1000 Forms of Fear
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1000 Forms of Fear
1000 Forms of Fear is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Sia. It was released on 4 July 2014 by Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records worldwide, and Inertia Records in Australia. Primarily an electropop album, the record also incorporates influences from reggae and hip hop. Lyrically, the record is focused on Sia struggling to deal with drug addiction and bipolar disorder.-Wikipedia
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TIME
1000 Forms of Fear is an experiment in how to make a solid, cohesive pop album without actually being a pop star.
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The Guardian
What's distinctive here, though, is the marshalling of a huge arsenal of chart-pop dynamism behind the distinctly grown-up songs of a woman who doesn't want to be famous.
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Consequence of Sound
When you listen to 1000 Forms of Fear and hear the real pain in her beautiful, guttural vocal hiccups, it doesn’t feel like a voyeuristic experience but, rather, like an old friend’s new hurting or your own past mistakes.
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The Telegraph
Pop songwriting powerhouse Sia keeps her darker and more complex songs for herself but retains the endorphin-releasing electropop climaxes.
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Rolling Stone
Her knack for heart-swelling choruses shines through on a set of tracks you might play while winning a marathon: There’s triumph in her tiniest tics, like the echoing woo-ooh on the outro to “Big Girls Cry” or the sweetened trap toms of “Elastic Heart.”
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Spin
Listening to 1000 Forms Of Fear, you can hear how strong Furler’s influence is on the pop stars with whom she works.
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Slant
Surpassing her earlier albums in its consistency and balls-to-the-wall gusto, 1000 Forms of Fear should be the vessel that rockets the singer out of relative obscurity and into the stratosphere populated by those more recognizable stars who’ve come to dominate the pop-music universe thanks, in part, to her songwriting skills.
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Sputnik Music
Overall, “1000 Forms of Fear” displays a very eclectic range of tracks. There is not a single bad song on here, and many sound great completely as a separate, non-album track
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Cryptic Rock
Sia takes this album to a deep and moving level as well as an uplifting one.
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Paste Magazine
It’s an album that acts as if simply existing was success enough. Yes, it is successful in this light, but it could have still tried to be more.
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Los Angeles Times
And throughout "1000 Forms of Fear," her sixth studio disc, she confesses to loving with the kind of intensity that virtually guarantees heartbreak.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Sia deserves a crowning accomplishment to match her phenomenal talent and remarkable story. Two cheers for 1000 Forms of Fear, which proves such an album is well within her grasp.
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AV Music
1000 Forms Of Fear certainly has the songs and contemporary sheen to make Sia a star in her own right, but it’s at the expense of both her emotional intimacy and her offbeat personality.
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Drowned In Sound
These aren’t drastic alterations to the standard Sia formula, but what you do get is an album with a very specific identity. Furler hasn't ‘done a Grimes’ and released her version of a song that was rejected by someone else.
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Common Sense Media
Sia may be uncomfortable with fame, but her album is full of hits.
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The Line Of Best Fit
1000 Forms of Fear is a anguished pop album for our uncertain times, crafted by an artist who is conflicted and torn by her celebrity as well as her vulnerable heart.
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All Music
While it's not quite as original-sounding as We Are Born, 1000 Forms of Fear is an appealing balance of Sia the artiste and Sia the chart-topping songwriter.
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AXS
Her raw vocals and genius way with words makes the Fears on this record very tangible yet how she faces them is where the awe-inspiring moments come in.
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Time Out
Yet, despite moments of underwhelment, it’s still stirring stuff, and never less than the sound of someone singing for her life.
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Idolator
They broke the mold with Sia, and 1000 Forms Of Fear is all the proof needed to know that our favorite Aussie (outside of Kylie Minogue) can craft a hit for someone else, but can bring that energy back to her own project and create an instant classic. Sia’s done it again. This time for herself.
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Pop Matters
Her performance anxiety has been confronted in an unconventional way, and it has given her the strength to step out of the shadows once again and bravely take the mic.
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Everything Express
So rather than a track-by track commentary, we invite you to go on that journey of discovery and hear for yourself how substantial commerical ‘pop’ music can be.
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Music OMH
In 1000 Forms Of Fear, we have what is probably Sia’s finest body of work.
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Digital Spy
For an artist who continually attempts to avoid the public eye, her material feels more revelatory now than ever - and just when she decides she doesn't want to be famous, she has recorded the best album of her career.
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NBHAP
There is no doubt: ‘1000 Forms Of Fear’ is a brilliant and deep pop-record, but after producing lots of pop anthems, SIA’s biggest fear should be her own transformation into an mainstream artist.
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Music Connection
Sia’s already stellar vocals soar even higher through the 12-song effort, giving her powerful lyrics the perfect vehicle to drive themselves into the hearts of fans
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THE PULP
It was a solid, solid album for someone who has been doubted so much by her younger competition.
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A Humming Heart
There is so much continuity in this album with every song is numbered perfectly as well. It just makes you respect the genius of this woman
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The Marionette
1000 Forms of Fear is the kind of music that is really easy to ignore.
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Seattle pi
But rather than pull her work down to the more mundane, 1000 Forms allows a musicality that so often evades popular consumption, to creep into even the most pedestrian of songs. And at the end, the album becomes a potent mix of talent, melody, and incredible hooks.
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NZ Herald
But this year she's decided to come back swinging, with her own album full of potential pop hits.
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Enuffa
The songs are instantly hooky, yes, but beneath the surface is a mature singer/songwriter who 1) actually has something to say and 2) fills each song with layers upon layers of ear candy so each new listen brings a deeper experience. This is the best album of 2014.
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She Knows
Sia battles her inner demons on 1000 Forms of Fear.
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Nicholas Wasiliev
As electropop goes, this album is strong, enchanting and listenable.
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Album Confessions
Featuring some of the best vocals in the music game right now and meaningful, powerful lyrics that will hit a chord with any listener, the new album is a strong collection of ballads, and the occasional top 40 moment, that could all be released as potential singles.
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Chaotic Critic
Lyrically the album revolves around the pain that people tend to mask and the music can get overlooked if the beat isn’t there.
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Detroit Metro Times
. . . in the end, 1000 Forms of Fear is an album full of bland, overproduced Rihanna deep cuts.
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El Broide
Sia has stayed true to herself and has released the music she loves instead of going the more pop route on this album as well which shows just how much of a fantastic artist she is.
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Gulf News Hollywood
America’s finally caught on to the ultra-talented Sia, and the Australian singer-songwriter stretches her boundaries even further on her sixth release, 1,000 Forms of Fear.
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Celebrity Cafe
Overall, it’s a good album by a respected figure in the music industry. However, the album seems repetitive and could be a bit stronger.
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The Upcoming
The individualism of the album is exquisite and necessary, but with a small tweak in vocal technique, her truly magical work could be enhanced.
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Spectrum Culture
While that lack of polish might keep 1000 Forms of Fear from propelling Sia’s career to the next level, it still makes for an enjoyable listen.
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Ally's Appraisals
Powerful lyrics are complimented with a stunning voice that is showcased within the album.
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Pop Insomniacs
Sia’s album is more of a dramatic statement, than a simple collection of pop songs, although it manages to function on this secondary level as well.
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Renowned For Sound
1000 Forms Of Fear is an emotional piece of art, there is no holding back lyrically or melodically for Sia.
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You Nerded
Besides being a trailblazing powerhouse who continues to remain significant, Sia has really great cover art and even greater music, and is probably still writing for your favorite artists
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Woofd
It’s a solid pop record; nonetheless,
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The AU Review
Sia's first album in four years, 1000 Forms of Fear is full of moving song lyrics, brooding and beats; with some pop thrown in for good measure.
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Daily Bruin
Through powerful vocals, electric drums and dark lyrics, Sia paints the portrait of a person who has encountered the less tasteful side of life in her latest album, “1000 Forms of Fear.”
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Creation
The result – a pouring out of emotional maturity, honesty, vulnerability, humanity, creativity, all hidden beneath the layers of smart, consistent and powerful pop music.
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MuuMuse
1000 Forms Of Fear is a cathartic experience, full of raw emotion and explosive energy
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Spectrum Pulse
In the end, this record feels like the worst possible step for Sia and her songwriting: overwrought and desperately hammering for drama to the point of almost self-parody.
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Reverb Magazine Online
With complete nonchalance and totally pointed tenacity, Sia delivers an album riddled with serious attitude and a punchy beat that makes you want to shake your face, flail your arms and stomp your feet.
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Scene Sisters
1000 Forms of Fear best encompasses Furler's unique sound for the audience who may not have any idea who she is.
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Vantage Point Music
This record is a straightforward pop album with twinges of R&B and Soul popping in and out at various points.
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Sparkly Pretty Briiiight
Sia is one of those rare artists who can pour her soul into her songs and still make them eminently listenable, and if for no other reason, that makes 1000 Forms of Fear one of the authentic, real albums you will listen to this year, if ever.
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Jakib's Album Reviews
Either way, “1000 Forms of Fear” is a pretty good album, through and through.
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The Grizzle Review
Throughout the album Sia clearly cements her own style, rarely deviating from her own template.
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Thomas Bleach
“1000 Forms Of Fear” is easily Sia’s strongest collection of work and is the front runner for what quite possibly could be the best album of 2014.
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The Max Online
1000 Forms Of Fear is a deeply emotional pop album from a singer not afraid to let her songs do the talking even if she herself is afraid to.
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Wanton Creation
But the faceless cover of her latest album, 1000 Forms of Fear, suggests some of the pain she has been through in recent years.
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Press Play Ok
The problem is in the way its presented – when everything is so overwrought, nothing holds weight, and 1000 Forms of Fear essentially becomes just one repetitive form of Sia.
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Alter The Press
Her newest album, 1000 Forms of Fear, is fitting in both its name and material.
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