| Scissor Sisters | ||||
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| Studio album by Scissor Sisters | ||||
| Released | February 2, 2004 (UK) July 27, 2004 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock, electroclash | |||
| Length | 50:47 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK) Universal Records B0002772-02 (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Scissor Sisters | |||
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Scissor Sisters is the debut studio album by American 5-piece band Scissor Sisters, first released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was released by Polydor in the UK. It reached number 1 on the UK and Irish album charts, and was the best-selling album in the UK for the year 2004. Since its release it has gone 7x Platinum in the UK selling over 2,100,000 copies in the UK alone.[1] In Ireland it has been certified a close 5x Platinum. The album was not as successful in their native USA, peaking at #102 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide,[2] and is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in the book of the same name, edited by Robert Dimery.
The album won Best International Album at the 2005 Brit Awards.
Contents |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Laura" | Scott Hoffman, Jason Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Take Your Mama" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Comfortably Numb" (Pink Floyd cover) | David Gilmour, Roger Waters | Scissor Sisters | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Mary" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Lovers in the Backseat" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Tits on the Radio" | Hoffman, Ana Lynch, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Filthy/Gorgeous" | Hoffman, Lynch, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Music Is the Victim" | Derek Gruen, Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Better Luck Next Time" | Gruen, Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:08 |
| 10. | "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 4:42 |
| 11. | "Return to Oz" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 4:34 |
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 12. | "A Message from Ms. Matronic" (unlisted hidden track) | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 0:31 | |||||
| 13. | "The Skins" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 2:55 | |||||
| 14. | "Get It Get It" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:47 | |||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 12. | "Get It Get It" | Hoffman, Sellards | Scissor Sisters | 3:47 | |||||
| Country | Date |
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| United Kingdom | February 2, 2004 |
| United States | July 27, 2004 |
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| Preceded by A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets Room on the 3rd Floor by McFly American Idiot by Green Day Hopes and Fears by Keane |
UK number one album July 10, 2004 – July 16, 2004 July 24, 2004 – July 30, 2004 January 16, 2005 – January 22, 2005 February 27, 2005 – March 5, 2005 |
Succeeded by Room on the 3rd Floor by McFly A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets Hot Fuss by The Killers Some Cities by Doves |
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