This Is Acting by Sia (CD, 2016, RCA) *NEW* *FREE Shipping*

Description: This Is Acting by Sia [CD] Track Listing: 1 Bird Set Free2 Alive3 One Million Bullets4 Move Your Body5 Unstoppable6 Cheap Thrills7 Reaper8 House On Fire9 Footprints10 Sweet Design11 Broken Glass12 Space Between 2016 album from singer, songwriter, producer, and hitmaker Sia. "Alive," the album's first single was written by Sia, Adele and Tobias Jesso, Jr. And was produced by Jesse Shatkin, who also co-wrote and co-produced Sia's massive four-time Grammy nominated "Chandelier." In addition to Shatkin, Sia also worked with longtime collaborator/producer Greg Kurstin on This Is Acting. Sia has crafted songs for pop icons including Rihanna ("Diamonds"), Katy Perry ("Double Rainbow"), Britney Spears ("Perfume"), Kelly Clarkson ("Invincible"), Carly Rae Jepsen ("Making the Most of the Night"), Beyoncé ("Pretty Hurts") and Celine Dion ("Love Me Back To Life"), and many others. Sia has also been the featured vocalist on some of the most massive hits she has written for others including "Titanium" with David Guetta, "Beautiful Pain" with Eminem, and "Wild Ones" with Flo Rida. Additionally, Sia was nominated for a Golden Globe last year for the song "Opportunity" from the 2014 adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie. --- Reflecting her years as a music industry veteran, Sia Furler took a self-aware, practical approach to her return to the spotlight. She recorded her comeback album, 1000 Forms of Fear, to get out of her publishing contract; its acclaim led to This Is Acting, a collection of songs originally written for -- and rejected by -- clients such as Adele, Rihanna, and Beyoncé . As the album title hints, there's more going on here than just recycling. In a way, Furler is acting when she writes songs to fit the images these artists portray, and her own interpretations of them add another layer of theatrical distance. This isn't necessarily a bad thing -- she initially shopped "Chandelier" to Rihanna and Beyoncé before keeping it for herself and imbuing it with the unique frailty that made it a smash hit. Sia's skill at crafting songs full of drama and vulnerability that feel real, no matter how loud they get, is in full force on This Is Acting, particularly its first two tracks. Originally intended for Adele -- another master of huge-yet-genuine-sounding songs -- "Bird Set Free" and "Alive" are filled with wounded empowerment and vocal acrobatics that sound just as powerful (if less bombastic) coming from Sia. Elsewhere, Furler's songwriting is more generic, for better and worse: "Unstoppable" boasts the confidence of a hit single that could belong to any number of divas, but even a presence as compelling as Sia can't elevate "Broken Glass" or the Beyoncé reject "Footprints" above cookie-cutter balladry. Though she returns to the intimate songwriting of her pre-pop career on "One Million Bullets" -- the lone song Furler wrote for herself -- many of This Is Acting's most interesting and successful moments happen when Sia takes on more unexpected roles. A pair of songs intended for Rihanna let her show off a more lighthearted side: The spare, reggae-tinged pulse of "Cheap Thrills" echoes Major Lazer's "Lean On" (yet another song Rihanna rejected), but a backing chorus of what sounds like alien children reinforces that this is a Sia song, while "Reaper" lets her explore a more easygoing version of her seize-the-day anthems. Given that Furler didn't originally plan to make these songs her own, it's impressive that This Is Acting works as well as it does -- only the wannabe banger "Move Your Body" and "Sweet Design"'s flashy, hard-hitting R&B are truly unconvincing. For the most part, however, This Is Acting's meta-pop is another example of how cleverly Sia brings her her experiments into the mainstream. ~ Heather Phares, AllMusic Shipping^ - Order typically "ships" within a business day after receipt of cleared payment ("Delivery" information provided below)."FREE Shipping" via USPS Media Mail** (Per US Postal Service [USPS] delivery may take up to 3-4 weeks. Other delivery options available at check out.*).Various shipping options available.*CD, Cassette & Vinyl Record inventory is new and provided by licensed & authorized dealers/vendors or record label.Buyer responsible for correct shipping address. MOWC only ships to verified/valid eBay/PayPal shipping addresses.No International or P. O. 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