Colour the Small One [16 Tracks] Sia

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  • Release Date: 01/10/2006
  • Original Release: 2004
  • Sales Rank: 17,948
  • Label: ASTRALWERKS
  • UPC: 094634810326

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Colour the Small One [16 Tracks]

1LISTENRewrite 4:45
2LISTENSunday 4:17
3LISTENBreathe Me 4:34
4LISTENThe Bully 3:51
5LISTENSweet Potato 4:00
6LISTENDon't Bring Me Down 4:25
7LISTENNatale's Song 2:32
8LISTENButterflies 3:26
9LISTENMoon 5:02
10LISTENThe Church of What's Happening Now 4:27
11LISTENNumb 4:40
12LISTENWhere I Belong 5:45
13LISTENBroken Biscuit Bonus Track 4:55
14LISTENSea Shells Bonus Track 4:51
15LISTENBreathe Me Bonus Track / Four Tet Remix 5:03
16LISTENBreathe Me Bonus Track / Ulrich Schnauss Remix 4:53

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

Her name might not be of the household variety, but it's likely you've heard Sia before. An Australian-born Londoner, Sia (pronounced SEE-ah) Furler contributed some gauzy vocals to Zero 7's down-tempo classic Simple Things, and her enthralling, tear-stained "Breathe Me" played during the finale of HBO's stellar goth series Six Feet Under. Colour the Small One, her U.S. solo debut, is a moody, affecting collection that marries the artist's talents as a singer-songwriter with her ear for cozy, occasionally unsettling electronic soundscapes; in other words, it's similar in appeal to music by Beth Orton, Portishead's Beth Gibbons, or Frou Frou chanteuse Imogen Heap. Unsurprisingly, given Zero 7's willowy R&B leanings, Sia's vocals are colored by subtle soul shadings, yet there's also a nakedness to her delivery. On the aforementioned "Breathe Me" -- a piano-driven, synth-gilded ballad of aching beauty -- she coos, "Be my friend / Hold me, wrap me up / Unfold me / I am small / I'm needy / Warm me up / And breathe me," her voice crackling, barely able to get out all the words. Whereas that track ends with synths and strings reaching a towering crescendo, the next track, the mournful, acoustic guitar–keyed "The Bully," strips the music away to reveal the sweet (though naturally melancholy) coo in Sia's vocals. A bit of Nelly Furtado flutters through the whimsical, vaguely jazzy "Butterflies," and by disc's end, Sia seems to have done a 180 from the agony of "Breathe Me": On the relatively spunky, acid jazzy "Where I Belong," she repossesses the R&B diva within to sing, and re-sing, the refrain, "So don't treat me bad, just be glad I am strong / I know where I belong." Sounds like we haven't heard the last from Sia. Lydia Vanderloo, Barnes & Noble

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Colour the Small Oneby dscb

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October 10, 2009: I recently purchased Colour the Small One. Sia is a unique artist.

Glad to have discovered her. I will collect all of her music and artwork.

SIA has always been a magnificent Singerby Anonymous

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March 16, 2009: SIA is one of my favorite female singers!


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