Scissor Sisters (Deluxe Edition)

20周年記念2LPブラック・ヴァイナル仕様。
インナースリーブに追加のイメージとNick Levineによる新ライナーノーツが含まれ、ヒットシングル「Laura」、「Comfortably Numb」、「Take Your Mama」、「Mary」、「Filthy / Gorgeous」のほか、「Magnifique」、「Night Of The Comet」、「Rock My Spot (Crevice Canyon)」などの多数のBサイド曲やレア曲が収録。

Midway through the 2000s, theft with an artful nod and wink was in fashion, and frilly was the new black. Combos like Chromeo and the Electric Six found new mileage in synth pop and new romantic, and revisiting discos most daring elements with a vigor for recombination. On their debut full-length, New Yorks Scissor Sisters access these ideas and more. The eponymous release is a gleaming composite of epic, unabashedly pretty 70s songwriting and disco hedonism, reflecting the decadent dance-pop afterglow of all that George Michael wrought. "Lovers in the Backseat" is powered by the androgynous groove of Michaels "Everything She Wants." "Jealous glances/Now Im lookin for another song on the radio," they sing. "Ill take it to a side street/In the shadows you can touch one another/And Ill just watch the show." This flirty, satiny sexuality tingles in every lyrical inch of Scissor Sisters, as the Sisters save their subtlety for the songcraft. Opener "Laura" is a swaggering, absolutely irresistible update of vintage Stevie Wonder, illustrated with piano breaks and a honking sax. "Take Your Mama" chirps in a high register, a honky chateau dreamland of the Beta Band covering Elton John. All of this occurs before Scissor Sisters drop their dusky dancefloor version of "Comfortably Numb." The twittering glitterball beat references Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Bee Gees even as the song functions as a Floyd redux. "I! I! Ive become...fortably numb!" As fun as all of this is (and the lip-smack glam of "Music Is the Victim" is very, very fun), the Sisters revisionism can also get them in trouble. "It Cant Come Quickly Enough"s dance-pop is too accurate, getting the bland side way too right, while "Return to Oz" cribs from Pink Floyd without the salve of artful dance club redirection. Still, these missteps are forgivable when pseudonyms like Del Marquis and Paddy Boom populate the band. Like some of their in-the-know peers, Scissor Sisters are happy to raid rock and pops glittering past to soundtrack the parties and prurience of the silvery 2000s. ~ Johnny Loftus

エレクトリック・シックスにジュニア・シニア……おバカな院内感染が絶賛蔓延中の昨今、またまた来ました超新星の患者さん!　オカマ・ルックスのメンバーを含むNY出身の5人組ってだけでキナ臭さムンムンなんだが、ピンク・フロイドのカヴァー“Comfortably Numb”やビー・ジーズ風ディスコ・ハウスなど、確信犯的にスキ間を突くそのセンスは見事。変態エレクトロクラッシュ病棟に、アナタも入院してみます?
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