Take Your Mama Out: Scissor Sisters’ Debut Gets Deluxe Reissue

May 28, 2025 By Mike Duquette — 1 Comment
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One of the most dynamic pop acts of the 2000s is ready to have a kiki with fans once more, thanks to a new expanded edition of their debut album and return to touring.

The self-titled first album by Scissor Sisters turns 20 (and a year, but who’s counting) in 2025, and will be reissued by Republic Records as a greatly expanded edition offering the album in a digipak alongside two bonus discs of B-sides, remixes and seven previously unheard tracks. A truncated offering of the B-sides and outtakes will be included on a double vinyl edition. Both formats will be available July 18.

Though Scissor Sisters – vocalists Jake Shears and Ana Matronic, bassist/keyboardist Scott “Babydaddy” Hoffman, guitarist Del Marquis and drummer Paddy Boom – had dizzying success overseas with a dance/pop/rock hybrid that took cues from some of the great U.K. pop acts, they were in fact America. Kentucky-raised Shears and Hoffman found their scene in the queer club scene on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, recruiting cabaret singer Matronic, Marquis and Boom into their flamboyant musical act. Signing to the indie A Touch of Class, the Sisters released the single “Electrobix” in 2002 but gained considerable attention for its B-side, a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” that earned positive reactions from David Gilmour and Roger Waters, becoming a U.K. Top 10. It was off to the races from there in England: while the album ascended halfway up the Billboard 200 and Elton John-esque single “Take Your Mama” was a radio favorite, Scissor Sisters topped the U.K. charts, selling nearly three million copies and becoming the best-selling LP of 2004. The bawdy dance cut “Filthy/Gorgeous” would top the U.S. dance charts and became another U.K. Top 10 hit.

Oddly, Scissor Sisters’ future successes would be a see-saw between each side of the Atlantic. Second album Ta-Dah (2006) and lead single “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’,” co-written and duetted with Elton John, were both U.K. chart-toppers that made little noise Stateside. But fourth album Magic Hour (2012)’s final single “Let’s Have a Kiki,” which missed the U.K. charts, became a No. 1 dance hit in America and an enduring LGBTQ+ classic. After more than seven years of inactivity, the Scissor Sisters reissue comes with a spate of new tour dates, featuring Shears, Babydaddy, Marquis and drummer Randy Real (who replaced the amicably departed Paddy Boom in 2008 – Ana Matronic is sitting this round out).

You can take your mama to get a copy of this expanded album from July 18. The full track list is below; as an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Scissor Sisters (20th Anniversary Edition) (Republic (U.S.)/Polydor/UMR (U.K.), 2025)

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CD 1/LP 1 + LP 2 Tracks C1-3: Original album

  1. Laura
  2. Take Your Mama
  3. Comfortably Numb
  4. Mary
  5. Lovers in the Backseat
  6. Tits on the Radio
  7. Filthy/Gorgeous
  8. Music is the Victim
  9. Better Luck
  10. It Can’t Come Quickly Enough
  11. Return to Oz
  12. A Message from Ms Matronic
  13. The Skins
  14. Get It Get It

Tracks 1-11 released as Universal Records B0002772-02, 2004
Tracks 12-14 released on special edition of album – Polydor 986 605-8 (U.K.), 2004

  • Track 13 also released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” 12″ – A Touch of Class Recordings ATOC 015, 2004
  • Track 14 also released on “Take Your Mama” U.K. CD single – Polydor 986 630-5, 2004

CD 2/LP 2, Tracks C4-7 and D1-5(*): B-sides and Outtakes (+ previously unreleased)

  1. Electrobix *
  2. Available (For You) *
  3. Step Aside for the Man * +
  4. Night of the Comet * +
  5. Magnifique * +
  6. Rock My Spot (Crevice Canyon) *
  7. Destiny Every Day +
  8. Filthy/Gorgeous (Extended Version)
  9. Bicycle of the Devil +
  10. Borrowed Time *
  11. Doctor (I’m Only Seeing Dark) +
  12. Forever Right Now +
  13. Backwoods Discotheque, Pt. II *
  14. Take Me Out *

Track 1 released on A Touch of Class Recordings 12″ ATOC008, 2002
Track 2 released on “Laura” U.K. CD single – Polydor 981 278-8, 2003
Track 6 released on “Comfortably Numb” U.K. CD single – Polydor 981 588-3, 2003
Track 8 released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” 12″ – A Touch of Class Recordings ATOC 015, 2004
Track 10 released on “Laura” U.K. CD single – Polydor 986 683-3, 2004
Track 13 released on “Take Your Mama” U.K. CD single – Polydor 986 630-5, 2004
Track 14 released on “Mary” U.K. CD single – Polydor 986 828-2, 2004

CD 3: Remixes

  1. Comfortably Numb (Fatboy Extended Mix)
  2. Take Your Mama (Hot Chip Remix)
  3. Filthy/Gorgeous (ATOC vs Superbuddha Remix)
  4. Laura (City Hi Fi Remix)
  5. Comfortably Numb (Tiga Remix)
  6. Mary (Junkie XL Mix)
  7. Filthy/Gorgeous (I Love You – See You Next Tuesday Mix)
  8. Comfortably Numb (Paper Faces Mix)
  9. Laura (Riton Re-Rub)
  10. Filthy/Gorgeous (Martini Bros Remix)
  11. Take Your Mama (National Forest Remix)
  12. Comfortably Numb (Tommie Sunshine Remix)
  13. Filthy/Gorgeous (Paper Faces Vocal Edit)

Track 1 released on “Comfortably Numb” U.K. CD single – Polydor 981 588-3, 2003
Track 2 released on “Take Your Mama” U.K. 12″ – Polydor 986 628-3, 2004
Track 3 released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” 12″ – A Touch of Class Recordings ATOC 015, 2004
Track 4 released on “Laura” U.K. CD single – Polydor 986 683-3, 2004
Track 5 released on “Comfortably Numb” 12″ – A Touch of Class Recordings ATOC 013, 2003
Track 6 released on “Mary” U.K. 12″ – Polydor 986 828-1, 2004
Track 7 released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” U.K. 12″ – Polydor 986 980-1, 2005
Track 8 released on “Comfortably Numb” U.K. 12″ – Polydor 981 588-5, 2003
Track 9 released on “Laura” U.K. CD single reissue – Polydor 986 683-3, 2004
Track 10 released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” U.K. double promo 12″ – Polydor SNIP 21, 2004
Track 11 released on “Take Your Mama” U.K. picture disc – Polydor 986 627-8, 2004
Track 12 released on “Comfortably Numb” U.K. picture disc – Polydor 981 588-4, 2004
Track 13 released on “Filthy/Gorgeous” U.K. promo CD single – Polydor SNIP 24, 2004

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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1 thought on “Take Your Mama Out: Scissor Sisters’ Debut Gets Deluxe Reissue”

  1. Larry Davis

    That debut is just classic…and deserves the deluxe treatment…that outtake “Magnifique” is great!! I have to admit, the 3rd & 4th albums did not hit me like the first 2 did, but perhaps they will grow on me when i rebuy em eventually…i know “Glee” did a fun cover of “Kiki”…also i have this fun 2cd deluxe of “Ta-Dah” with the elevator doors…l also think Jake’s recent solo album “Last Man Dancing” is as good as the best Scissor stuff…

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