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Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters

Universal, 2004

REVIEW BY: Jeff Clutterbuck

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 10/04/2004

I will always remember Sunday, September 26th 2004, primarilybecause of the Green Bay Packer-Indianapolis Colts game I was ableto attend (Note to Green Bay: LEARN HOW TO PLAY DEFENSE!). However,something else happened that Sunday. What was that you ask? I founda candidate for album of the year.

I make no bones about it; I'm a sucker for anything retro. Iplay videogames on my Sega Genesis, I listen to classic rock on aturntable my grandparents bought for me for graduation, and I'm ahistory buff. So, when an album comes my way that sounds retro,it's already scored a few points in my book. However, ScissorSisters goes above and beyond my expectations for a "retro"album.

Sometimes artists just take buckets of different paints, andjust dump them on a canvas, and voila, it's proclaimed as art. Thatis exactly what the Scissor Sisters have done on this album.Remember any pop singles from the 70's? You know, songs from EltonJohn, Queen, ELO, the Bee Gees, ABBA, or practically any discosingle? Well, you can hear hints of practically all of them on thisalbum. The Scissor Sisters have taken the best elements of pop inthe 70's, and mixed them all together. There's even a bit of rockand electronica in there for good measure.

There is something on every song on this album that will reelpeople in. For me, it was hearing a clip of "Take Your Mama" andgoing, "Holy Crap, is that Elton John circa 1971 singing?" Forothers, it might be the Bee Gee inspired disco cover of PinkFloyd's "Comfortably Numb," which despite my misgivings blew meaway. Or how about the R&B number "Laura", with StevieWonder-esque, vocoder inflected vocals? The list goes on andon.