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Whistle Stopper - Some People Have Real Problems
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List Price: $18.98
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Manufacturer: Hear Music
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0888072306295
Format: Enhanced
Label: Hear Music
Manufacturer: Hear Music
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hear Music
Release Date: 2008-01-08
Studio: Hear Music
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Summary: Great album
Comment: I first became familiar with Sia when she collaborated on some music with trip hop duo Zero 7. Zero 7's music rather bored me but I did like Sia's vocals quite a bit enough to get her first album COLOUR THE SMALL ONE. I finally got around to getting her latest cd SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS. I have been listening to it non-stop. I like the fact that her music isn't easy to categorize. It is a mish mash of trip hop, jazz, pop, and rock. The music is relaxing but not enough where I would find myself getting drowsy while listening to the album at work on my ipod. My personal favorite songs are Sia's ballads like "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" and "Lullaby". I really like the melodies to those songs in particular and the lyrics sends chills down my spine. On a more uptempo side, I love "Little Black Sandals" and "You Have Been Loved". My only quibble with Sia's music is her voice. There are moments when her voice tends to be a bit too shrill for my liking like "Academia". Overall SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS is a wonderful album.
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Summary: Sia the Magnificent
Comment: I have all of Sia's solo efforts, from the relatively unknown Healing is Difficult to her latest musical opus. I've also had the immense pleasure of seeing her in concert with my fiance in arms. Sia needs only one word of description: breathtaking. Fin.
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Summary: No real problems here
Comment: Another reviewer described Sia's album as her audition for American Idol. Sia does indeed have an amazing unique voice, but there were far too many drawn out whoOoOoOahs, AaAaAhhhhhhhHhHhs, and OoOoOoOh's throughout the album. I felt this often not only distracted from some of the awesome melodies, but also, her voice has many unique quirks and qualities that are lost when she does this. That being said, I do think the strength of her voice somewhat guides the style of her music, and the album was deceptively much more R&B ( and really not as quirky and upbeat and you may think it would be from the album cover and from the leaked track "buttons") than I thought it would be, which is cool, but unexpected. I love Sia as much as the next one, but some of the lyrics seemed rushed and uninspired, like the track "soon we'll be found" and "death by chocolate"...a definite downgrade from her last album, and from her work with Zero 7. Though "Academia" and "Lullaby", are awesome.
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Summary: So underrated
Comment: Sia is one of the best singers out there. Very personable with the crowd live. This record is a happy one and it's great! I feel lucky to have seen her in a club because she's going to be huge!
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Summary: not too long....wrong track order
Comment: I didn't discover Sia at Starbucks, but through listening to samples of the quirkier faster paced songs. The album seems too long because she starts off with the emotionally powerful, self pitying ballads and only picks up the pace with the 5th track "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine". And whenever the pace picks up,she switches to another ballad. Now maybe the lyrics are uplifting, but musically it sounds like typical r & b whining.
If you like that, then maybe this is for you, but for me urban soul is booooring and depressing. I'd listen to Mary J. Blige if I wanted that, not some chick from where ever Sia is from.
Ånyway, I catch shades of early Prince and Fiona Apple, but without the selfishness apparent in those artist's lyrics
the only highlights which give you any musical diversity are
The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
Academia (brilliant!!)
Playground (cute)
Electric bird (beautiful harmonies)
not enough to overcome the onslaught of whiny r & b
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In addition to her successful solo career, Sia has also worked extensively with ZERO 7; She provided the vocals for the hit singles "Destiny" and "Distractions" from their debut album Simple Things, as well as tracks on their subsequent albums, When It Falls and Garden. She also collaborated successfully with MASSIVE ATTACK and WILLIAM ORBIT. Sia has had huge club hits, including "Drink To Get Drunk" [remixed by DIFFERENT GEAR] and the UK garage remix of "Little Man" by WOOKIE "Breathe Me," from her album Colour the Small One gained significant attention when it was used in the elaborate final scene of HBO's SIX FEET UNDER.
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