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I was so happy to get this album I know and love today. It was the summer of '04, my last visit to France, and it was on the radio there constantly. I bought the CD there as I'd not yet heard them in the U.S. Gloriously disco-y fun, this takes you to a place where you dance in joy with your friends, leaving all the troubles of the world outside. It's joyful and fun and absolutely glamorous without ever being pretentious (I mean, your Continental's just been towed...)
I was at least a decade late to the Scissor Sisters party, but I have been a fan of this album for quite a while now. Love it!
How great to listen to an album that has me grinning and laughing on my walk to work! On paper, I was nervous about the cover of Comfortably Numb but holy cow did that work. Absolutely stellar!
I bought this album when it was released and it has been one of my favorites since. FABULOUS!
This is a pretty good album even though I don’t like this type of music. A good range of songs and styles
Musikalisch absolut ok. 4/5
Funkypop with too much disco and too little rock. Very different songs but a unifying theme is missing to form an album.
Pop, dance, disco, keys, male, mid, first tones already offended me, didn't like it back in the days, was awaiting the end so much - after the second song already... and than comfortably numb appeared - wtf! Why in this list?! and the stupid outro?! In total, not as bad as expected, but just not relevant...
Fun actuall!
Liked this much more than I thought
I remember this one. Hard to accept that it's already turning 20 years. It's a fun album.
If you gene spliced 10cc into Ween and then ran it through a studio with Beck helming the production, this would be the result. Glorious, beautiful, funtastic. I started this project hoping I would be introduced to a gem that I had know nothing about, that I had somehow missed and I have been rewarded.
Laura and Take Your Mama are great. Rest meh
Pretty cool and fun. I can't see why it was THAT popular, but definitely an enjoyable record.
No thanks.
An unashamed disco banger
While I did enjoy the cheeky nature of this and the I felt the songs were well put together, modern disco is not something I would want to hear. Some of these songs are good. The opening track Laura is actually rather good. But in the end, I was just sort of "meh" through the whole thing.
A fun record. I found the Comfortably Numb cover annoying the first time around but during the second listen of the whole album I softened on it. Made me think that the 1000 or so times I’ve heard the original tune had burned so deeply that I heard the remake as off tempo noise. No Tits on the Radio is great.
nah
Frábær plata, mikið tjútt!
A blast, 21 years old!
On paper I should love this band. But I have struggled to connect to their sound. It’s too much like 70s Elton John and the Bee-Gees. That’s not a bad thing. Just too much of another artist’s well-established sound. It’s wall-to-wall falsetto and there’s nothing really new here. You could believably claim this was an album of covers. It feels calculated, not authentic. They are supposed to be based in NYC, but it is not reflected in their sound at all. It’s London/Cali/Detroit at best. They sound like transplants. I checked and, yes, they are from Arizona, Texas and Oregon. It shows. I can’t say this is bad. It’s fine. It’s just not essential. And it’s a lot of falsetto! Tapping out early. Oh and Better Luck Next Time totally ripped off Depeche Mode’s Never Let Me Down Again.
One more of so many albums here that are just nothing special. Adding insult to injury is what the band did to Comfortably Numb, one of the most beautiful songs ever. Severe punishments have been handed for much less.
Was mostly really good! But Comfortably Numb was violently offensive.
fun overrides all else when it comes to music for me. But this has that disco but dark feel that reminds me of the best of Elton John. Has perhaps more misses than hits (the cover of comfortably numb is forgettable) but when it hits it hits hard.
Great Comfortably Numb cover!
Dancey with a bit of a naughty spin to it this is a HIGHLY catchy bit of pop with one HELL of a single. I can’t say the entire album hit for me. It’s an inconsistent journey but one with enough sass and personality to make the voyage at the very least fun!
8.5/10 - 4/5 Most fun so far. Funky, exciting. It feels somewhere between glitzy NY and a hippie convent. I was surprised by the energy and electronic elements. The Pink Floyd cover is strange, but good.
Some nice rhythms but kinda harsh.
3.25
Fav songs: take your mama, mary, return to oz
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.
Loved it
This started out so strong. Like... so strong. The first three songs are just a lot of fun. And then, on track 4, everything went pear-shaped. The songs got progressively more nonsensical and less interesting. The music became bland, the production flat, and the lyrics just so dumb. By the time it was over, I was so glad to be done with it. Which, again, is a shame because those first three tracks? Fire.
Lots of bangers, fun to dance or sing, would have liked to see this live!
Fun album. I don't often listen to this sort of music but enjoyed quite a bit of this. Very strong opening song too
Fun album 3:4****
Generally OK modern disco music, but this version of Comfortably numb should be a criminal offence.
Как будто Боуи заставили петь проходные гейские песни за пачку доширака 5/10
Pop elegante y bien elaborado. Con tonos de falsetes. Algo electrónico también. Simplemente escuchable. Podría llegar a gustar más
more funny than funky
Not my cup of tea
Never heard this band or album. Pleasantly surprised.
Only a few good Songs
Wow. I knew who Scissor Sisters were -- I even ended up in their small rehearsal space one night when I was visiting NYC: an acquaintance of the band had the key to that place, located under a bar in the Lower East Side, where I was partying with a friend of mine (and no, there was no poppers or kinky sex involved in that small space if that's what you're thinking of! - It was all very respectable, just sipping a few beers there and having a nice chat, lol). But in spite of that personal experience, I had never properly listened to any Scissor Sisters record, and I have to say I'm *very* impressed by that one. It's got just the right mix of seventies and eighties references I love, from glam-rock (seventies Elton John, of course--whose shadow looms over half those brilliantly composed cuts--but also Bowie, Bolan, Mott The Hopple...) up to eighties synth-pop understood in its most elegant definition (that whole Human League and Heaven 17 connection--plus stuff I don't enjoy as much but that's certainly iconic for gay subcultures, like The Communards, Pet Shop Boys or George Michael). You also have groovy flourishes worthy of Stevie Wonder, and, obviously, the huge and mandatory disco influence that's found in the drag queen scene, where this project originated from. Yet there's still an unmistakable "rock" energy to the whole thing, which transcends the potential overload of cheese into a truly exhilarating experience. The incredible disco cover of Pink Floyd's *Comfortably Numb* in this debut nicely sums up all those assets, with its obvious winks to Frankie Goes To Hollywood (even if the word "relax" was already in the original lyrics written by Roger Waters), or with its hilarious rëenactment of the falsetto vocal hooks of Bee Gees circa "Saturday Night Fever". It's fun. It's fresh. It's witty. With a calling card like that, Scissor Sisters was sure to leave a favorable impression to early naught audiences looking for the next big thing. Too bad I missed that train at the time... Yet as cool and humourous as all those reference points are, they wouldn't amount to much if the band didn't have such a knack for infectious earworms. And it's not only "style", folks, it's also *substance*. There's not a single filler in this record, so I'm not gonna bother quoting a lot of songs from it. Seventies-era Elton John didn't merely influence Scissor Sisters in a "pastiche" or postmodern sense of the word, you see (even if "pastiche" and "camp" are unavoidable in gay / drag queen circles, for better of for worse). He also deeply influenced the band's chord progressions, the harmonies, the care for instrumental detail, the lyrical eye, and the overall "energy" of this thing. So much that if you placed some of those songs inside *Goodbye Yellow Brick Road*'s tracklisting, you wouldn't even blink an eye. And the same can be said for the other influences guiding the Sisters. Another track thus sums up those other sorts of assets Scissor Sisters had in 2004. It's the poignant closer "Return To Oz", in a way more faithful to "Comfortably Numb"'s original epic spirit than the cover of the same name found towards the start of the album, very ironically. Scissor Sisters come full circle with that intense closer, and it's only one piece of evidence among many showing how carefully constructed the internal callbacks and other 180-degree-turn of this eponymous debut are. It's the sort of thing that allows a record filled to the brim with various music genres to become personal, sincere, and, at times, very touching. Because, well, to put it as simply as I can, the songs are excellent. So excellent that you quickly forget their "pastiche" aspects and end up enjoying them without any sense of irony in mind. I've only browsed through the next three Scissor Sisters albums, but it seemed to me they are not as spectacular as this debut. The two last ones even sound overproduced, which only brings out their "camp" aspects to far less tolerable levels (the exact opposite of the many qualities I've just spotted in the band's debut). The first side of *Ta-dah* contains a string of immediate highlights, though, proving that Scissor Sisters still had those stellar skills you will always need if you want to create memorable earworms, catchy instrumentation, and witty lyrics. Yet if we're talking about "essential albums", the eponymous debut seems to be the *one*. Glad that this app made me know it. And glad that Scissor Sisters were there to open all those doors for a lot of people during the first decade of this century. Whether front doors or back doors I might risk adding. 🙃 5/5 if you round up. (9.5/10 on a scale of 10). Number of albums left to review: 325 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 302 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 164 (including this one -- UPDATE: I've revisited this album since my original review, and oddly enough it's impact was somewhat less striking to me since. It's still a very good record, though) Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 218
Ben voilà quoi
les scissor sisters sont composés de scissor brothers ???????
Really weird but not terrible.
Not available in Apple Music
This album is a joyous mix of glam, disco, Philly soul, and the best of 70s style singer-songwriter. The pumping four on the floor beats present in many of the songs calls to mind the gay nightclub scene in New York that inspired this album. The Scissor Sisters’ eponymous album stands out for its time when there was just truly terrible music being pumped out. Besides the cover of Comfortably Numb, I really enjoyed this album.
A leg-humpingly fun pop-rock/disco record that starts super strong and keeps delivering a good time throughout. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Take Your Mama Date listened: 01/01/24
Never heard this before and I thought it was nearly perfect - steeped in the Spirit of the luminaries of Glam but cutting its own path. Interesting lyrics and largely flawless delivery. A real gem.
Nice party music, but the album is too long and a bit lacking in nuance
Taking glam rock to the next level. This thing is a party. Take Your Mama deserves to be an anthem for all time.
How did I not experience them before?
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
Wow, what an interesting mix! Part Prince, part Beck, part Styx, part disco, part Pink Floyd (although the “Comfortably Numb” cover is a little out of place). Loved this one!
Strong start but the latter half was a bit meh. Awful cover of Comfortably Numb.
Some decent moments, but not enough for me to be fully invested. The ballads in particular are flat. Not terrible but not my thing.
I remember hearing these songs but didn’t know the band. Kinda wish they were a lesbian punk rock group from the name!
This is probably how WHAM! would have sounded in the early aughts were they given the freedom to be openly, flamingly gay gay gay.
Too overproduced to be as filthy as it wants to be, but I bet it's a blast live
Surprisingly enjoyable. Scissor Sisters were everywhere for a while around 2004 and I'd never listened to their album. I found myself having more fun that I'd expected.
Impeccable pop filled with all the hits. I can't fault it.
An interesting mix of songs. All of them we pleasing to listen to. The second half of the album was reminiscent of Queen. I would listen again for sure.
"Scissor Sisters" is the debut album by American glam band Scissor Sisters. Glam rock, electroclash, nu-disco. Yep, always like seeing genres I haven't come across before. The album relates to LGBT life in New York City. The band members are Jake Shears (lead vocals, piano), Babydaddy (bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals), Ana Matronic (lead vocals), Del Marquis (guitar, bass) and Paddy Boon (drums). Commercially, the album did exceptional in the UK and Ireland hitting #1 and was the top selling UK album in 2004. It hit #102 in the US charts. It was also well received critically. The bouncey "Laura" opens the album. A rollicking piano and wah-wah guitar. "Where Is your love?" A strumming acoustic guitar begins "Take Your Mama." This is catchy pop and, wow, sounds a lot like George Michael's "Freedom." Shears is coming out to his mother, showing her activities of gay nightlife to bond. Very heartbreaking lyrics at the end. I have every reason to hate their disco-fied cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb." But I don't; I kind of like this. Jake Shears and Ana Matronic perfectly re-create Barry Gibb's vocals. This should have been the version Pink Floyd did; it might have changed Pink's trajectory....or not. The fourth single "Mary" is an emotional ballad. The piano and song overall reminds me of Elton John. A nice sax fade out outro. Shears wrote this for his best friend who died of a brain aneurysm. A heavy bass dominates "Tits on the Radio." Ana Matronic on a vocals and a commentary on the conservative media. Ana continues on vocals on the last single "Filthy/Gorgeous." Disco. Fast-paced. I had a 70's flashback. And, it's about a hooker, I believe. The album closes with a slow ballad "Return to Oz." Piano, acoustic guitar and a serious tone. The horrors of meth in the gay community. A classic rock guitar solo and a creepy piano at the end. Yeah, this album had very well constructed pop songs which go into disco, glam rock, ballads and classic rock. There are fun songs and songs with some pretty serious lyrics and tones. Overall, I did like this and definitely recommend it.
3,5
I’ve heard of the Scissor Sisters but haven’t listened to their music until now. Not sure why, but I assumed they were a completely different genre. So this was a surprise, but a good surprise. A really fantastic and fun record. Normally this isn’t a genre I care for, but I really liked this. My favorite songs were “Laura,” “Take Your Mama,” “Mary,” and “Return to Oz.” One of my biggest (good) surprises so far!
second half got a little bit better but i still mostly hate this era of music. laura: what the fuck is this clown music comfortably numb: yikes
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.
Unpopular opinion incoming. Comfortably Numb is a shit song, and no amount of disco beats and synth-pop arrangements can make it better. But the original tracks on here are all bangers. The lyrics lean a little too much into cryptic inside info, but it's still so undeniably fun. 🌈🌈🌈🌈
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.
Its okay.
being gay is a gift, and i want to dance!!
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.
Really fun nostalgic album. Love that this album made it to the mainstream and the impact of the Scissor Sisters, this album deserves a lot of recognition. You can't deny this makes you want to dance!
I enjoyed listening to this, surprised that I know 90% of the lyrics of take your mama haha
Ah this album totally made me smile when I saw it pop up. Weirdly this was very much a family album for me during early teens. One of us was given it I think and it became a car journey classic and songs featured on many party compilation CDs. It is funny looking back on it now, it was just fun pop music but I looked into info about Scissors Sisters and discovered the evolution from the New York gay scene. Far removed from very hetero Kenilworth family. My mum loved Take your Mama... I love that though. We weren't exposed to enough overtly queer stuff growing up and I like that this got through. And it holds up music wise too. Just fantastic pop music.
It's a pretty good album. I remember not really liking Scissor Sisters when this came out but I was probably just anti-pop. But I don't think you can deny this is a cool sound. There are a couple of duff tracks but overall the bangers do bang.
¿A alguien le gusta esto?
Close to perfect pop album !
A nice collection of dancey bops
Sounds like a 70s/80s British Disco/Glam band, but it's from the US in 2004! Wow how is that possible. Are these gays time travelers? I've enjoyed the scissor sisters since they were featured in a Doctor Who episode around 2006. So, yeah, I was cool in high school.
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.
Weirdddd album. Not exactly in a good way, there were a few tracks on here that made me laugh, and I doubt that was the intention. What genre is this? Who are these guys? Seems like a very personal pick by the list maker, or at least until "Filthy/Gorgeous," which I know I've heard. There's a bit of sauce, a bit of funk to this one that makes it fun, but only in a couple places (for me). As an album, not one I'd return to. Favorite tracks: Filthy/Gorgeous, Lovers in the Backseat. Album art: Very colorful, a woman staring at a portal to the real world? She's in some garden of Eden, dreaming of Times Square. It's pretty good, but not very memorable to me. 2.5/5
Stark trea
Enjoyed!
A little too outlandish for me. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
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*
No thanks.
Awful. The vocals instantly annoyed me at the beginning, and the monotonous beats didn't help. Their brand of dance-pop doesn't have the colorful charm of '70s disco, or the glam of '80s synth pop, or the electrifying energy of '90s rave. It's just some robotic beats with terrible vocals. There are some more danceable and less annoying stuff in the '00s. EDM. R&B pop. Not this terrible Bee-Gees impression over generic beats. Oh, and that "Comfortably Numb" cover? My God. I guess that's the 2000's version of hearing songs like Bohemian Rhapsody in Tiktok nightcore remix in the 2020's.
it's just Thomas the Tank Engine.
Tits on the radio
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".
Plastic and fake. Sounds like music for people who were scared of all the new genres popping up in the early 2000s (ooo numetal so scary) so they clung to the one band that sounds like it crawled out of the 80s, complete with a (horrible) cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb". The future is now, old man. My Chemical Romance Halo 2 Nacho chip, motherfucker.
"Comfortably Numb" is a incredible cover, one of the best. The rest of the album is unappealing dance/ballad style music. Did not like.
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.
Solid listen - I’m not sure if it belongs on this list but it was an enjoyable album and I think I’ll give it a few more listens at the very least. The cover of “Comfortably Numb” was maybe the only miss, but other than that I like the throwback, Elton John-like vibes.
👍🏻
Definitely gonna relisten to scissor sisters, after the third song the lyrics were consistently fye, which is a big elevator for me, along with its solid production
really fun record w a cool mix of styles turning comfortably numb into a disco banger is a feat of science
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 think Ta Dah is a way better put together album. This feels all over the place. Doesn't hell that the cover of Comfortably Numb is absolutely wretched
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.
I thought this was pretty meh. Not offensive, but it was like listening to neo-Elton John euro fanfic. 2/5
Earns bonus points for that “Comfortably Numb” cover. C
3.4
Some nice tunes but they would get better than this
Did not realize who this was. Great album start to finish
Also not very bad but nothing super special about it. The comfortably numb cover was a little wack. Kind of mixes elo with a lot of weird pop tendencies from the late 80’s early 90’s? Not for me I think.
So rad. I remember my mind being blown by this one and buying the CD.
9/10
nice
They have some ok songs but the cover of Comfortably Numb almost made me end it all while driving.
Remarkably boring album. Astounding this came out in 2004 and sounded so boring- like they didn't have music to look back on.
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.
Unexpectedly loved it! Laura, back seat, final 2 tracks
Wildly diverse, it combines elements of pop, rock, techno and bravado.
pass
Hi energy - great disco-esque vibes. The cover of Comfortably Numb was fabulous!!!! (wasn't available on YouTube Music in US, but found it on regular YouTube).
Incredibly strong opening even if the album falls away in quality at the end.
I liked it ... 3 stars
Dance party
Not really for me. To parody-of-disco.
Great record. I like the hits.
I like Scissor Sisters but maybe not so much that would make me want to listen to an entire album. It's definitely different from other pop artists, but not necessarily my cup of tea. Had to stop and listen to something else to cleanse my palate and then continue with the album. Not bad, but also not the best
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.
This is probably blasphemy but I like Scissor Sisters' cover of Comfortably Numb so much better than Pink Floyd's original. I'd never heard any song on this album except that one, and until today though that it was an old 70s disco cover of the song. This album is amazing. Every song is totally completely different than the others in most every way. They seem to pick a genre, do a song, pick a new genre, do a new song, and repeat through the album making great song after great song. At least, for those songs I could find to listen to. Some of them eluded me, though most were on YouTube.
Got some great tunes on there, such a great album from my childhood
Fun times.
I hated this more than I would have expected to. I only knew them through I don't feel like dancing which is a certified bop. The songs on this album though are the opposite
This was way too much fun to give it anything but a 5.
Unique amongst their contemporaries, I think they successfully carved a very strong niche. I think I was maybe missing a Wow factor to enhance it all the way, but I still really enjoyed this.
These guys are all over the place
Enjoyable at times, bit too weird at other times
Wooooo ça brasse dans l’coco
Puts the fun in funky.
Cutting a rug.
it's true, you can't hear --
I hate the Comfortably Numb cover, but everything else is great. Best track: Take Your Mama
2-3
uhm…ugh. what? i liked Mary as a teenager. that’s the only song on the record i can stand. each track presents a weird vibe that gets old very fast. this record is very annoying. there’s only so much arrangement and production can do when your songwriting is ass. tits on the radio? the fuck? this feels like a highschool songwriting exercise.
Enjoyable pop,it becomes a bit darker after Filthy Gorgeous
Very good. A really fun listen. Standouts: Laura, Comfortably Numb, Take Your Mama, Mary, Filthy/Gorgeous Others: Lovers in the Backseat, Tits on the Radio, It Can't Come Quickly Enough 4/5
For a good half of this album - side 1 - it was 5 stars all the way. A slight slacking off on side 2 didn’t reel me in as much but the bonus tracks oomphed me back. For a debut album this is phenomenal and everything works. There is such a sense of togetherness and harmony and fun!!
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.
The standouts on here are a lot of fun (Take Your Mama, Tits On The Radio, Filthy/Gorgeous) and while they are leaning in to the subversive shock appeal, I'm on board. On the other side, the cover of Comfortably Numb is a massive, colossal, spectacular fail. Swing and... ooooh... right in the sac. Go big, I guess, but how did no one in the production team pull the band aside and plead for them to reconsider? In the end, the songs that hit make up for it. I can't say I think it's a brilliant album; it's filthy and disgusting and made my work day a little less boring, so thanks!
Not quite sure I get this one. The second song was groovy. The Floyd cover seems more like a stunt than anything. The rest of it: there were some cool moments, but a lot of it sounded the same and some of it annoyed me more than entertained. I remember this when it came out, and I felt the same way back then. Seemed like more of a one-hit-wonder band than something worthy of this list. But maybe I just don't know how to have fun.
Boy oh boy oh boy do I love me some Jake Shears and Scissor Sisters. I always thought they should be bigger and more well known outside of the gay-club culture. There I was in spring of 2004 alone at home with my newborn. One particularly rough day I was literally on the couch feeding Adler nonstop. Exhausted, sore, and depressed I was so worried about this new chapter of life. I didn't feel alive; I felt like a machine. Despondently watching Ellen (pretty sure it was that) on daytime TV, the Scissor Sisters came on and sang "Take Your Momma." It was the postpartum antidote I needed. My baby and I started dancing that day and I felt like I could get through all the hard stuff and recover from birth. I immediately ordered the CD. Music is some powerfully healing stuff. I love that they took the slow Comfortably Numb and put it on the NY dance floor. Highpoint of our wedding was when Filthy/Gorgeous came on our playlist and the patio turned into a disco. This album is just the whole package...great cover, band is totally grooving, excellent vocals, and it's got a beat you can dance to.
Obviously fun. But not my kind of fun. Too disco-y. The male voice is annoying.
I'm a total sucker for the nu-disco that Scissor Sisters came blasting onto the scene with in the early 00s. Completely ridiculous that this is not a record from the 80s. -1 star for the few songs parodying Elton John instead of disco - no fun at all.
Not many bands can get away with a Pink Floyd disco cover on their debut album. Scissor Sisters truly hit the scene with something else almost 20 years ago.
Nice album, pop music with some nice beats and sounds. Me personally likes a bit more up-tempo music, which this album has a few nice tracks.
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
Glam rock, nu-disco. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Laura Comfortably Numb
Camp as Christmas, and a whole lot of fun. A couple of songs I thought I had forgotten, until I heard them again, and some all time classic power pop oddness. Another album where every track was on in the pubs and clubs of Glasgow, so it feels like an old friend. Whoever had the bright idea of a disco Pink Floyd cover needs their head checked, but it bloody works!
I went into this record not expecting to like it based on not liking it when it came out, despite many of my friends loving it - but I didn’t find it as annoying as I expected, moreso just really half baked. I feel like there are two dozen records a year that come out with these influences that are just as good or better.
being objective I know part of the 5 stars is because this was the soundtrack to a really pivotal time in my life. But I still love every single song on this album. In my top 10 for sure.
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.
This has got to be the silliest album I've reviewed. Big kudos for the comedy coming out of these guys. I felt like I was in a continuous SNL Justin Timberlake music video skit wrapped in ANOTHER skit making fun of that. Totally meta, I know. This is one step above a great cover band at a party and scores big points for entertainment value, but loses points for originality. Just like at any party, this album is really fun until you've had too much to drink and start vomiting.
What started out as rather generic hard/glam rock never recovered after a weird "Comfortably Numb" cover. The Elton John-ish piano ballad wasn't too bad, but it didn't feel like it fit, and I was not a fan of "Lovers in the Backseat" or "Tits on the Radio," though the observation key to the latter song is undeniably true. "Filthy/Gorgeous" was even worse, as "Scissor Sisters" kept going downhill. "Music is the Victim" was a little more tolerable, bordering on fun, but not quite there yet, and the same can be said for the rest of the album. Points off for one member's cringy nickname of "Babydaddy," points added for Ana "Matronic." And I love the story of the original two members meeting Ana Matronic at Disneyland, in part because I discovered that the park screened a sci-fi film starring Michael Jackson, written by George Lucas, and directed by Frances Ford Coppola in the 80s and 90s. The early exploits of the Scissor Sisters sound wild and racy and boundary-pushing, but nothing on "Scissor Sisters" reaches those levels. More importantly, there are no sisters in Scissor Sisters, and sisters are sorely underrepresented on the 1001. So instead I offer up HAIM's "Days Are Gone," Heart's "Little Queen," and Tegan and Sara's "So Jealous," which all merit inclusion.
I am genuinely shocked this is from 2004, it mostly sounds like it could have been made decades earlier. Fun record.
I usually don’t love listening to a lot of piano but it really works for me here. This was really fun.
Never heard of the Scissor Sisters. I was briefly excited that it was The Secret Sisters (not on the list…it’s worth your time to check them out). This was a fun ride. It was glammy, but not too much. The Comfortably Numb cover was well done. I liked Laura, Take Your Momma, and Music Is The Victim amongst other tracks. Even though I like the song, Lovers In The Backseat didn’t seem to fit the album. It sounds like an 80s Bowie track.
Refreshing at the time and holds up fairly well, unashamedly invoking Elton John, the Communards and 70s feel good disco.
While I very much enjoyed the last song - Return to Oz- which I did- I think it was amazingly portrayed from beginning to end and I could rave about it- it wasn’t enough for the overall album to impress me. I think it was an interesting album that if I got to know it better I could like it more, but just getting to listen once was alright. I feel like it would be a 5/10- but not 3/5.
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.
Music Is the Victim indeed. Overblown, bland disco rock. I can't really think of anything positive to say about this. Not my thing at all. I looked up the lyrics to Tits On The Radio as that seemed like it could be some interesting social commentary, but just seemed to fairly basic free word association. I didn't like this at the time, and it has not aged well.
Bee Gees shite. Got bored after two tracks. Bailed after Comfortably Numb. One half of this description is how I was left feeling.
Not for me, but fun
Just perfect, fun and feelgood
Better than I thought it would be.
Modern Glam Rock. OK, I guess, although the cover of Comfortably Numb was atrocious. 2/5
I discovered Scissor Sisters after my Whovian friend listened to "I Can't Decide" a lot in high school. I vaguely remember checking out one of their albums, but given the fact that most of this record didn't sound familiar, I think it was Ta Dah that I previously heard. Anyway, this was just plain FUN. A bit campy, but I think it's nice when it's done well. 13-year-old me would find this utterly cringy and overly positive. 27-year-old me loves this (there are two tracks that I think are pretty weak but the rest of the album makes up for it). Reminds me of early MIKA (I love early MIKA)!
It's a banger.
I never would have guessed in a million years that music doing so much disco referencing had come out in 2004 (compliment)
Fun stuff. All new to me. A bit over-the-top but it sounds to me like they were trying for that. Doubt I'll seek it out again but I can see the appeal.
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
Having had the Darkness a couple of days ago, and now this, you'd be forgiven for thinking the early 00s was entirely made up of weird 'concept bands'. The Scissor Sisters hearken back to classic disco and such in a very enjoyable way for the first 5 tracks. After that, it starts to get a little samey, but who else thought 'Pink Floyd, but glittery' then pulled it off so well? And Laura is an all timer too. Lots to love here.
The vocals are annoying, the music is really stale, it’s dance music but it doesn’t get my going, I hate the comfortably numb cover, but there is the occasional good song like return to the oz. Overall it’s just a pretty boring record no desire to return light 4
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
idk yet
I don't think anything on this list has dated as badly as the Pet Shop Boys, but Scissor Sisters are getting there. Both were great fun at the time, but listening to them now feels like returning to the scene of an epic party the morning after.
A few good tracks. Most likely won't listen to the album in the future.
A new interest. Vibetones reminiscent of the seventies
Nee, kan mijn aandacht niet pakken deze club
Ik heb moeite om de juiste woorden te vinden voor deze blije geschaarde zusters...
Mjah, dit is me allemaal iets te frivool.
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.
Quite a decent if typical ‘alt’ pop record. Got nothing to say really as its not my thing now and it wasnt my thing then. Definitely not as horrible as a lot of other similar records thats for sure, and Jake Shears has a great reputation as a musician in circles I wouldnt expect (he even cropped up on Queens of the Stone Age album). A lot of it reminds me of Elton John, especially Mary which I assumed was a cover (and is the best song for me). Quite a lot of filler, but the good songs are good for what they are. 2.5
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
Can't say I found this overly fun to listen to. It is a bit droney and dreary for me. The lyrics are "on the nose" too. Laura and Take Your Mama are pop hits, but the rest is largely forgettable. I'm not even sure it was a breath of fresh air at the time - pop was pretty big. I don't think I was the target audience and I distinctly remember avoiding Scissor Sisters at the time. Just not my cup of tea.
I guess kinda nostalgic, as was released the year I started uni and the singles were played a lot. Not my thing though and the cover of comfortably numb annoyed me. Very camp. It does sound well produced, but some of the lyrics were weird and just didn't do much for me. Think 2 is generous
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
Fun as hell. Pretty surprised I missed this when it came out given the year. Happy to have discovered it now.
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*
I kept going back to it all day. Really enjoyed it and found it unique. No tits on the radio!
This album has a wonderful groove that is carried by the drums who are not soft and energetic but not too frantic or too dominant either. I really enjoyed all of the songs - expect this cover of Pink Floyd's great 'Comfortably Numb'. While the cover surely has its own style it really is awful.
Such catchy tunes. Love this.
Surprisingly my least favorite was the Pink Floyd cover
Lots of good songs, a cohesive album. I was previously only familiar with the song "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" which came after this, but most of these songs live up to the same fun and vitality. One qualm, I hated the "Comfortably Numb" cover, and am a little surprised it played a key role in the achieving notoriety. But it was just a short blip in an otherwise solid album.
Can't really take this seriously. I know I'm not supposed to, but I can't take it as a joke either.
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.
I'd totally forgotten how many hits the Scissor Sisters had, and they're all on this album.
Oh, I really don't like Comfortably Numb. It's like they tried to do a Weird Al polka and miserably failed. It Can't Come Quickly Enough is quite nice though. I also like Return to Oz, but my cat won't stop meowing during it, so I think she has the opposite opinion.
Fantastic album! Enjoyed it in it's entirety.
On the surface, it's lame 2000s dance pop music like most of the nu-disco movement. And yes, it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. Its influences are quite clear: Bee Gees, Prince, early house. But in no way was I even bored or exhausted. They're full of energy and utilize modern synths and studio techniques that contribute to a clean and fun sound. Nothing felt repetitive, and the track ordering was good, starting with the dance hits and moving into groovier glam rock tracks. There were a few underwhelming tracks that could be considered filler, but I found the whole listen to be quite enjoyable. Favorites: Laura, Take Your Mama, Lovers in the Backseat, Tits on the Radio, It Can't Come Quickly Enough
Nicely pitched between electro-funk disco and Elton John/Steely Dan. Very well sung by Jake Shears and music is good fun and accessible. Very enjoyable. Might become a 5 star favourite in a few more listens.
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.
Great album, have on vinyl. Take your momma out tonight
Jamiroquai vibes. Ooo, single feels like Elton John, like that.
I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
Meh
Despite the disrespectful cover of Comfortably Numb, I liked it much more than I thought I could when I started to listen to it. It's far from perfect but an honest modern rock album.
3.5
Well that's different. Well done different.
Not for me
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
8/10. This was delightful. I complain a lot when I get albums that are really samey throughout, and I appreciated that this one had a pretty good range to it. I see myself returning to at least some of these songs, if not the album in the future.
Some really high highs made this album a great listen. 8/10
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.
Great fun. Completely gay in the very best way.
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.
Like bleach for the ears
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.
Personal Enjoyability (out of 40): 34 Consistency of Quality (out of 25): 18 Keeps Interest (out of 25): 21 Album Flow (out of 10): 8 Overall 81/100 ★★★★★ Quick Review: My first 5 star review, and I cannot believe it's the Scissor Sisters but I'm fine with it. The singles are bangers, the album tracks are all solid songs that I found myself dancing along to. Just as I thought the album was petering out slightly, the final two tracks change the tone entirely. Overall a fantastic album!
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.
Remember this album from growing up and really enjoyed it then. After relistening to the full album again I found it to be brilliant all over. Great fun album all round.
Tecno pop metido a engraçado. Ou seja, um tanto chato.
Honestly, not very enjoyable to listen to. They do a very unique take on Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb that requires a listen.
Low-key amazing debut album. Mixing glam rock with electronica. Awesome.
7/10
Van ser una de les grans alegries que ens va deparar la primera meitat dels 00's. Havíem tingut pocs anys abans la recuperació del rock com a moviment cool de la mà dels Strokes, White Stripes, Kings of Leon, etc, i estava a punt d'arribar la recuperació de la new wave per part de Franz Ferdinand, Hot Hot Heat, Bloc Party, etc. Entre uns i uns altres, Jake Shears, Ana Matronic i cia es van treure de la màniga aquets treball tan absorbent i disfrutable. Gairebé tots els temes tenien esperit de single, cada un millor que l'altre. Entre tots ells, sobresurtia l'experiment tan exitós en què van convertir 'Comfortably Numb' de Pink Floyd. Tan insolent com irressistible, va ser "la" cançó del 2004
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.
Heard the name before, but never checked out their music. This actually was a pretty good album with strong, well executed songs. Very enjoyable.
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.
Les soeurs ciseaux nous ont proposé un excellent album de coiffure pop. Les contours sont absolument impeccables, et un bon volume de chevelure est conservé sur le dessus. Les soeurs ciseaux nous proposeront d'ajouter de la cire en touche finale, que nous refuserons poliment, avant de regler la prestation avec le sourire. Un super moment passé en compagnie de toute l'équipe.
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.
Colin Farrell introduced them on snl
Scissor sisters is one of those bands that sounds great for a few songs, but gets old. It's fucking catchy in places though. A lot of it sounds vaguely like other songs, like if Elton bummed Bowie, but in a good way. 4/5.
Didn’t care then and, after listening again, I don’t care now, sadly. I was hoping to dig it.
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.
The album gets off to a terrible start with the faux R&B vocalist and a couple of songs that sound contrived. The “Staying Alive” version of Comfortably Numb is a nice novelty track. It’s interesting that this American band barely cracked the Billboard 200 but went 9X Platinum in the UK. I side with the Americans.
A blast from the recent past.. forgot about this album and band really, but their hits are instantly remembered and the album is actually really good. Deserves to be on this list.
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.
Take Your Mama is one of the greatest singles of all time.
Reminds me of a very specific time in mu life. I actually think it pretty solid catchy pop, the opening 4 tracks are great and the ending track is same level
I've heard of the Scissor Sisters, but I couldn't tell you from where. Listening to the album it was hard to determine the time frame when it was released. There is a mix of disco, and late 90s alternative. There were parts of the album that were okay, but several tracks that I don't want to hear again because of the content. The music was okay.
It was fine. I’d give it more of a review, but I don’t really want to. It was fine.
At least it's over and I don't have to listen to this again.
I'd only ever heard I can't decide by this band and I had no idea that they were from the early 2000s. I assumed that it was an 80s thing but after listening to this whole thing I can see the early 2000s vibes. It was pretty good overall, with the first half being way better than the second half, and was a fun 2004-version-of-synth/glam-rock type thing. My favs were Laura and take your mama and the comfortably numb cover was my least fav.
So this was definitely a strange one that I couldn't decide how to rate. Basically, I was stuck anywhere between 2 and 5 for the first few tracks - the cover of Comfortably Numb, the original of which I absolutely love, was actually painful to listen to the first time. Given these mixed feelings, I gave it a second spin the day after. This second spin let me enjoy the most enjoyable parts more and see the other parts in the context of the whole - important for such a strange album. It's actually some sort of wild pastiche, somewhere inbetween Elton John, Appollo 440, Dire Straits and Depeche Mode. All artists I enjoy, but vastly different from each other. It took time to get into Scissor Sisters. But after the second spin, I'm convinced.
I have questions. Two and a half stars
Eh
Didn't do much for me.
A bit too happy for me. But ok, Take your Mama. Great song, at least as a party song
Thumping! Laura starts with the big hooky swinging and I am here for it. The lead singer's voice is so fucking high. Lovers In The Back Seat has so much groove. THERE AIN"T NO TITS ON THE RADIO!!
It was alright! I liked a few tracks more than others.
3.25
Pretty good overall.
Well... am I a fan of the falsetto? The comfortably numb cover is not my favorite. Ugh. There are a bunch of other albums that are rated at a 3 that are worse than this. But I just can't get why you'd want to do a bee-gees version of Comfortably Numb. Did disco have a renaissance that I didn't know about?
Solid and fun. The first few bars of Laura are incredibly catchy and just have me bouncing along. A lot of the other track and similarly fun and a bit of a modern, peppy electronic elton john. I was intrigued by their Comfortably Numb cover, but that was probably the track that landed least with me. Still enjoyable.
It had been a long time since I listened to this fun album
Not exactly a masterpiece, but does exactly what it sets out to do: to be a relatively simple but well-crafted pop album! Love the production and instrumentation throughout (manages to be extremely catchy without being overly simplified), and while the lyrics weren’t anything to write home about, the vocalists all hold their own weight well. Definitely will give this a re-listen soon! (Favorite Tracks: Take Your Mama, Lovers in the Backseat, It Can’t Come Quickly Enough)
Alright alright. Sounds like nothing of its time. Bee Gees and Elton John meet the 2010s. Except it was 2004.
Pretty overrated imo. Bought this album on hype when it came out and this was the first time I had ever heard the whole thing. 2/5
Pop
I prefer Twisted Sister
bad aged
Fun as hell.
The Scissor Sisters should not be on a must-listen list of this depth and breadth. They are not original, they are not interesting, entertaining, ground-breaking or special, it's paint-by-numbers pop masquerading as alternative and it's just sinfully boring, annoyingly overplayed and they bastardised Comfortably Numb, making me uncomfortably angry. 1, fuck off.
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).
Veel positivisme. Kon het pop-gehalte wel smaken
I don't know if this album was so good or if I was just happy to not listen to the previous one. That being said, I did thoroughly enjoy every song.