary" proves 'the sisters' are actual musicians; very Elton John. "Tits On The Radio" is an instant classic for me "Filthy/Gorgeous" is too much. If there's one song that breaks the retro hypnosis, this is probably it for me.
7/10 It's a lot fun, but REEKS of Radio 2 - probably one of the defining artists of that whole kitchen disco, middle aged parents, Jo Whitley, sanitised festival vibe. Not a bad thing, and this was huge at the time. However, Elton John it is not.
Not much to say, it's music that is either nostalgic or derivative of better music, but it's not bad in and of itself, just not particularly memorable. Well, there was their cover of "Comfortably Numb" where they sounded like The Bee Gees, but that's not a good sort of memorable.
Didn't enjoy this. The production is weak and they murdered a Floyd song.
Early on I got a mental image of the vocalist as L’il Sweet from the Dr. Pepper commercials. Made it hard to take the music too seriously, but I don’t think this band took itself very seriously in the first place. Entertaining if unspectacular.
Better than expected.