Colour the Small One [Import] [PR]

Sia （Astralwerks）

CD
発売日：2006年1月10日(火)

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『アウェイク』 (2007)

曲目リスト ※試聴はAmazonでどうぞ。

Rewrite
Sunday
Breathe Me
The Bully
Sweet Potato
Don't Bring Me Down
Natale's Song
Butterflies
Moon
The Church Of What's Happening Now
Numb
Where I Belong
Broken Biscuit (US-only bonus track)
Sea Shells (US-only bonus track)
Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix-US-only bonus track)
Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss Remix-US-only bonus track)

レビュー (Amazon)
Listening to Colour the Small One seems almost rude, as though you've just crept into someone's bedroom unannounced and read their diary, or even eavesdropped into a private conversation. A lot of this is down to Sia's voice; a soft, intimate, languorous affair that has the unsettling effect of being simultaneously sad and seductive. A couple of years on from her R&B-tinged debut and those classic pairings with Zero 7, the Australian vocalist has come a long way. The music here consists of basic frameworks of rhythm, enhanced by subtle percussion, folky harmonica and nothing more obtrusive than that secretive, melancholic voice. There's certainly room to breathe and Sia unfolds at her own leisurely pace. Opener "Rewrite" works the sad verse/sunny chorus formula to perfection, while "Sunday" turns "Strawberry Fields" harmonium into big orchestral trip-hop. "Sweet Potato" sours the flow, sounding contrived and too like Nelly Furtado for its own good, but "Bully", a collaboration with Beck Hansen, has a sweet melody that belies its subject matter. As cries for help go, this is up there with the best. --Paul Tierney