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Some People Have Real Problems | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sia
Label: Monkey Puzzle
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3258
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5037300751832
ASIN: B000ZQAN2O
Release Date: January 14, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Little Black Sandals | | • | Lentil | | • | Day Too Soon | | • | You Have Been Loved | | • | The Girl You Lost To Cocaine | | • | Academia | | • | I Go To Sleep | | • | Playground | | • | Death By Chocolate | | • | Soon We'll Be Found | | • | Electric Bird | | • | Beautiful Calm Driving | | • | Lullaby | | • | Buttons [Hidden Track] |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're the defeatist sort that doesn't tend to believe in second (or indeed third) chances, you could do worse than to look to Aussie-pop femme-fatale Sia and for hard evidence Some People Have Real Problems, her third solo effort. Originally celebrated as one of the voices of Zero 7, and also with a solo hit of her own (the pre-Stefani-esque "Taken for Granted"), at the turn of the century, Sia's subsequent career and two solo records failed to make an equal mark in spite of fetching flourishes, which seemed a plain waste of an assured talent. But she re-emerges here three years after her last record in sleek, aerodynamic fettle and a fine form in which to slot into a world where Amy Winehouse (see the smoky jazz of "Lentil" and beautiful soaring ballad "Soon We'll Be Found"), Corinne Bailey Rae (the moreish modern soul of "Little Black Sandles" and "Day Too Soon"), Feist (the haunting and cinematic "I Go to Sleep") and Alison Goldfrapp (the slinky heat of "Playground") command instant mainstream attention. The feistiness of Pink and immediacy of Natasha Beddingfield also pervade her work, propping up songs that sound hard crafted and kitting her out with all the tools she should need for lasting impact. If the Natasha Bedingfield comparison doesn't swing you, perhaps the involvement of alt-rock crown-prince Beck will, hovering gruffly in the shadows as he does on the perky, orchestral "Academia". Either way, Sia doesn't have any real problems. --James Berry
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Innovative Soulful Pop April 19, 2008
Miss Lauren Shields
If you want a feel good, chilled, happy album - this is the album for you.
Sia's voice is evidently incredible, and this album shows this off perfectly.
You know that with each song you have her heart too.
There are no 'filler' tracks in this album; every single track is magical and spell-binding.
This is the kind of album you could play at a dinner party, but it has a slight left-field flair to it - its quirky & charming but elegant at the same time.
For chilling out I recommend 'Day Too Soon', 'Lullaby' (the piano is stunning & compliments her voice perfectly), and 'Beautiful Calm Driving'.
For more upbeat moments, I recommend 'Death By Chocolate' & 'Playground' (it brings you back to your childhood!)
And for those Bridget Jones 'I'm a strong woman' moments, her latest single 'Girl You Lost To Cocaine' is perfect!
'Little Black Sandals' must have a mention too, this opening track draws you into the album, and it's subtle and gorgeous.
- I could never get bored of this album; it sounds perfect in a cold January, and perfect chilling in the garden in the summer. It truly is stunning - I can't wait to hear more from her.
beautiful & unique voice March 17, 2008
mark (sheffield)
totally agree with all previous reviews,a truly sublime album that you just can't stop listening to,i bought this album knowing sia's talented vocals from the equally sublime zero 7,forget amy winehouse/adele/duffy,none will ever come close to this girl,one unique & quirky voice,simply brilliant!
A truely sublime album February 28, 2008
J. Chapman (London)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have no idea what (lack of) critical acclaim this album received and I do not care to find out!
This was always going to be a tough follow up to Colour the small one and her writing collaborations with Zero 7 in the Garden, however it has already found a place in my heart.
The stunning Death by chocolate still makes me catch my breath at the end of the track whilst Girl you lost to Cocaine just has a fab hook from start to finish.
I am not one typically one for lyrics but they are true poetry and her voice is simply to be adored.
Now if only I could get hold of tickst for Koko in April :-(
Her Best Album yet!!! February 13, 2008
O. A. Gailani (London, England)
I have all 3 of Sia's studio albums plus the live Lady Croissant and this is the one I can't stop listening to!
This album is her most consistent offering and really showcases her beautiful voice, thoughtful, often moving and seemingly personal lyrics, all enveloped in emotive melodies and arrangements.
The production and sound is full and balanced with a great 'band' feel ; overall this is an upbeat album with more powerful vocals than her last album and has memorable tunes- not one song is filler and you'll want to play it again and again. In my opinion she is amongst the best female vocalists of all time: timbre, phrasing and emotion. Forget the fakes- she is the real thing!
 Ignore the cool critical reception, this is SIA's best yet January 31, 2008
cathy earnshaw (Berlin, Germany)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Since I heard the stunning, funky song 'Taken for Granted' on TFI Friday back in 2000 and the patchy but distinctive debut album that followed, I've always regarded SIA as a singer of impressive talent who hasn't really been able to make her mark yet. Healing is Difficult didn't quite live up to its sparky, post-therapy title, although her introspective, no-nonsense lyrics and idiosyncratic vocal style set her apart from the crowd. The follow-up album, Colour the Small One (2004), coming out on the back of a heavy depression, was more downtempo and washed-out, laden with soaring strings and narcotic, lazy-day lyrics. There were a few standout tracks - the plaintive 'Don't Bring Me Down' and the Zero 7-influenced 'Sunday' and 'Breathe Me' - but overall I found it a disappointment. And so I was curious as to what she would come up with next.
Some People Have REAL Problems again bears a strong, accusatory title that the tracks don't really match in terms of tone. The songs here are mostly perky and quirky love songs - it's the ballad-like tracks such as the crescendoing 'Lentil' (which featured on her live album Lady Croissant) that work best. She's keen to flex her vocal muscles (which might grate on some after a while); the vocal acrobatics and daisy-chain rhymes are used to lush effect on 'Lentil' (but what a terrible song title!). 'Day Too Soon' is an upbeat paean to a lover, a polished-sounding promise to "stich you up / fill you in my heart / Honey I will knead you...". Glazed, shiny lyrics like that haven't helped accusations that she's sold out to the Starbucks set (the album is being put out on Hear Music, the label that distributes through Starbucks), but her music is more individualist and she certainly comes across as a more complex and interesting person than such suggestions allow. Not all songs are soothing and there is bite: she reprises a punchy, survivalist attitude on the piano and brass-accompanied 'The Girl You Lost to Cocaine' (where she quips, "See, I'll never get laid if I'm running your life"). She also proves a quirky, rhyme-happy lyricist on 'Academia' (on which Beck guest vocals): "You can be my alphabet and I will be your calculator / And together we will work out on the escalator". Sia cheerfully stops short of the sustained nonsensical eccentricity that Tori Amos has embraced, although some might regard song titles such as 'Death by Chocolate' as self-conscious and twee.
Admittedly, Sia Furler could have pushed the boat out further and increased her lyrical and musical daring on her third offering. And yet her vocal dexterity, flashes of lyrical spark and the richer, more consistent sound of her music make this her best album to date.
Recommended!
Standout tracks: Lentil, Day Too Soon, Little Black Sandals, Academia, I Go To Sleep (a Ray Davies cover)
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