Colour the Small One [Enhanced, Extra tracks, Import]

Sia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B0001BS4Q0
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,906 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rewrite

2. Sunday

3. Breathe Me

4. The Bully

5. Sweet Potato

6. Don't Bring Me Down

7. Natale's Song

8. Moon

9. The Church of What's Happening Now

10. Numb

11. Where I Belong

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

139 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars About Darned Time!, August 23, 2005

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L. G. Mabry "assumedname" (Lanham, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colour the Small One (Audio CD)

Sometimes it's amazing what it takes to make a good album successful. I've owned, and enjoyed Colour the Small One for nearly two years. I've talked it up to friends (especially fans of the group Zero 7), but since it never got a domestic release in the US, the import price kept most people away. But now, after being featured prominently in preseason teasers and the final episode of Six Feet Under, "Breathe Me" has finally put some light on this unheralded artist. About darned time!

I initially became familiar with Sia Furler as one of the three highly distincttive singers on Zero 7's excellent debut record. Looking for more of the same, I purchased Healing Is Difficult, her first solo record. I was slightly disappointed. Although Healing... contained some great songs ("Drink to Get Drunk," "Blow It All Away," and especially, "I'm Not Important to You"), the record also contained a number of quirky, melodically weak up-tempo tunes. Colour the Small One is the better album.

Although informed by the blissed-out chill of Zero 7, Sia's second album has a certain sleepy appeal all its own. The lanquid music perfectly compliments the singer's soulful, semi-slurred delivery and introspective lyrics. Along with "Breathe Me," the songs "Numb," "Rewrite," and "Sunday" perfectly capture the feeling of (to quote "Numb") "living in your head without anything to numb you." Sia's occasional quirkiness remains, on songs like "Sweet Potato," but seems more natural now.

The music people finding distinctive music to feature on Six Feet Under deserve credit for locating an undiscovered gem this time. It's really gratfying to see how many people have been moved by "Breathe Me" to seek out more music from Sia. And it's good to see an artist I've liked and recommended finally starting to get her due. I can't tell you how rarely that happens. But one final hurdle remains: the domestic release. Pay attention, Universal! Get this record out over here!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking for "Breathe Me"? Well, you found it, and so much more..., November 12, 2005

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Zengrrl (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colour the Small One (Audio CD)

This album has gotten some recent, if much delayed, buzz due to the the inclusion of "Breathe Me" on the second Six Feet Under soundtrack "Everything Ends" (thank you, Astralwerks, for yet another incredible compilation/production). If you saw the series finale of Six Feet Under, "Breathe Me" is the song in the very last scene when Claire leaves for NYC, a scene forever burned in the minds of every Six Feet Under fan. Dear God, what beautiful and haunting song.

Fortunately, I am happy to report this is NOT one of those CDs that you purchase only to find the song which spurred the purchase is the only song you would ever listen to. This entire album is gem. Sia's vocals, as could be expected, are on point. While the other songs are not like "Breathe Me" in sound, they are just as equally effective. Overall, I would describe this album as downtempto trip-hop, but with Sia's unique treatment. It is beautifully varied and always delivers Sia's voice to your ears with a sly smile.

Give Sia a try. She is so much more than "Breathe Me", though this song gives you a definite impression of her yet to be discovered genious. I would also highly recommend her first solo album, "Healing is Difficult", which contains her other cult-favorite song "Blow It All Away".

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than Zero 7, October 8, 2004

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Crawford Pratt "ccpratt" (raleigh, nc United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colour the Small One (Audio CD)

Colour the Small One, the follow up to Healing is difficult, is a refreshing change of pace. This album explores more of Sia's downtempo R & B side. The album has a more organic sound to it instead of the digital production on Healing. It's a album full of growing,pain,love,and optimism. If you enjoyed her work on Zero 7's When it falls, then this is one to pick up. It's worth the import price.