"Ta-dah" Today
The new Scissor Sisters album "Ta-Dah" has been finally released in the U.S.
And I love it!
Hands down, it's my favorite album so far this year. It took a few listens, however, to warm up to as opposed to their debut album from 2004 which basically grabbed you by the balls from track 1 and didn't let go.
Several tracks have already burrowed a permanent home in my ear drums. As I've mentioned before, the Leo Sayer-tastic single "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is a winner. That segues into my favorite track off the album: "She's My Man" (the bastard love child of Elton John's "All the Young Girls Love Alice," "I'm Still Standing," and "Hey Papa Legba"). If it wasn't for the 5+ minute length of the song, I'd say that it would be the pick for the next single. The two Queen-esque music hall numbers "Intermission" and "I Can't Decide" are two more faves from the album.
"Spot the Influence" is a game that works quite well with some of my other favorites from this album. There's the Duran Duran vibe of "The Other Side" and the Blondie "Call Me"-era disco rock of "Kiss You Off." (YAY, Ana Matronic!) The addition of a brass section to some of the new repertoire recalls the horn flourishes of the attempted dance rock on Elton John's 1985 album "Ice on Fire"...but much more successful.
The only thing that the album could have used was a big epic number like the fantastic "Return to Oz" from their debut. It also would have been cool to have a really crunchy disco-rock number like "Music is the Victim" from their debut album. The closest to this on the new album is "Paul McCartney," an awesome frenetic dance-pop number that really doesn't sound like anything Macca ever did.
Overall, "Ta-Dah" is a harder pill to swallow than its predecessor, but one you won't regret once you get it down. It's a great solid collection that proves the first album wasn't a fluke and it's one that's going to be hard to top this year.
Can't wait to see them in concert on Thursday at the Shrine Expo Center...anybody else going? Very intrigued to hear how some of the new tracks translate when played live.
GO BUY THIS ALBUM...NOW!
And I love it!
Hands down, it's my favorite album so far this year. It took a few listens, however, to warm up to as opposed to their debut album from 2004 which basically grabbed you by the balls from track 1 and didn't let go.
Several tracks have already burrowed a permanent home in my ear drums. As I've mentioned before, the Leo Sayer-tastic single "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is a winner. That segues into my favorite track off the album: "She's My Man" (the bastard love child of Elton John's "All the Young Girls Love Alice," "I'm Still Standing," and "Hey Papa Legba"). If it wasn't for the 5+ minute length of the song, I'd say that it would be the pick for the next single. The two Queen-esque music hall numbers "Intermission" and "I Can't Decide" are two more faves from the album.
"Spot the Influence" is a game that works quite well with some of my other favorites from this album. There's the Duran Duran vibe of "The Other Side" and the Blondie "Call Me"-era disco rock of "Kiss You Off." (YAY, Ana Matronic!) The addition of a brass section to some of the new repertoire recalls the horn flourishes of the attempted dance rock on Elton John's 1985 album "Ice on Fire"...but much more successful.
The only thing that the album could have used was a big epic number like the fantastic "Return to Oz" from their debut. It also would have been cool to have a really crunchy disco-rock number like "Music is the Victim" from their debut album. The closest to this on the new album is "Paul McCartney," an awesome frenetic dance-pop number that really doesn't sound like anything Macca ever did.
Overall, "Ta-Dah" is a harder pill to swallow than its predecessor, but one you won't regret once you get it down. It's a great solid collection that proves the first album wasn't a fluke and it's one that's going to be hard to top this year.
Can't wait to see them in concert on Thursday at the Shrine Expo Center...anybody else going? Very intrigued to hear how some of the new tracks translate when played live.
GO BUY THIS ALBUM...NOW!
1 Comments:
At 1:28 PM,
forepac said…
See, the reasons you're creaming over the album are exactly the problems I have with it. I really wanted to love Ta-Dah, but am having a real hard time doing so - it's too derivative of its' source material, and it lacks the modern electro edge that separated their debut from the pack of other modern disco. Straightforward disco has been done before - where's the uniquely trashy, delightful sleaze of their debut? It's fine for a band to show its' roots, but to be a slave to them? Boo.
The best song on their album is on the 2nd disc of the deluxe edition - "Making Ladies" is the closest to "Filthy/Gorgeous" that we get here, and it's not even on the album proper. You're right, tho - "Paul McCartney" is the best thing on the regular disc. I'm sure they'll vamp up the rest of the set on stage, but on disc it underwhelmes. I feel cheated by this disc, despite it having the greatest title of any album released in the last 10 years.
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