The album relates to LGBT life in New York City.

Since its release, it been certified 9× Platinum in the UK, selling over 2,700,000 copies in the country alone.

[7] Scissor Sisters has sold 3,300,000 copies worldwide,[8] and is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in the book of the same name, edited by Robert Dimery.

In July 2006 it was named by Attitude as the top "gay album" of all time.

[10] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim".