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i was surprised but excited Scissor Sisters were on here.
Fluctuated between hating this and loving it. I'm not much of a pop music person but this was entertaining and fresh.
Fun album! Cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" has hints of Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" Filthy / Gorgeous Music is the Victim
This was all over the place. Really liked some songs, really didn’t like others. And I don’t think they’re scissor sisters at all.
Some songs were okay. Others I kept checking to make sure my AirPod was connected and not playing out loud at my corporate job.
Wow, totally off my radar. It was pretty good up to Filthy/Gorgeous, at which point I simply fell in love ❤️
fun pop nonsense
First half is great, but the back end is pretty weak
I was kinda vibing with this until I heard maybe the worst cover of a song I've ever heard in my life in Comfortably Numb. I don't even understand what their artistic interpretation was meant to be of it, but it very obviously missed the mark. But then...I started vibing to it again. It's too electronica-heavy for my taste, but I really enjoy the "real" instrumentals. Really good variation in feeling too...just don't make the song about a literal fever dream sound like the acid trip from hell next time. Favorite track: Filthy/Gorgeous
This album is a mixed bag. It's annoying when they sing like the Bee Gees but it's good when they don't. There's some good electronic production in many tracks. "Mary" is actually splendid and a highlight of the album. It's too poppy for my taste. 3 stars for a decent album.
I don't think I had heard any of these songs before. It was a solid album for sure, just not really my style.
A pretty fun album, although their Comfortably Numb is still a hard skip. Not entirely sure why it's on this list. But then again... Maybe because there has to be some stuff on the list that's just feel-good enjoyable with hints of Bee Gees, Elton John and songtitles about boobs.
Nice disco fun cool pop album. Some nice tracks committed to the dance. Kinda slowed down at the end.
Fullt godkänd.
I really liked "Take Your Mama" but the rest of the album didn't hit for me. Nonetheless, it wasn't terrible to listen to and they had a cover of a Pink Floyd song so I was happy, even though it wasn't my favorite cover.
I am not the market for 00’s glam. I hated the original glam. For glam, this was fine. I didn’t hate it.
I enjoyed the bulk of this album. Not great or revolutionary, but enjoyable. Take Your Mama and Better Luck Next Time were the highlights …. Comfortably Numb wasn’t, but they did completely remake it, practically unrecognizable ….
Wow – that was a lot of fun! Never heard of Scissors Sisters before, though they weren’t likely to ever appear on my radar… Smart, clever, funny, well-executed musically, with excellent vocals and lyrics – what a great combination for a solid album… Nice diversity throughout the album as well – which I always appreciate… Favs included the Bee Gees-disco-style version of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” – as that was a pretty creative arrangement… Really enjoyed “Mary”, “Tits On The Radio”, and the sultry and hilarious “Filthy/Gorgeous” about a tranny hooker – as those tracks were so well done, and so much fun to listen to… The other aspect of the band that I thought was cool, was that they could also produce something on the more serious side, as the closing track - “Return To Oz” is the best on the album IMO… Also noted like many others that vocals that remind you of a sort of a younger version of Elton John does not hurt either… Really, really well-done… Love bands that don’t take themselves too seriously, but clearly have the chops musically and lyrically to create some inventive music – and this band covers every one of those bases… Would probably give it a 3.50 if we could score that way, but will have to stick with a solid 3 for a fun, creative, and extremely well-done album… Glad I listened, as this one never would have come my way without the 1,001…
It was alright. Had a not so good cover of Comfortably Numb. I will probably not listen to it again. I will round up.
Amazing release at the time. I like a lot of what they did. Feels a little dated now though.
sirvieron
Aiight I guess. Weird dance music
What an interesting mix of song styles! All are quite easy to listen to (even their cover of Comfortably Numb, which conflicts me at a deep level) and generally good pop. I yearn for more complexity in their compositions though.
Don’t know what I expected, but definitely not a pop/funk/electro remix of comfortably numb to be in there.. both blasphemy and cool at the same time. Overall abit TOO upbeat of an album with very shallow lyrics (except CN but that doesn’t count). Fun listen either way.
Vaguely familiar with the Scissor Sisters prior to listening. I'm not sure how I would describe this sound, they're labeled as glam rock but all the glam rock I know and have listened to is from the 70s. I guess this is the natural evolution of a music genre into the current century. Anyways, there's a good mix of jovial, high-energy jams and slow ballads on here. Complete with an...interesting cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".
Nice but Not good
Fun, groovy songs. Lots of attitude and the musical chops to back it up. I loved their album "Ta Da" when it came out, this one is equally enjoyable, though a little less polish and more edge.
They understood and nailed the assignment. I don't personally care for the finished product.
Pretty good 80s dance album with a bit of an alternative touch. 3.5 stars
Doesnt sound gay to me.
Ok but not great
fun but not great
Full of good noughties bops.
Meh, ok.
File under: completely unnecessary addition to list. Sweet timing though, it was 20 years old last week. I will admit they were a breath of fresh air when they came along. Ana Matronic seems cool as fuck and I enjoyed her radio 2 show. I have heard some of these songs soooo many times since though. Cannot stand take your mama out. Not being the biggest post-Barrett Floyd fan I had never twigged that Comfortably Numb was a cover of THAT Comfortably Numb. So I guess points for making a cover that sounds nothing like the original. Makes sense now why the words don't scan with the rhythm. To be fair once I got past Take your mama home I might be able to enjoy this. Mary sounds like, what does it sound like? Tears For Fears, that's it. It's the production on the vocal. Sowing...the seeds of love, the seeds of love. Good chorus for Tits on the Radio, the rest is meandering. Same goes for filthy gorgeous. You know how you get singles bands and albums bands? I think the Scissor Sisters might be a chorus band. Pathologically unable to write a verse that is above mediocre. Great choruses though. Best songs - Can't Come Quickly Enough (by a distance), Comfortably Numb. The bonus track Get it Get it is decent too. Why is it not in the album, there's a couple of real turkeys this could have replaced. Maybe they thought too similar to filthy gorgeous etc
Some bangers bang and some do not!
Laura and Take Your Mama are great. Rest meh
Was mostly really good! But Comfortably Numb was violently offensive.
Some nice rhythms but kinda harsh.
3.25
Super funky with some eyebrow-raising lyrics. Loved the sound, lyrical content was questionable, and interesting to learn the wild history of this boundary-less group. Three stars.
I enjoyed ear feel of the music, it was interesting to listen to. Some songs with the super high voice and driving instruments throughout. Some of the lyrics were kind of spicy and I wasnt sure if I was supposed to feel uncomfortable. Ill give this 3 stars but I would not be upset listening to it again.
Fairly good. Hadn't heard before.
Generally OK modern disco music, but this version of Comfortably numb should be a criminal offence.
Pop elegante y bien elaborado. Con tonos de falsetes. Algo electrónico también. Simplemente escuchable. Podría llegar a gustar más
Only a few good Songs
Ben voilà quoi
Really weird but not terrible.
Nice party music, but the album is too long and a bit lacking in nuance
J'ai vraiment plus aimé cet album que j'aurais anticipé, il y avait vraiment des bons bangers là-dessus. Mais c'est du pop que je trouve qui ne se démarque pas tellement plus qu'il faut. Aussi, je ne suis vraiment pas sûr de l'exécution de la reprise de Comfortably Numb. Globalement un album bien fait, bien produit, des bons musiciens, mais comme beaucoup d'albums de cette liste, à quel point est-ce nécessaire de l'écouter avant de mourir. 6/10
Strong start but the latter half was a bit meh. Awful cover of Comfortably Numb.
I remember hearing these songs but didn’t know the band. Kinda wish they were a lesbian punk rock group from the name!
3,5
Some of these songs could easily be from the late 80s/early 90s. What a weird cover of Comfortably Numb... That is not a song I'd have imagined an upbeat version to. Really enjoyed Better Luck and Music is the Victim.
Revisiting an album I last heard when it came out, and when the songs were everywhere, I expected to dislike this intensely. But you know what, it's pretty likeable and has aged much better than I thought it would. A pleasant surprise, and shows that they were more than a gimmick cover and cool videos band.
C'est sympa mais. Des titres entraînants, des fois un peu barbant. Leur reprise de "Comfortably numb" est au final assez bof, passé l'effet gaga de ce cross over bee gees Pink Floyd. Laura fait un bon début d'album. "It can't come quickly enough" est très sympa. "Filthy/Gorgeous" est efficace. Ils étaient peut être le sauveur d'un certain fun a l'époque, mais aujourd'hui c'est plus tiède. Leur deuxième album est de toute façon mieux, avec quelques vrais tubes imparables.
Good
Tough call on this one, definitely something new and exciting given the usual British fare here but a tad too homogenous to land in four-star category. Really enjoyed the defiant, distinctive personality on this LP, and was pleasantly surprised an album this unapologetically queer garnered such strong support. The instrumentals and compositions are quite prescient in retrospect, foreshadowing the MGMT-era indie dance craze of the 2010s. Not sure there’s enough variety to sustain a full-length’s worth of interest, but I still really enjoyed this one and wish more of the Brit selections could be as out there as this one.
A fine, normal album that I didn't have any gripes or anything with. I feel like I've heard this band before on something but not sure where. Either way, as I always do, I question why this one is on this list but upon reading the wiki it is very glaring. While this album did not perform well in the US, it performed extremely well in the UK. Another instance of bias.
Stark trea
Scissor Sisters found a somewhat niche fan base as being unabashedly gay dance pop. Even then, most gays are partial to the more mainstream pop acts like Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. Scissor Sisters, in comparison, is tied up in making genuinely catchy tunes or tongue-in-cheek jokes. Shamelessly sexual, but never in an erotic way. Highlights are the surprisingly heartwarming "Take Your Mama", and the electric "Filthy / Gorgeous" which lives up to it's name by having the dirtiest synths. Despite this, I think they're better off with synths than piano. They lean almost piano rock for many of their songs, though their best stuff is elsewhere.
I enjoyed this ! 3*
Musically it's OK - I suspect that it's the band's association with gay culture and the band's name that account for this album's inclusion. I wasn't impressed with their cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb".
51 Based on this scale: 1 - 0 to 19 2 - 20 to 39 3 - 40 to 59 4 - 60 to 79 5 - 80 to 100 This was better than I'd expected.
Not my thing.
👍🏻
This is okay. I don’t really vibe with the singer though. I enjoyed Mary and Return to Oz, but the rest didn’t really do anything for me.
There’s some cool stuff in here. I would probably enjoy it more in a different mood
This one was pretty good, two decent songs that made the playlist but nothing special really
This is fun, but not particularly groundbreaking.
This was ok but it’s not really my thing. Kind of sounded like a mix of Elton John and disco music. The cover of “comfortably numb” was fucking awful and should be deleted.
I haven't listened to this since it first came out. It's still pretty good, not something I'd listen to all the time, but lots of the songs are catchy, and I like their version of Comfortably Numb.
Earns bonus points for that “Comfortably Numb” cover. C
3.4
Some nice tunes but they would get better than this
This feels like MGMT before MGMT. Taking old sounds and giving them a modern sheen. Can’t say I loved it but I did like a lot of it.
I liked it ... 3 stars
Great record. I like the hits.
Once again, we see the Britain-centric nature of this project. Eighty percent of this album's sales were in Britain. The rest of the world did not care. It's not a bad album, but it's not great. I'd probably give it 3.5 stars, but I'll round down.
Fun times.
These guys are all over the place
Enjoyable at times, bit too weird at other times
2-3
Their glam rock style is fun. Reminiscent of Elton John, Bowie and Queen. I’m not sure how I feel about the Pink Floyd cover.
At first I thought, oh, shades of David Bowie. Then, no, it's Elton John. Then wait, is it the Bee Gees doing a Pink Floyd cover? No wait, it sounds like George Michael. Anyway, interesting mix of influences and overall pretty enjoyable. I think the cover of Comfortably Numb was not a great idea though. 3 stars.
I hated them when I heard them for 1st time, they raped the brilliant Comfortably Numb, made this introvert, depression song into a party song, F*ck you! But saw them live at a festival and loved their energy, still despite beautiful songs like Mary on this album they are for me live band to sing a long with I Dont Feel Like Dancing. 3 Stars
I do like some camp disco. This is fun, but there are better of the genre
All quite fun and poppy, but it’s quite long and I don’t really remember anything from it.
Never heard of them before. Standouts: Take Your Mama, Comfortably Numb, Return to Oz Others: Laura, Mary, Lovers in the Backseat, Filthy/Gorgeous, It Can’t come quickly enough. 3.5/5
Laura Comfortably Numb
4/11, 36%
I was with this album right when it dropped and remember Comfortably Numb as the standout track--listening as I was to a lot of Tiga at the time. Overall, there is a lot to like here and the band was bringing some new representation to music. A lot to like here still, big orchestral electronic sounds, good sense of timing, and agreeable vocals.
Better than I remember - there's definitely a rock/disco crossover appeal here that is at once modern yet reminiscent of a lot of 70s rock; "Mary" is giving me a cool Elton vibe or what Elton should have morphed into during the 80s. I'm trying (mostly) to overlook the hideous cover of "Comfortably Numb" which at best is just bad; it's probably the vocals which sound too throwaway/tongue-in-cheek/jokey to make it work at all. All in all it's a mostly fun and not-difficult listen but a bit too much cheesy/dancey vibe overall for me e.g. has a relative sameness to it especially early that i'm not sure it's enough for me to elevate it to keeper/4 status. Best songs: Mary, Take Your Mama 7/10 3 stars.
Really not my typical type of music, but their version of Comfortably Numb was pretty great.
Not for me, but fun
Better than I thought it would be.
This an interesting album, if an occasionally haphazard one. The quality swings from pure brilliance to absolute dreck. Still, it's playful and clever and frank in a way you don't often hear in pop music. Fave Songs: Take Your Mama, Return to Oz, Mary, Comfortably Numb, Lovers in the Backseat
I’m tempted to rate this higher due to the three huge singles but unfortunately the rest of the album is kind of average and my god the Pink Floyd cover is dreadful. Balances out at a three
A few good tracks. Most likely won't listen to the album in the future.
Pink Floyd door de Bee Gees, en het werkt! Niet alle tracks zijn even memorabel maar al met al best een geinig plaatje.
Vrolijk en ongecompliceerd en ik vermoed dat dit het goed doet in de lhbtqi-community.
Definitely more inventive than the average pop group. Laura is a tune and don't mind take your mama out but find anything with two much singing in the high vocal range to be pretty grating, comfortably numb in particular. Think they deserve the accolades, it's just not really my thing
Odd one. Has some really great tunes but also some of the most annoying ones. I’ve never liked Comfortably Numb as a song anyway but this cover is absolutely atrocious. And Filthy/Gorgeous is annoying as hell. I’m going to give it 3 because of those few genuinely decent tracks.
3-4
The music is pretty good but boy does the singer's high-pitched become annoying after a while.
J'ai trouvé ca bon, rock et recherché comme son. Le cover de comfortably numb ma prit par surprise et je n'ai pas trop aimé mais l'album termine tellement sur une bonne note. C'est un bon album que j'ai du écouté 2 fois car je ne me souvenais pas de ma premiere écoute. Ca a son bon coté car ca veut dire que ca s'écoute bien, mais ca m'a pas marquéé 3.60
Dancing the night away. At least half. The dancier the tracks are the better they are. The more indie/rocky they are the less interesting they are. Give me a thumping backbeat and those sick falsetto vocals amd I'm very happy. The normal singing is less cool by far. Those tracks feel pretty standard. Some great bass grooves as well. I'd give a 3.5 if I could but too much is middling to round up here 3*
Surprisingly my least favorite was the Pink Floyd cover
Thought I'd hate it more than I did, but this is decent glam-rock. Still not a huge fan of the genre but this is better than most.
опять обман... опять не записываем ревью... сёстры хорошие, несколько песен знаю и пляшу, надо послушать всю дискографию
Nobody has ever listened to Comfortably Numb and thought "you know what shit needs? A cover with a knockoff version of the Bee Gees" and yet here we are.
I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
3.5
Well that's different. Well done different.
Punches itself out in the second half, take your mama and filthy I remember as the big singles, felt like the grand return of disco, really like their version of comfortably numb as it’s so different
What a disappointment it was to see this as my second album of the challenge, after starting with Rush and looking forward to another classic album. My expectations for this were something poppy, cheesy and annoying. I knew I'd be turning my Spotify on to private session when I listened, so that my last.fm, song kick et al didn't start giving me pop recommendations. This intro might position me as a music snob but it was my honest reaction before listening. I was sure I'd recognise a song off this but couldn't think of one specifically. I googled the album before listening and saw it was critically well reviewed but knew that stylistically this was likely to be a one listen only album for me. I put it on at 7am while prepping my 10 month olds bottle and of course she immediately started dancing. I recognised the first two songs immediately, high quality pop from an era when there was a decent amount of stuff like this. Laura is a good song, take your mama less so but obviously a catchy hit too. The Comfortably numb cover was a surprise, not sure it worked for me but quite creative. The album slows down with Mary, a pleasant ballad, and then comes lovers in the backseat, which had a cool intro but was a forgettable song otherwise for me. Likewise, tits on the radio had a good baseline but was a bit skippable as a song, especially the chorus. Filthy gorgeous was another song that's perfectly fine but not for me, Clive. And the next few songs were all pleasant enough tunes that don't feel like they will stick long in the memory, although I enjoyed the strange breakdown in better luck next time, that almost felt like a hoedown. Return to oz also stood out to me for being such a change of tone, while the final couple of bonus tracks were perfectly serviceable, particularly get it get it. At 19 years old there was no chance I'd give this album a list, so I appreciate the prompt aged 38. It was worth a listen and something out of my usual tastes. Has this album a place on this list? I can at least say that, from my limited experience, it's better than most pop I've heard from the last 25 years. I like the retro disco feel and general seventies vibes. But is it elevated to a must listen album? I'd argue not. I even sped through the tracks one more time before I moved on, which I hadn't expected to do. is my favourite on the album. Will I listen again? Unlikely, unless my 10 month old has a say- it's not my sort of music and I won't be saving it on my playlist from this challenge, but that's more on me than on the album and perhaps I'm missing out by having less fun pop in my life. 6/10 - a few great pop tunes and plenty of filler
Laura, opening track is catchy. Take Your Mama is definitely a great song. Vocals are great, almost Elton John-esque. Catchy. The disco Comfortably Numb cover... not really doing it for me. I mean it does sound a bit like a Beegees song this way, but it's too cheesy to me. Mary sounds good too! Production overall pretty good. Catchy stuff, good vocalist.
I like the general vibe of this. I appreciated the Comfortably Numb cover and I kind of like the lightness of the sound and weirdness of the worlds here. Nothing too sticky, though, not like I Don't Feel Like Dancing or She's My Man. But still, fun enough for the background, I think.
Interesting. On the one hand, this sounds oh so very early 2000s indie rock and the kind of thing that would’ve sent journalists off to write their next “rock is dead and dance is back” article for some music blog that no longer exists. On the other, it also sounds like the SNL skit where Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake pretend to be the BeeGees. And despite all of that… I didn’t hate it! More than anything, it sounds mostly like Elton John (hat tip, Andy). I was thinking though of musicians who sound like Elton John and my list ended up being only 2 long. And one of them is Elton John himself. Then I was thinking, ya know what? I bet Elton John would like this band. I could totally see that. And that made me feel better about it all. I probably won’t listen to this band again. (Unless they do a whole album of disco Pink Floyd covers; not that “Numb” was good, but it was admittedly interesting.) But I liked “Return to Oz,” and “Tits on the Radio,” as well as a few others I don’t remember the names of. Let’s call it a 2.5 but I’ll round up to be nice.
Didn't care for the beginning or ending but quite liked the more electroclashy middle section of Lovers in the Backseat, Tits on the Radio, and Filthy/Gorgeous.
7/10
My view in 2004: Laura is a 5 star song. The Pink Floyd cover is good. Other songs are OK in general, but a bit too much pastiche. My view in 2023: exactly the same, and I do not feel this album belongs to the list despite its sale success. Score: 5/10.
Not sure whether to take this seriously but it is overall not a bad listen.
Les Scissor Sisters ont été adoptées par Elton John et les Bee Gees, et l'influence de cette co-parentalité se ressent à chaque instant à l'écoute de cet album de coiffure-pop.
3.5 - Back in the early 2000's, with the advent of legal and unfettered access to ALL music, there was this surge in bands whose seemingly sole purpose was to recombine nuggets from passé genres unearthed within the depths of YouTube. This album reflects that rummaging spirit, melding Elton John-informed piano balladry ("Marie") with Pink Floyd-styled psych-prog ("Return to Oz") with bits of 70's swamp-funk. A thick irony binds everything together as well as lots of cheeky falsetto. Mostly this sounds like the playlist for a "Pimps 'N' Hoes"-themed house party.
It's fun to take a non-disco song from the disco era and do a disco cover. I'm sure a lot of Pink Floyd fans cringed but I liked it.
Funky pop, fun but okay overall. Did not like the voice
Filthy/Gorgeous gives me memories of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.
Fun in places, but just feels messy in others.
It was fine. I’d give it more of a review, but I don’t really want to. It was fine.
I have questions. Two and a half stars
Eh
A bit too happy for me. But ok, Take your Mama. Great song, at least as a party song
It was alright! I liked a few tracks more than others.
3.25
bad aged
A real mixed bag, this. Some funky electro pop, a couple of nice ballads, a fair bit of trash, and an excruciating cover of Comfortably Numb. Just squeaks a 3 on the strength of most of the first half, but that does feel pretty generous (and probably helped by me being a teenager when this came out).
first time listening i liked the first half of the album better than the back half
Energetic, fun, irreverent and, really, who hasn't wanted to know what Tits On The Radio sound like?
Pretty average
3/5. The first half of the album contains some very important and danceable songs. The second half is a little less fortunate. Also, as innovative the Comfortably Numb song is, hard to beat the original. Best Song: Take Your Mama.
Better than I remembered
'twas aight
These songs suggest - if they don't demand - more radical hairstyles. Nevertheless, Scissor Sisters is a bright debut which fairly rounds itself out.
Good album, high energy and original
It's a bop
Fine, some catchy some weird.
Pretty fun album
Fun enough and I remember this as a breath of fresh air when it came out. The sound and style remind me of Mika a few years after this release.
Not feeling this one. The Comfortably Numb cover is awful. On the other hand, Filthy/Gorgeous and Return to Oz are good. It’s tough for me to judge this objectively because I don’t like “pop band” music at all.
I forgot how many hits they had. My only critique is they try to hit too many styles from disco to funk, etc. But a good disc nonetheless. 3.5/5
Not bad, I can handle some modern Disco or whatever the hell you'd call this much better on a Tuesday morning then a Monday. Best tracks are "Take your Mama" and "Tits on the Radio"
This is so good Steadily going down from the first song 3
This was a fun album but I wouldn't say that this is super great. Not really very memorable. 6/10
I thought the album was good Good experimentation with the instruments and I liked the vocals
eh...
I’m sorry but I tapped out in less than a song. I’ll still give it to for not having listened to it through, but I won’t
2.5
Forgettable. And after reading the summary I guess I’m not British enough to truly enjoy it
This album should not be on the list. It is just fine. Nothing to remember. Wish I could forget the Pink Floyd cover.
Most was not for me, but the 2 or 3 songs that were really were.
Some surprising good songs but such a weird album it’s like every song was a different genre
Took an entire star away for that horrible cover of Comfortably Numb.
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.
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.
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
Hm. I kind of hated that.
Vissa låtar är lite roliga, på ett inte dåligt sätt.. Blev dock sämre mot slutet tyvärr
fine, but taking a star off for that cover, blech
okay
Not a fan! Some good bangers from the start
Comfortably Numb
Sara nije slusala jer se spremala da joj dodje decko Marko 2
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.
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.
how did people survive the early 2000s
Listened til Comfortably Numb, i.e. stopped after three tracks. Too fine a day to waste on mediocrity.
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.
Fuck sake
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
I don’t get it at all
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.
Meh
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
Bee Gees Jr. Not sure about it yet.
How the fuck did this album ever sell over 3 million copies? 3/10
CUT!
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
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
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.
Not for me!
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.
Didn't enjoy this. The production is weak and they murdered a Floyd song.
this is fine and fun but doesnt feel new or an improvement on elton, bowie, or t-Rex
Just absolute butcher of Comfortably Numb, sounded like The Bee Gees blew a line of crystal meth and played the song for a clown convention. MI6 you win again!
It wasn’t terrible, but for most of the album they just sounded like an Elton John cover band. I’d rather throw on “Honky Chateau” and listen to the real thing than this. And the cover of “Comfortably Numb” was really awful.
Not for me sorry
I don’t know, sounds like a George Michael rip off
2.5
2.0
Dance club alternative electronica, sounds like some Prince inspired electronic dance music. I am not a fan of the falsetto singing style in most of the songs. Its okay but not a genre that would get a lot of replay in my collection, now if I was a DJ it would be worth having.
This felt really long.
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I was extremely excited for this album !! Such high energy, a great vibe ! Really unique cover of a Pink Floyd song. Fav song is ‘Take Your Mama’.
Itunes ass music. 3/10
Left over synthpop found in the back of the fridge 20 years later and microwaved into a hot on the outside cold on the inside mush. Lots of cool textures and sounds, not much in terms of hooks/songs, pretty tepid predictable beats. Stock by the numbers millenial 80s revival stuff that takes the synths more into plodding indie than into than exuberant neo-disco.
Highlight - Take Your Mama. Song gave me an Elton John feel. 2.4
An uncomfortable mix of disco, dance, electronica and pop. Oof.
I reserve a particular level of ire for artists who murder classic songs that I love. The first I was aware of Scissor Sisters was their take on Comfortably Numb. I think I cried. Somebody should've had a quiet word with them at the time and put that poor thing out of its misery before it hit the engineering desk. The opener, Laura, triggered a little fond nostalgia from those heady university days but otherwise, this is an LP I can live without. The camp falsetto and 70s disco stylings frequently undo the good work laid down by some downright filthy basslines and head-nodding beats. I can't quite hate it as much as I want to, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
첫곡은 좋았는데 전체는 좀 아쉽네여 2?3?
awful. terrible pink floyd cover
Catchy at first, exhausting by the end. Scissor Sisters songs are meant to be listened to one at a time with a good buffer in between. A whole album is...challenging.
Not as bad as many others.
Favorite - It Can’t Come Quickly Enough 5/10
I didn’t completely hate it, but not my cup of tea either. I like that, as a band, they embrace the queer scene as much as they do and brought it more into the mainstream as a result, but musically I’m not too fond of what they do. Jack Shears’ voice doesn’t appeal to me at all, and this seems to take a lot of the roots of disco music but removed the soul of it in favour of production that is frequently a bit too overblown.
Scissor Sisters was surprisingly tolerable for a modern pop album. I'm not at all in the market for modern pop, but I can definitely see that this would probably be a good album for the right listener. That being said, I think their cover of "Comfortably Numb" might be one of the worst covers I've ever heard, and of a song I really like, which really hurt the album's image for me, along with "Filthy/Gorgeous". Its saving grace, and what helped soften the blow, was the last track, "Return to Oz". Out of all of the songs on the album, it actually felt like the one with the most actual soul and emotion. As a random extra, I think the cover art is pretty cool as well. Favorite Song: "Return to Oz"
The Pink Floyd and Bee Gees mash up of “Comfortably Numb” is fun. Be the rest is meh.
Pixies y Brreders ya estaban ocupados así que Scissorr Sisters era un buen nombre. La música, desenfadada, entre la disco y el glam, pues estaba bien para pasar el rato pero no para este listado. Comfortably Numb es una buena versión. Filthy/Gorgeous fue un tremendp éxito como este debut, sin embargo el soguiente Ta-Dah incluye su mejor canción: “I Don't Feel Like Dancin' y poor la que serán recordados.
I was going to give it 3 stars as an ok pop album but the god awful version of Comfortably Numb changed my mind
Pretty average, drags out after a bit.
Every so often, maybe not as much these days, an American act breaks big in the UK but never moves the needle much in their home country. Why this one Limeys? It’s just thisside of being the US entrant in Eurovision ’04, sometimes very camp, deliberately so, elsewhere heartfelt and earnest enough it even gains my respect. But the specific 70s glam roots honours a time in music that doesn’t do a great deal for me and so largely feels like an empty tribute act. Not bad, but nothing I expect I’d listen to again nor be able to pick out of a similar set of songs at the club.
I could listen to "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by the Scissor Sisters every single day. But that song is not on this album. What was on this album was a terrible rendition of a Pink Floyd song and a few other duds though.
Why not just listen to original disco, which was better? And as a Pink Floyd fan, I found the cover of Comfortably Numb to be an abomination.
It's alright in parts, and not so much in others. Take your mama is the obvious stand out for me.
I remember hearing about these. I also can’t remember anything about any of the songs on the album. Either it’s the wrong album or it’s no good. In any case it shouldn’t be here. 2
The best song is the first one, Laura, but even on re-listen it doesn't hit the same for me. Soulless grooves, paper grandeur. No wonder this went number one in the UK.
If this album was a US state it would be Kansas
After a bit of intrigue with song 1 or 2, Comfortably Numb was stylistically not to my liking. Then I had a Elton John or ABBA vibe and things did not recover. I appreciate the different sound, and I don't care for it.
So so
I'm not sure what the hell I just listened to
I don’t know, it’s fine, some of the songs are better than I expected but overall it doesn’t do much for me.
Lite för lättsmält för min smak och många låtar som man glömmer direkt. Take your mama höjdpunkten. Kul bonusspårsgrej.
Kommer aldrig kunna förlåta Comfortably Numb i falsett...
det här albumet fick mig att reflektera över vad som hände i min barndom som fick mig att börja hata scissor sisters
Listen, I bleed glitter. I owned this album back in the day. And yet I've never been wholly convinced by Scissors Sisters. Revisiting this album reminds me why: there isn't much there once you peel back the layer of their influences. I can see why the album's been removed from the current edition.
Nej nej nej. Ylande hela tiden. Har musik alltid varit såhär yligt. Varenda skiva är fan ylandet. Denna är inte bättre. Falsettsången funkar inte. Basoktaver i var och varannan låt är skitstörigt. Säger jag som bassist dessutom. Bra låtar: Mary Take your mama (hit) - Känns lite Eagles of Death Metal
Meh
Not a bad album, but not something I really enjoyed. I wanted to, but it just didn’t work for me. 2.5/5
It's sonically well done. Not my thing. This was peak dance music remixes of songs era too.
what can you say about this joke band. bright poppy rubbish
2.5
Very glammy, and certainly not my style. The Pink Floyd cover is a crime against humanity. 2 stars
2.5
Not for me.
Not fully unpleasent, but it just wasn't what I wanted. Not my cup of tea. There were some moments of some songs that I enjoyed.
Eh not really my thing. The vocals are kind of annoying and the "Comfortably Numb" cover sucks ass. Favorite track: It Can't Come Quickly Enough 2.5/5
Pas mon style
Kind of a fun throwback to the 70s at times, at others (notably the exceptionally awful comfortably numb cover) it was prettt grating
This is kind of everything I dislike about 2000s music. I don’t want to say I hate it, but I definitely don’t like it.
first 2 songs activated like a sleeper agent installed in my 6year old brain
Not special to me.
I guess this is something if you like to dance. I don't like to dance, probably because I don't like to be subjected to this type monotonous, puerile drivel. I liked Music Is the Victim. I'll give the album 2 stars for that.
Take yo mama
Since this is no longer on the current list, there is nothing to say here. Still, a downvote for the abysmal cover of Comfortably Numb.
The singles from this album are decent enough but the presentation and the stylised vocals have a very limited shelf life. Towards the end the album becomes ridiculous and unlistenable.
Some okay songs, mostly just boring and not very special
Litt artig liksom, men også irriterande. Trengte kje den Comfortably Numb-coveren i livet mitt
Idk wtf this is, but if its one of the greatest 1000 albums, then what's the point? 2 stars because I found myself bopping to "Mary". Also, because camp.
This wasn’t bad. I was expecting it to be far more difficult to get through. It is well played and well executed. Their cover of Comfortably Numb made me smile thinking about all the enraged Floyd fans crying into their cat litter. This is a solid record for what it is.
I'm going to rate this a 2 because of that Pink Floyd cover. A light 3 otherwise.
Weak start ... uh oh. First track is annoying. Why is this here? And why is this deserving of a 3 disc deluxe edition? (I'm only listening to disc 1). I don't really like this. :(
Not sure why the rest of the world liked this group so much better than their native U.S. Could be that most of the songs really sort of suck, with the exceptions of "Take Your Mama" and "Tits on the Radio," which are kinda fun. They don't really make up for what must be the worst ever cover of "Comfortably Numb," though.
Not a huge fan of it
I’m pretty sure I was not the target audience for this record. I was sophisticated enough to get the sly reference the name implies, but for me a pop dance record is not that interesting. Gay disco has been around for decades and frankly done better. None of these tracks are catchy enough to be memorable and time has not been kind to this record. I recall the faux outrage of the cover of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb, but the track is really a like it or leave it proposition. Listening to the album all the way through for the first time and then going back to see if I missed something, the record is rather kitschy but mostly lifeless. It’s bad when a dance pop record doesn’t catch your attention. And for that, Track 8 Music Is The Victim encapsulates how I feel about this record.
awful "Comfortably Numb" cover which sounded like "Stayin Alive" by The Bee Gees.
Some ok songs, but mostly just bad
Disappointingly this does not feature have Don't Feel Like Dancin'. Sad. The Pink Floyd cover actually killed me, that was so dogshit hahahaha what the fuck was that!????? That made me laugh so hard. For a relatively talented band, what the fuck were they thinking? Anyways, what a nothingburger of an album for my 300th. Not a single risk taken, just a generic, soulless piece of trash made to sell albums from hit singles. Though I'm not even sure what the hit singles are supposed to be on this thing. Imagine coming home from your first Iraq deployment, having your legs blown off because that's what Blair compelled you, and the first thing you hear on the radio is this. I did enjoy Filthy/Gorgeous. It's clear to me that the band Confidence Man definitely took a lot of inspiration from that style. It sounds extremely similar in sound to their debut album. The latter half of this monstrosity definitely perks up and becomes fairly listenable. But unfortunately it's too late and the damage is already done. 40 minutes into an album isn't enough. for me to change my mind on this being dogshit.
This is impressive as a debut album but I wasn't thrilled by it. Plastic, new-millennium, knock-off disco. I have never been so non-plussed listening to music that is very clearly supposed to evoke a feeling of fun. The cover of Comfortably Numb wasn't very good but at least they gave it a new spin rather than doing a straight (har har har) cover. As far as genres go, all the disco influence in this reminds me how much I would rather be listening to actual disco.
- Zeer meh - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM
Mye Elton John homage. En del generell glam pastiche. Også en god dose Bee Gees, åpenbart. Overraskende OK, men langt ifra et essensielt album.
Disco Comfortably Numb doesnt do it for me. Nothing about the album was offensively bad. Love all the "you just don't know how bad early 00's music was, this was the best we had" takes. Hot garbage. TVOTR, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Strokes all out at the same time, all wildly better than this.
Yeah. I was not in the mood for this one. Didn't really enjoy it all that much.
Kind of a hard album to like, to be totally honest. Very mom-and-pop radio station, 'school disco' music. Had a couple tracks I liked but overall the glam rock whiny-voiced schtick was (rightly) worn out decades before this dropped. There's some promise in the funkier basslines (Filthy/Gorgeous comes to mind as having that The Trammps sound) that get drowned out by overperformed vocals and uninspired instrumentation/composition. fav tracks: It Can't Come Quickly Enough (actually really liked this one at least, even if it's a real tonal shift)
I have rarely felt as much pain as when I listened to Comfortably Numb on this record. I really like Take Your Mama, but other than that I’m not really into this
Meh
I don't understand this album. It sounds like a communal stew of sounds, but it doesn't work.
Ruim.
This is weak and stupid. I liked the cover of Pink Floyd, though. The original is eerie and I'd expect that a cover would maintain that eeriness. But this one does it not. At all. It sounds more like a bunch of middle-age party goers would dance to while in ecstasy or whatever stupid drug.
Ça sonne comme y'a 30 ans mais ça juste 20 ans, pas dans le bon sens du terme.
Cette tasse de thé ne m'appartient pas.
Songs like "Mary" and "Take Your Mama" were good, but the rest was sub-par.
Scissor sisters are really hit or miss but the misses REALLY stand out
I don’t need to hear this again. Some songs where ok but this is too long.
Na
Elton-Disco-Funk for millennials. I swear to Fairuza Balk that the Return to Oz Pink Floyd pastiche at the end of the album sucked.
Not this though.
The falsetto does get old rather quickly. Without that quirk, not a lot is ledt. Ironically the extra songs on the UK album are better than the album itself. 2/5
Beginning is good but then kinda drops
Ok 2/5
Interesting but a little to poppy for me
It’s super camp but it doesn’t connect with me. I think it’s a product of its time and hasn’t aged well, or it’s just too commercial for me. I’m sure in the right place (mostly a drag show) this would be enjoyable but as a casual listen it doesn’t do it for me. Also calling this the top gay album of all time is insulting when Village People, Elton John, and even George Michael exist.
Ever wanted to know the Bee Gees' take on Comfortably Numb? No? Well here it is anyway, sorry.
Gotta extend a lot of grace to the compilers for the post 2000 stuff. Obviously hard in the moment to know what will stick. And I guess this did better in the UK than the US. It picks up a bit when the gal starts singing through the back half. Any points for a comfortably numb/staying alive mashup detracted for being monumentally annoying tho. C'mon list, get it together.
I wonder how many bands out there are named after sexual activity! Anyway this is pretty mediocre stuff, nothing too special. As the album continues, it descends into pretty undistinguished disco music. Pretty forgettable.
neither particulary offended nor impressed. sounds v dated for 2004.