Scissor Sisters (album)

Scissor Sisters
Studio album by Scissor Sisters
Released	February 2, 2004 (UK) July 27, 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Glam rock, electroclash
Length	50:47
Label	Polydor (UK) Universal Records B0002772-02 (U.S.)
Producer	Scissor Sisters
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Scissor Sisters chronology
The Demo Album (2003) Scissor Sisters (2004) Remixed! (2004)

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 albums charts, and was the best-selling album of 2004 in the UK. Since its release it has gone 7× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,100,000 copies in the country alone. In Ireland it has been certified a close 5× 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, 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.

Track listing

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 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

UK bonus tracks
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

US iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Get It Get It"	Hoffman, Sellards	Scissor Sisters	3:47

Personnel

• Jake Shears – lead vocals
• Babydaddy – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
• Ana Matronic – lead vocals
• Del Marquis – guitar, bass guitar
• Paddy Boom – drums, percussion

Release dates

Country	Date
United Kingdom	February 2, 2004
United States	July 27, 2004

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	7
Austrian Albums Chart	75
Finnish Albums Chart	40
Irish Albums Chart	1
Portuguese Albums Chart	19
Norwegian Albums Chart	33
Swedish Albums Chart	13
French Albums Chart	100
U.S. Billboard 200	102
UK Albums Chart	1
End-of-decade (2000–2009)	Position
UK Albums Chart	9

Chart	Certification	Sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000+
Europe (IFPI)	3× Platinum	3,000,000+
United Kingdom (BPI)	7× Platinum	2,100,000+

References

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