Colour the Small One
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Colour the Small One
Colour the Small One is the third album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, which was released in Australia and the United Kingdom on 19 January 2004. It was issued in the United States on 3 February 2004. Production was by Jimmy Hogarth, who also co-wrote three tracks and provided various instruments. It was re-released 10 January 2006 in the US, after the track "Breathe Me" became popular on alternative radio, following its feature as the closing song in the series finale of the HBOdrama Six Feet Under (aired August 2005). The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums Chart. In July 2011 "Breathe Me" was also featured in the ABC Family television film, cyberbuy.-Wikipedia
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Slant Magazine
Sia’s quivering vibrato is fragile like the self she depicts throughout: “I am a single grain of sand,” she says on the opening track “Rewrite,” describing how fleeting her love can be, and she likens herself to a crumbling cookie on the U.S. bonus track “Broken Biscuit.”
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The Guardian
Once past the opening clutch of small, grasping ballads, which all the electro-spaciness at the producer's disposal can't make cool, Colour the Small One unfurls into an unexpectedly endearing thing.
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Snippets
all of the songs perfectly illustrate Sia’s talent and prove that she’s more than just a voice on a R&B/hip-hop track.
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Music OMH
This second LP brings in an altogether different hue: the R&B is entirely absent and it draws one in, with feelings laid exposed.
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All Music
Sia's hushed, intimate vocals are surrounded by acoustic folk-tinged electronica on its 11 tracks, which include the singles "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Where I Belong."
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Pop Matters
Sia takes difficult subject matter and lovingly dissects it, allowing her listeners a beautiful glimpse at a tortured psyche.
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Entertainment
artistically; her swaying, midtempo tracks (including ”The Bully,” co-written with Beck) are lovely enough, but halfway through, her sweet nothings become soothing almost to the point of somnolence.
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Rolling Stone
there's nothing else here that demands or deserves that kind of attention.
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Prefix
That song, now forever linked to the show by its small but loyal following, is the best song on her record, and really the only case for an admittedly lightweight release to ever see U.S. distribution.
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entertainment.ie
It's far too whimsical for its own good, and at times the lack of energy on display is infuriating. Behind all the self-indulgence, however, is the voice of a genuinely fascinating talent - one who could, with time, yet develop into a major star.
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TREBLE
I have no doubt that many a listener will be putting their thumbs out for a chance to get aboard Colour the Small One.
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People
While a few cuts (like “Sweet Potato”) are a bit monotonous, most of Colour, especially “Sunday” and “The Bully” (which she wrote with Beck), is as soothing as an aromatherapy candle.
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TOWER RECORDS
Exuding an invitingly dreamy atmosphere, Sia's record is sure to garner a coveted spot in caf rotation alongside Beth Orton, Bjork, and other like-minded artists.
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Magnetic Magazine
With the long-overdue US release of Colour The Small One, former Zero 7 vocalist Sia proves she is a formidable emerging talent to reckon with.
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Motherlode
Deeply moving. Profoundly melancholy. A beauty to behold.
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indielondon
Furler fans won't be disappointed, while the Zero 7 entourage may feel this suitably whets the appetite ahead of their new album. It is a soothing listen.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
True to the title, Colour the Small One does just that: Sia's voice and sometimes unique perspective bring a little color to an otherwise small and mundane album
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Renowned For Sound
Colour The Small One wasn’t her best album but it really set the wheel in motion for the singer.
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Contact Music
What is certain is that, with fragile beauty, a collaboration with Beck and swathes of sensual soul-searching, Colour The Small One, Healing Is Difficult's' long overdue follow-up, rekindles thoughts of an all conquering phenomenon and will surely make her a 'coolio' once again.
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