Released February 2, 2004 Length 43:02 | Recorded 2003 | |
Genre Glam rockelectroclashnu-disco Label Polydor (UK)Universal Motown Records (U.S.) B0002772-02 | ||
Scissor Sisters is the eponymous debut studio album by American glam rock 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 9× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,700,000 copies in the country alone. In Ireland it has been certified 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.
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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.
Critical reception
The album received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim".