Scissor Sisters to release 20th anniversary editions of debut album

Author: Dan Biggane

Read Time:   |  9th May 2025

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20th anniversary of Scissor Sisters

To celebrate the  20th anniversary of Scissor Sisters, a special edition of the band’s debut LP featuring seven previously unreleased tracks, will be released in July.

Scissor Sisters continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled iconic debut – the UK’s best-selling album of 2004 – with the release of special limited deluxe 2LP vinyl and 3CD editions.

Features the hit singles Laura, Comfortably Numb, Take Your Mama, Mary and Filthy / Gorgeous this expanded edition includes a plethora of B-sides and rarities including seven previously unreleased Scissor Sisters songs taken from the vaults.

Step Aside For The Man, Night Of The Comet and Magnifique, are among the tracks dusted off for this 20th anniversary expanded 2LP and 3CD.

The 20th Anniversary 3CD also includes an updated booklet with additional imagery and new liner notes (written by Nick Levine), alongside a third disc of bonus remixes includes Take Your Mama (Hot Chip Remix), Filthy/Gorgeous (Martini Bros Remix), Comfortably Numb (Tommie Sunshine Remix) and more.

Filthy / Gorgeous

Originally released in February 2004, Scissor Sisters was the best-selling album in the UK of 2004, selling nearly 4 million copies globally (a staggering 2 million of these were UK sales).

Ranked as the 20th biggest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, it is the 35th biggest-selling album of all time. The album went 9 x Platinum in the UK, and won three BRIT Awards in 2005, including Best International Album, Best International Group and Best International Breakthrough Act.

The album has had over 300 million streams to date.

20th anniversary of Scissor Sisters

Tracklisting
2LP

Side A
Laura
Take Your Mama
Comfortably Numb
Mary
Lovers In The Backseat
Side B
Tits On The Radio
Filthy / Gorgeous
Music Is The Victim
Better Luck
It Can’t Come Quickly Enough
Return To Oz
Side C
A Message From Ms Matronic
The Skins
Get It Get It
Available (For You)
Rock My Spot (Crevice Canyon)
Borrowed Time
Backwoods Discotheque, Pt. II
Side D
Electrobix
Step Aside for the Man
Magnifique
Night of the Comet
Take Me Out

3CD
CD1

Laura
Take Your Mama
Comfortably Numb
Mary
Lovers In The Backseat
Tits On The Radio
Filthy / Gorgeous
Music Is The Victim
Better Luck
It Can’t Come Quickly Enough
Return To Oz
A Message From Ms Matronic
The Skins
Get It Get It

CD2

Electrobix
Available (For You)
Step Aside for the Man
Night of the Comet
Magnifique
Rock My Spot (Crevice Canyon)
Destiny Every Day
Filthy/Gorgeous (Extended Version)
Bicycle of the Devil
Borrowed Time
Doctor (I’m Only Seeing Dark)
Forever Right now
Backwoods Discotheque, Pt. II
Take Me Out

CD3

Comfortably Numb (Fatboy Extended Mix)
Take Your Mama (Hot Chip Remix)
Filthy/Gorgeous (ATOC vs Superbuddha Remix)
Laura (City Hi Fi Remix)
Comfortably Numb (Tiga Remix)
Mary (Junkie XL Mix)
Filthy/Gorgeous (I Love You – See You Next TuesdayMix)
Comfortably Numb (Paper Faces Mix)
Laura (Riton Re-Rub)
Filthy/Gorgeous (Martini Bros Remix)
Take Your Mama (National Forest Remix)
Comfortably Numb (Tommie Sunshine Remix)
Filthy/Gorgeous (Paper Faces Vocal Edit)

Released on 18 July 2025, the 20th anniversary of Scissor Sisters is available to pre-order here

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Written by

Dan Biggane

Dan Biggane is a writer for Classic Pop and Vintage Rock magazines. A former entertainment editor at the Bath Chronicle newspaper, he’s interviewed countless big names from the world of rock and pop including Robert Plant and John Lydon, as well as members of The Specials, The Selecter, The Cure, The Go-Go's, Echo & The Bunnymen, Dexys, Deacon Blue, and Suzanne Vega.