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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Studio album by Scissor Sisters
Released	February 2, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Glam rock; electroclash; nu-disco;
Length	43:02
Label	Polydor; Universal Motown;
Producer	Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters chronology
Singles from Scissor Sisters
	"Laura"; Released: October 27, 2003; "Comfortably Numb"; Released: January 19, 2004; "Take Your Mama"; Released: March 29, 2004; "Mary"; Released: October 11, 2004; "Filthy/Gorgeous"; Released: January 3, 2005;

<i>Scissor Sisters</i> (album)

Scissor Sisters (album)

2004 studio album by Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters is the debut studio album by American glam rock band Scissor Sisters, first released on February 2, 2004. It was released by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Universal Motown Records in the United States. The album relates to LGBT life in New York City.

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Scissor Sisters reached number 1 on the UK and Irish albums charts and was the best-selling album of 2004 in the UK. Since its release, it been certified 9× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,700,000 copies in the country alone.^[6] In Ireland, it has been certified 5× Platinum. The album was not as successful in their native US, peaking at number 102 on the Billboard 200. As of February 2007, it has sold 299,000 copies in United States.^[7] Scissor Sisters has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide,^[8] 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.^[9]

The album won Best International Album at the 2005 BRIT Awards. In July 2006 it was named by Attitude as the top "gay album" of all time.^[10]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100^[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[12]
Blender	^[13]
The Guardian	^[14]
Mojo	^[15]
NME	9/10^[16]
Pitchfork	8.3/10^[17]
Q	^[18]
Rolling Stone	^[19]
Uncut	^[20]
The Village Voice	B+^[21]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
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"	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

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, Michael Nyman	Scissor Sisters	3:47

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[50]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[51]	Gold	20,000^{^}
Ireland (IRMA)^[52]	5× Platinum	75,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[53]	9× Platinum	2,760,000^[54]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[55]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Return_to_Oz_(song)

Scissor Sisters (album)

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