Some People Have Real Problems (Gatefold) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Tracklist
A1        Little Black Sandals
Backing Vocals – Gus Seyffert, Lucia Ribisi, Mike Green (9)
Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Lucia Ribisi
Written-By – D. Carey*, S. Furler*
A2        Lentil
Backing Vocals – Gus Seyffert, Inara George, Mike Green (9)
Written-By – S. Dixon*, S. Furler*
A3        Day Too Soon
Backing Vocals – Mary Pearce
Written-By – S. Dixon*, S. Furler*
B1        You Have Been Loved
Backing Vocals – Gus Seyffert
Written-By – C. Jones*, P. Vettese*, S. Furler*
B2        The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
Written-By – M. Myer*, P. Marten*, R. Allum*, S. Furler*
B3        Academia
Backing Vocals – Beck Hansen, Brian Lebarton, Gus Seyffert, Inara George, Lucia Ribisi, Mike Green (9), Ryan Faulkner
Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Beck Hansen
Written-By – D. Carey*, S. Furler*
B4        I Go To Sleep
Written-By – R. Davies*
C1        Playground
Written-By – F. Bloxsom*, S. Dixon*, S. Furler*
C2        Death By Chocolate
Backing Vocals – Beck Hansen, Binki Shapiro, Brian Lebarton, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee (2), Lenka Kripac, Lucia Ribisi
Written-By – G. Kurstin*, S. Furler*
C3        Soon We'll Be Found
Backing Vocals – Gus Seyffert, Mike Green (9)
Written-By – R. Nowels*, S. Furler*
C4        Electric Bird
Backing Vocals – Inara George
Written-By – H. Binns*, S. Furler*
D1        Beautiful Calm Driving
Written-By – S. Dixon*, S. Furler*
D2        Lullaby
Backing Vocals – Inara George
Written-By – S. Dixon*, S. Furler*
D3        Buttons
Backing Vocals – Binki Shapiro, Brian Lebarton, Lenka Kripac
Written-By – Freescha, S. Furler*

Copyright © – Monkey Puzzle Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Monkey Puzzle Records
Licensed To – Concord Music Group, Inc.
Accordion – Harry Deerness (tracks: B3, C4)
Artwork [Back Titles Drawn By] – Dallas Clayton
Artwork [Black Cover Artwork By] – Eric Spring, Sia Furler
Bass – Sam Dixon
Brass – Dominic Glover (tracks: B2, C4), Jim Hunt (tracks: B2, C4), Nichol Thomson (tracks: B2, C4)
Cello – Abigail Dalmont (tracks: C3)
Clarinet, Flute [Flutes] – Martin Slattery (tracks: B3)
Design [Label Design By] – Antonia Thompson
Drums – Felix Bloxsom (tracks: A1, B4, D1), Joey Waronker (tracks: A2 to C4, D2, D3)
Guitar – Dan Carey (tracks: B3), Gus Seyffert, Jimmy Hogarth (tracks: A1, B1, B3, C4, D2), Sam Dixon (tracks: C1, D2)
Keyboards [Keys] – Ed Stevens* (tracks: A2, A3, B2 to C4, D2, D3), Greg Kurstin (tracks: C2), Harry Deerness (tracks: C4), Jimmy Hogarth (tracks: A1), Larry Goldings (tracks: A1 to B1, B4, C3, D1, D2)
Lacquer Cut By – Peter Hewitt-Dutton
Mastered By – Tony Cousins
Mixed By – Jeremy Wheatley
Percussion – Felix Bloxsom (tracks: A1), Harry Deerness (tracks: C4), Jimmy Hogarth (tracks: B3), Joey Waronker (tracks: B2, B4, C1, D3), Martin Slattery (tracks: A3)
Photography By [Photograph Of Sia In Rainbow Face Paint, Photograph Of Sia And Lick Lick Science & Photograph Of Sia With Pink Cushion By] – RJ Shaughnessy
Producer – Jimmy Hogarth
Programmed By [Programming] – Pete Davis (tracks: C3)
Strings – Oliver Kraus (tracks: A2 to B1, C3, D1)
Vocals – Sia Furler
℗ & © 2008 Monkey Puzzle Records Ltd. Under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc.

US version does NOT contain the Sony Music logo like the EU version.

Some People Have Real Problems is Sia's first release on the Starbucks-affiliated Hear Music label, following acts like Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell. Given the burst of attention Sia got when her song "Breathe Me" was used to excellent effect in the final scenes of the series finale of the HBO show Six Feet Under, which brought the Australian singer/songwriter to a much wider audience than was familiar with her earlier work with Zero 7 and Massive Attack, it makes perfect sense. With her old-school soul vocal style, with just a hint of roughness under her delicate high-register tones, set against the contemporary sophistication of her music, Sia is exactly the sort of artist a middle-aged Starbucks devotee who wants to remain at least tangentially hip would flock to: if Amy Winehouse did yoga instead of Jack Daniels, she'd sound a lot like Sia. But fans of Sia's earlier releases may well be in for a shock: Some People Have Real Problems sounds like a concerted grab for the Mum Rock demographic, those looking for something to listen to while they're waiting for Corinne Bailey Rae and Regina Spektor to release new albums. Considerably more pop-oriented and uptempo than the chilly electronica that made her name, songs like "Buttons" and "Academia" (one of two songs featuring Beck on harmony vocals; the other, "Death by Chocolate," also features Jason Lee and Giovanni Ribisi) also seem designed to attract the audience that fell for Feist's "1234." It would be easy to condemn Sia for such a naked brass ring grab except for one somewhat surprising point: the change actually suits her. The newly varied arrangements, moods, and textures of this album, from the mournful piano-led cover of the Kinks' "I Go to Sleep" through the horn-based R&B swing of "Electric Bird" to the sarcastic bounce of "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine," make Some People Have Real Problems Sia's most engrossing and satisfying album yet. [An LP version was released in 2017.] ~ Stewart Mason

• Format Type: 2xLP
• Genre: POP
• Format: Vinyl
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Released: 5/26/2017