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Some People Have Real Problems (sometimes stylised as Some People Have REAL Problems [5] [6]) is the fourth studio album by Australian singer Sia. Released in 2008, the album featured singles including "Day Too Soon", "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" and "Soon We'll Be Found".
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Sia has explained on multiple different occasions that the title's unique inspiration came from her realisation of being privileged:
In an interview with KCRW, Sia explained that the album's title was a reminder to herself to not to start complaining about her "rich-people problems."
received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 20 reviews. Reviewers such as Rolling Stone and The Guardian were highly critical of the album, each awarding the album only 2 out of 5 stars. O...
Following its release, the album debuted at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week. The album was also chosen as iTunes' Top Pop Album of 2008.
The album was certified Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association in 2011.
•Sia has explained that the U.K edition's album cover's meaning is that the girl on the left is upset because it is raining on her, but the girl on the right has no arms or legs and she is happy living her life.
•The track "Buttons" was a hidden track on the album, however, when the track gained popularity it was stripped from the track "Lullaby" on the digital version and new physical copies of the album and soon became a single with a music video being filmed to go with it.
About “Some People Have Real Problems”. Producers Freescha & Jimmy Hogarth. Writers Clifford Jones, Dan Carey, Eddie Myer & 14 more. Assistant Mixing Engineer Richard Edgeler. Background...
Some People Have Real Problems is both packed with beautifully lazy, melancholic tunes and delivered with a production job that highlights the best aspects of her voice. This is helped by the ...
Sia - Some People Have Real Problems review: The corky sensual singer-songwriter delivers another quality album with the themes of optimism and personal growth.
Feb 27, 2008 · Some People Have Real Problems tries to be something else: brazen yet fun, sophisticated yet goofy. Composed in large part by Sia in conjunction with her supporting instrumentalists, the songs...
May 3, 2021 · Soon We’ll Be Found (Some People Have Real Problems, 2008) “That voice kills me every time. She has started singing it on her tour again and sings it better than ever – so strong.
