- pop, electronic, electropop
- 47 min
- 12 tracks
- Monkey Puzzle Records
This Is Acting is the seventh studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released on 29 January 2016 by Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records. The album is mostly composed of songs written by Sia for other pop artists that were not included on their albums. Sia described songwriting for others as "play-acting," hence the album title.
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Contemporary, character-led, spare and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 67/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- Billboard3/5 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Idolator4/5
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bird Set Free4:12
- 2Alive4:23
- 3One Million Bullets4:12
- 4Move Your Body4:07
- 5Unstoppable3:37
- 6Cheap Thrills3:31
- 7Reaper3:39
- 8House on Fire4:01
- 9Footprints3:13
- 10Sweet Design2:25
- 11Broken Glass4:25
- 12Space Between4:49
12 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sia
- Label
- Monkey Puzzle Records
- Released
- January 26, 2016
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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