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Generally favorable reviews- based on 522 Ratings
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Positive: 410 out of 522
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Mixed: 54 out of 522
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Negative: 58 out of 522
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Apr 16, 2023Great album, incredibles vocals an is very cohesive overall. As we all know Sia has great songwritting skills and the album shows it.
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Aug 20, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 31, 2022She is amazing. Sia is really the greatest songwriter of the world. Her voice is heavenly.
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Apr 15, 2022
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Dec 13, 2021This is Sia's best album, going from emotional songs like space between and ending with move your body feels like a happily ever after
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Mar 20, 2021This album is a MASTERPIECE. Thank you, Sia, for saving my life with your songs.
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Mar 19, 2021Um dos mais talentosos alguns da história. Sia não poderia vender essas músicas que tanto combinam com ela.
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Aug 31, 2020Amazing!! Es un álbum lleno de ánimo, para bailar, disfrutar. Me encanta. Es genial
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Sep 29, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 29, 2020Uma boa amostra de potenciais hits e boas composições que Sia tem a oferecer
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Aug 29, 2020An icon icon i can't say anything negative about this album All the tracks are masterpiece
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Jun 4, 2020This album is literally action. We know that some songs were intended for other artists, but when listening to this album you realize that the best option was for Sia to save the songs for the creation of this gem. This makes you dance! and at the same time it gives you the empowerment you need in your life. this is definitely a great album.
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Jun 2, 2020En lo personal el álbum está lleno de canciones que hacen que te sientas bien y mal , pero lleva consigo un mensaje positivo y alegre
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May 29, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 25, 2020
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Oct 29, 2018Better than the previous album, here we can listen to Sia takes some risks and experiment with different sounds than the ones she is used to.
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Aug 8, 2017Great vocals are there. Catchy and quality songs are there. This is her best album so far and THEEEEEEEEE best album of 2016. Glad she keeps these songs.
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Jul 20, 2017'This Is Acting' brings together what is necessary to make an album with a good quality, it is certainly an excellent example of making a letter go hand in hand with sound. The composition is the soul of this album and the production of its body, mixed with the strength of beautiful vowels. An ecstasy from the beginning to the end, congratulations to Sia.
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Jul 2, 2017Una de las mejores compositoras de la actualidad, el disco muestra la capacidad vocal de Sia. Es uno de los mejores discos pop en cuanto a desempeno vocal se refiere
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Jun 9, 2017It's amazing what Sia can do with recycled artist songs that rejected them and make a worldwide hit!! And it is also very versatile, has cheerful songs and also deep cancones.
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Jun 6, 2017
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Dec 18, 2016
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Oct 23, 2016É um bom trabalho mas não tem tantas músicas memoráveis como o último, porém algumas se destacam de uma forma boa. Sia é incrível nos vocais, composição e a sonoridade é boa.
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Oct 23, 2016
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Oct 18, 2016sia always amazing! the album is wonderful. more I feel a little lack of feeling in it. (Discarded songs of other artists). It's the album you listen to all the songs without stopping. What makes this work is so amazing is that the songs really says something, it's not like the album that many artists do.
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Oct 5, 2016All though This is Acting is not Sia's strongest album she is able to express the album's concept loud and clear. The album is purely pop through and through and it is clear that the album highlight Sia as a songwriter. Some highlight tracks are Move your body, Bird Set Free, and Space Between.
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Oct 5, 2016
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Sep 9, 2016
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Jul 12, 20161. Bird Set Free 9.8/10
2. Alive 10/10
3. One Million Bullets 8.6/10
4. Move Your Body 10/10
5. Unstoppable 9.7/10
6. Cheap Thrills 10/10
7. Reaper 8.1/10
8. House On Fire 8.8
9. Footprints 8.1
10. Sweet Design 9/10
11. Broken Glass 9.6/10
12. Space Between 10/10
13. Fist Fighting A Sandstorm 9.9/10
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Jun 30, 2016É um bom álbum. Não mais que isso. Obviamente não se compara com o que foi o anterior, até porque esse é um álbum com músicas descartadas, mas ainda assim é bom.
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Jun 10, 2016Sia tem uma qualidade vocal impressionante e somada aos ótimos arranjos: temos um dos melhores álbuns do ano!
Ela veste bem a forma de "atuar", como ela se propõe, em cada faixa e faz parecer que ninguém poderia cantar tal música! Será injustiçado nas premiações, tal como os passados, porém não por falta de qualidade, pois isso tem de sobra. -
Mar 28, 2016Sia is an amazing artist and has a LOT of potential. I just didn't feel that this album was all that good, I was expecting more drama, more passion and more emotion. I did not get that
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Mar 21, 2016A powerful album with strong singles and tracks ("Alive", "Bird Set Free", "Footprints", "Cheap Thrills") that delivers a feeling of empowerment and, at the same time, the sense of letting your weaknesses out through the screams that define most of the chorus of the songs. Sia provided unique yet highly appreciable vocals.
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Mar 8, 2016Potencial incrível! Me apaixonei nos primeiros singles, batida das musicas inconfundíveis como Sia faz, adorei seu novo trabalho. Legal de sua parte montar um álbum com todas as suas musicas rejeitadas por artistas mais atuais. 1000 Forms of Fear não passa a mesma prosperidade desse álbum.
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Feb 21, 2016I heard this album because my partner insisted on playing this constantly for three days. Sia undoubtly proves that she not only has an impressive voice but shows her outstanding ability for writing songs. I loved this album but was distracted all the way through it, wondering who she was acting for. In summary it is a brilliant album but something's missing. Maybe it's the artists?
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Feb 20, 2016
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Feb 18, 2016
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Feb 15, 2016The concept of this album is really cool. Sia taking songs she wrote for other artist who rejected them and recording them of them. The only problem is I can totally see why these songs were rejected. Alive isn't nearly as good as songs on "25". Rihanna has evolved past "Cheap Thrills" and "Reaper". While "Unstoppable" is a good song its not as strong as "Confident" by Demi Lovato.
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Feb 13, 2016WOW! This is Sia, kids! It's best album of the January! Oh my God, I love it! My favorite songs - Alive(for Adele), Bird Set Free(for Adele or Rihanna), Move Your Body(for Shakira), House On Fire(for ?), Sweet Design(for Beyoncè), Reaper(for Rihanna), Cheap Thrills(for Rihanna), Unstopteble(for Demi Lovato or Katy Perry). Thank you, Sia!
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Feb 12, 2016
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Feb 12, 2016
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Feb 10, 2016
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Feb 9, 2016I like it. But do not sound different from the others works by Sia. The lyrics do not vary as formatting and some musics are very tedious. Some songs are very powerful like "Alive" and "Bird set free".
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Feb 7, 2016
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Feb 4, 2016
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Feb 4, 2016
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Feb 3, 2016I can understand why these songs were rejected, most of them are very uninteresting. There are still great songs like One Million Bullets, Move Your Body and Sweet Design, but This Is Acting sounds like a mess compared to 1000 Forms of Fear. A bit disappointing
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Feb 2, 2016
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Feb 2, 2016The previous record "1000 Forms of Fear" can be The Dark Knight of Sia's long and lengthy discography. This new record is her Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin.
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Feb 2, 2016Great album. Sia makes this album work. The way she can make her voice twist and soar is incredible. Nice album to just listen to start to finish. Highlights are: Cheap Thrills, Alive, Bird Set Free, and Broken Glass (my personal favorite).
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Feb 2, 2016
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Feb 1, 2016Incredible vocals! Even though she acted when she made those songs she did a great job. She made a nowadays album! I think she could've made an effort with lyrics, some of them are just great but nothing much. Broken Glass is one of my fav because she shows she has a f*cking great voice! She's an artist
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Feb 1, 2016This Is Acting é um dos melhores álbuns de Sia. A cantora retornou cheia de força e sentimento, deixando de vez os bastidores e se transformando em uma nova Diva Pop. Amei! Não consigo parar de ouvi-lo.
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Feb 1, 2016
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Feb 1, 2016De longe o melhor álbum do ano e um dos melhores dela! Abre com uma das letras mais fantásticas que a música já foi agraciada. O álbum se distancia completamente de seu antecessor "1000 Forms Of Fear", o que só comprova que Sia não é mais uma caçadora de fama e atenção. Fantástico.
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Feb 1, 2016Amazing vocals, awesome lyrics! Sia is showing even more versatility. Its better than 1000 forms of fear, in my opinion as a Sia fan. I hope to see amazing videos and justice for Sia on Grammys.
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Feb 1, 2016Com certeza não é o melhor álbum dá Sia, mas cumpriu totalmente com a proposta, ótimas músicas que te deixam sem entender como algum artista foi capaz de recusá-las, o álbum está maravilhoso, e os vocais inigualáveis como sempre!
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Jan 30, 2016A pretty average album. There are some songs which dont go with her voice and the album does NOT go in a flow either but songs like Move Your Body, Cheap Thrills and Alive make it baring. Much better that Rihanna's album ANTI though.
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Jan 30, 2016
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Jan 30, 2016this new work from Sia surpassed its predecessor album, this album brings a totally different thematic of all the latest albums released, make an album with 90% of the songs rejected by other artists is not for everyone! Luck of Sia and fans because this album is wonderful
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Jan 30, 2016Album assez inégal. Après nous avoir proposé un solide album avec 1000 Forms of Fear, Sia revient à un album qui semble être un rejet d'anciennes démos.
Que vient faire la chanson Sweet Design qui est assez inaudible?
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Jan 30, 2016This is.... AMAZING! From the first track till the last one it's just perfection! There are some songs that are not that good but the absolute standouts such as "Cheep Thrills", "Move Your Body", " Bird Set Free" and "Unstoppable" overshadow the small imperfections!
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Jan 30, 2016A bold pop album with good, catchy tunes that were unfairly rejected by other singers.
album highlights: Move Your Body, Alive, Powerful.
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Jan 30, 2016
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Jan 30, 2016Sia was attempting to repeat the success of "2000 forms of fear". Releasing an album full of rejects was very risky. It's pretty clear why other artists rejected them. Not her best work. Disappointed.
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Jan 30, 2016The whole concept of the album is that all songs were rejected by other artists now that surely sounds like a bad idea from the get-go, but Sia manages to make it work. She transforms into all the artist that the songs were sent to yet at the same her personality shines through in all of them. Don't get mistaken by the idea of the album this is a Sia album and a great one at that.
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Jan 30, 2016Bird Set Free, Alive and Move Your Body are absolute belters and standouts, really impressive, the rest of the album is above average, 1000 Forms of Fear is still fractionally better I feel :)
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Jan 29, 2016Best álbum of the 2016 and one best in pop. its excelent . new rhythms for sia , best vocal and the best lyrics , sia, this álbum shows the power to make good music . This is the real pop álbum.
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016This album sounds just like "1000 forms of fear" i'm not saying that is awful, but she can do so much better, she need to do something different, but the album is not bad
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016It sure is a better album that many out there that need to be bought by multinationals and distributed freely to avoid failure.
This album shows that it is possible to make good music with just a pen.
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Jan 29, 2016Sia nos mostra que tem um potencial incrível, letras boas, melodias agradáveis e um fôlego pra nos levar a ouvir seu álbum até o final sem cansar. Entre canções dançantes e baldas fortes a cantora australiana consegue realizar um bom trabalho e o resultado final do this is acting é maravilhoso
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Jan 29, 2016This is another great album by Sia, even thought is not as risky as 1000 Forms of Fear it’s still a adventurous album showing us a side of Sia we were waiting to see, listen to all those tracks written for another artists in the voice of the original composer is just magical as Sia takes us in a delightful ride listening to nice, danceable and enjoyable music,
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Jan 29, 2016This Is Acting is a really good album, really love it; all the songs sounds like hits, and some lyrics are just wonderful. Don't underrate it and give her a chance, listen it, is really awesome!
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Jan 29, 2016This album not was the best of sia, I think that she could make it better, lyrics are right, but sounds... could make it better, it's my opinion, nothing more
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Jan 29, 2016Parace que a Sia lança as mesmas músicas desde Titanium. Tem que inovar, garota. Pior que nem de Alive eu gostei muito. Gostei no começo mas já abusou.
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Jan 29, 2016Amazing album. Much better than 1000 Forms of Fear. So happy than those mainstream artists rejected these beautiful songs and Sia could own them :) Favs: Cheap Thrills, Unstoppable, Space Between. 8/10 for me.
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Jan 29, 2016This Album is the best of 2016, Sia is one the true artist, and have one Big Talent. In This Album, Sia Pick all your feeling and transform in Music. One True Art
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Jan 29, 2016For me, this is the best record of the year so far, although it may lacks the emotion in 1000 Forms of Fear, but it's just as good, after all, she didn't wrote the songs for the album, but for another artists.
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016Incredible vocals! Even though she acted when she made those songs she did a great job. She made a nowadays album! I think she could've made an effort with lyrics, some of them are just great but nothing much. Broken Glass is one of my fav because she shows she has a f*cking great voice! She's an artist
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016Sia wanted to repeat success of her last album and make 2000 Forms Of Fear. This album is really bad, how can she be so lazy to take all the BAD songs recorded for other artists and release it? I like old albums by Sia but this album is very annoying, boring and everything sounds the same, disappointment.
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Jan 29, 2016Now this is excellence in form of pop. Every song is a masterpiece and memorable. Can't wait for Sia's next album which will be written and produced entirely for it.
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Jan 29, 2016Oh this holy album is everything in my life. Sia did a very good job with all these perfect songs. Glad the artists rejected these masterpieces so that Sia could sing them for this masterpiece!
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Jan 29, 2016Excellent album. Every song is great and Sia's vocals are outstanding. All the artists who rejected these songs, except One Million Bullets, are really dumb.
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Jan 29, 2016EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love broken glass. A must listen seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jan 29, 2016While Sia has declared her awareness of the cheese factor in her hired-gun material, with its broad themes of self-empowerment and survival, she has a real gift for making it palatable.
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Jan 29, 2016
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Jan 29, 2016Really good album, similar to Sia's last effort. Her strength lays in her distinctive and very emotional voice, as well as in the talent for songwriting.
Awards & Rankings
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Feb 16, 2016Every 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.
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Feb 8, 2016There are only so many times you can key into someone’s heart before they change the code, and after about 20 listens, the veneer crumbles a bit, and it’s a little too easy to see the gears turning underneath. But that’s not the most frustrating thing about the record; the most frustrating thing is that Sia has so much access to us and just doesn’t do much with it.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016One can't shake the feeling that This Is Acting was compromised from the start. [Mar 2016, p.114]