If there's a downside it's that the songs aren't necessarily emotionally connected to the songwriter, but they're of such high quality they are – to use an appropriate album track title – Unstoppable. A soundtrack to summer if ever there was one.
This Is Acting is a fine follow-up to 1000 Forms of Fear, but doesn't quite present anything extraordinary or new.
This Is Acting's meta-pop is another example of how cleverly Sia brings her her experiments into the mainstream.
Every track is a potential hit, and Sia’s use of pure pop hooks, coupled with an astounding control over her rampant voice, makes this a very good record.
Unlike her brashly honest and personal 2014 breakthrough 1000 Forms of Fear, which yielded the glitter-and-guts Grammy-nominated “Chandelier”, This Is Acting partially concedes to emotional detachment.
This is Acting serves less as another step down her path and more like a look back on all the ground she has covered thus far.
It’s a pity there are some disappointing songs here because elsewhere on the record there is real brilliance.
This is Acting has some good tracks on it and is obviously written by a very talented songwriter, it’s just not an album that demands excitement from its listeners.
Of course, that’s the problem with formulae: they have a marked tendency to become a bit formulaic. That’s something you suspect Furler, clearly a smart cookie, may have realised. Perhaps This Is Acting is intended as a tying up of loose ends before she tries something different.
Despite a few highlights, This Is Acting is scattered and forgettable next to the emotional 1000 Forms of Fear.
This Is Acting, for all its backstory, rousing highlights, and questionable stylistic choices, actually feels like more of a placeholder than it was probably intended to be.
She’s built an admirable persona that’s both mask and mirror — maybe next time she can show us something we don’t already know.
It’s obviously understandable to attempt to capitalise upon the success of your best-known hit but on ‘This Is Acting’, Sia loses sight of what made her such an interesting artist in the first place.
* Bird Set Free (9.5/10)
* Alive (8.5/10)
* One Million Bullets (6.5/10)
* Move Your Body (6/10)
* Unstoppable (8/10)
* Cheap Thrills (10/10)
* Reaper (7.5/10)
* House On Fire (7.5/10)
* Footprints (7/10)
* Sweet Design (5.5/10)
* Broken Glass (7/10)
* Space Between (7/10)
Nota Final: 75/100
I assume those hands aren’t yours?
Not too many songs stand out here. ‘Bros Set Free’ is an immediate stand out, but the rest pales compared to it.
After a long time running on the side lines, it seems Sia has finally given up on being on the "outside" of mainstream pop. The amazing singer returns with an album that seems to turn her into pretty much everything she refused to represent a few years ago. Of course she had already flirted with mainstream pop by the time the David Guetta singles (She Wolf and Titanium) hit the radios a few years ago, and then complimented the rising pop-star status with the 1000 Forms of Fear album, ... read more
Esquecivel em certos momentos mas com músicas realmente incríveis (tirando Sweet Design que é provavelmente uma das piores coisas que eu já ouvi na minha vida).
Masterclass in pop perfection, showcasing the singer-songwriter's unparalleled talent for crafting infectious melodies and powerhouse vocals. From the anthemic "Unstoppable" to the emotionally charged "Bird Set Free" and the empowering "Alive," each track is a testament to Sia's ability to captivate listeners with her raw emotion and undeniable charisma.
✅Unstoppable 10
✅Bird Set Free 10
✅Alive 10
✅Move Your Body 9,5
✅House on Fire 9
✅One Million ... read more
I like my time listen to this album is just kinda there is you cant with the theme like yeah if the stronge resist feeling is in almost every song that may tired you,after all the hooks are great has other more pop with this album i mean not bad just like my score review needs more constantcy with other themes or like more vibrant feelings more than (i still alive or im unstopabble) not bad songs tho just yeah that feeling is almost half of the album
1 | Bird Set Free 4:12 | 85 |
2 | Alive 4:23 | 83 |
3 | One Million Bullets 4:12 | 72 |
4 | Move Your Body 4:07 | 86 |
5 | Unstoppable 3:37 | 75 |
6 | Cheap Thrills 3:31 | 84 |
7 | Reaper 3:39 | 81 |
8 | House On Fire 4:01 | 80 |
9 | Footprints 3:13 | 76 |
10 | Sweet Design 2:25 | 61 |
11 | Broken Glass 4:24 | 76 |
12 | Space Between 4:48 | 77 |
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