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  • Issued : 27 Jul 2004

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 277202
Format : CD Label : Universal
Issued : 27 Jul 2004 Item sourced from : USA
Number of Discs : 1

Scissor Sisters

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  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥1,381   EUR Import   Released: 23 Mar 2004  
  • CD   HOL Edition   ¥1,874   HOL Import   Released: 19 Feb 2004  
  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥1,656   Reissue CD (EUR Import)   Released: 30 May 2007  

HMV Review

Midway through the 2000s, theft with an artful nod and wink has become quite fashionable, and frilly is the new black. Combos like Chromeo and the Electric Six are finding mileage in long-shuttered, retrospectively laughable genres like synth pop and new romantic, and revisiting disco's most damning elements with a vigor for recombination. The results certainly elicit some snickering, but they can also be too cool -- or, for the insecure, too much of a guilty pleasure -- to ignore. New York's Scissor Sisters access these ideas and more on their debut full-length for Polygram. The eponymous release is a gleaming composite of epic, unabashedly pretty '70s songwriting and fancy-pants disco hedonism, reflecting the decadent dance-pop afterglow of all that George Michael wrought. Lovers in the Backseat is powered by the androgynous groove of Michael's Everything She Wants. Jealous glances/Now I'm lookin' for another song on the radio, they sing. I'll take it to a side street/In the shadows you can touch one another/And I'll just watch the show. This flirty, satiny sexuality tingles in every lyrical inch of Scissor Sisters, as the Sisters save their subtlety for the songcraft. Opener Laura is a swaggering, absolutely irresistible update of vintage Stevie Wonder, illustrated with piano breaks and a honking sax. Take Your Mama chirps in a high register, a honky chateau dreamland of the Beta Band covering Elton John. All of this wackiness occurs before Scissor Sisters drop their dusky dancefloor version of Comfortably Numb. They're hopped up over a twittering glitterball beat, referencing Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Bee Gees even as the song functions as a Floyd redux. I! I! I've become...'fortably numb! As fun as all of this is (and the lip-smack glam of Music Is the Victim is very, very fun), the Sisters' revisionism can also get them in trouble. It Can't Come Quickly Enough's dance-pop is too accurate, getting the bland side way too right, while Return to Oz cribs from Pink Floyd without the salve of artful dance club redirection. Still, these missteps are forgivable when pseudonyms like Del Marquis and Paddy Boom populate the band. Like some of their in-the-know peers, Scissor Sisters are happy to raid rock and pop's simpering peony past to soundtrack the parties and prurience of the silvery present day. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi

Credits

Ana Matronic(Vocals),  Ayan Pal(Bass),  Babydaddy(Bass),  Crispin Cioe(Saxophone),  Del Marquis(Guitar),  Jake Shears(Vocals),  Joan Wasser(Violin),  Paddy Boom(Drums),  Paul Leschen(Keyboards),  Paul Leschen(Organ),  Paul Leschen(Piano),  Babydaddy(Engineer),  Daniel Wise(Engineer),  Scissor Sisters(Producer),  Alan Clarke(Photography),  Babydaddy(Group Member),  Fury(Art Direction),  Fury(Design),  Jake Shears(Group Member),  Joan Wasser(String Arrangements),  Neil Harris(Mixing),  Paddy Boom(Group Member),  Scissor Sisters(Mixing),  Daniel Wise(Production Assistant),  Babydaddy(Audio Engineer),  Daniel Wise(Audio Engineer),  Jason Reddy(Retouching),  Scissor Sisters(Audio Production)

Songs

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    1
    Laura  (03:36)
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    2
    Take Your Mama  (04:31)
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    3
    Comfortably Numb  (04:25)
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    4
    Mary  (04:41)
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    5
    Lovers in the Backseat  (03:17)
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    6
    Tits on the Radio  (03:14)
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    7
    Filthy Gorgeous  (03:47)
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    Music Is the Victim  (02:57)
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    9
    Better Luck  (03:08)
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    10
    It Can't Come Quickly Enough  (04:39)
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    11
    Return to Oz  (04:40)

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ゆんこ  |  三重県  |  不明  |  04/September/2006

    ファルセットがビージーズ!キラッキラで着飾っててセクシーで、体が勝手に踊り出す。変態?おかしな人達?いえ、彼等は真剣なバンド、そして根っからのエンターテイナー。楽しみましょ♪

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  • ★★★★★ 

    five2one  |  新潟  |  不明  |  03/August/2006

    フジロック見てきました。 最高にかっこよかった!! 新曲もやってくれて至れり尽くせり!! 会場内でアナと握手までしてもらって幸せダァ〜 今年、来日公演もあるみたいだし。 ぜひ、行きたいよ!! あ〜楽しみだ。 ところでアナってやっぱ男なの? どっちにしてもファンだけど なんか、女っぽかったよ。

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  • ★★★★★ 

    D&G  |  japan  |  不明  |  08/June/2006

    何か新作出るらしい4!! あんまし確かな情報じゃないけど。 今回もcrazyな彼らを期待しましょう!!! あっ、あと今年のフジロックに出るんだって!!! 新曲歌うのかなぁ〜!!! 彼ら程パフォーマンス見てて面白いアーティストはいないね!!!さすがGAY!!! とりあえず、S.Sistersはイカレてて最高☆☆☆

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