Scissor Sisters' music has always dominated two epicenters of dance music: gay clubs and junior-high slumber parties. Performing live with everyone from Sandra Bernhard to the Muppets, they've been that rare rainbow-flag-waving pop group with a family-values seal of approval. But frontman Jake Shears claims the group's friendly-gay-uncle rep has left him feeling "neutered," so with Scissor Sisters' third full-length, they're leaving the warm fuzzies behind. Night Work is the sleaziest album they've ever made — and, not coincidentally, it's also their best. The lyrics are loaded with witty come-ons — "I've got your tail between my legs," "I want you to funk me/ Your battleship has sunk me," "Take me any way you want…In front of your parents?/ I don't care!" The music totally nails the sexy, seedy hedonism of '70s and '80s nightlife: "Harder You Get" winks at Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing"; "Sex and Violence" sighs with the neon-light glamour of the Pet Shop Boys; "Running Out" reimagines the Cult's "Fire Woman" as the best aerobic workout ever. And, with electronic music guru Stuart Price producing, a newly inspired Shears sounds like he's ready for something new. "I'll take anything you give me/ 'Cause I know that God forgives… read more »