TV Is My Parent | |
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Released | 18 May 2009 |
Recorded | 12 September 2007 |
Venue | Hiro Ballroom (New York City, New York) |
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Length | 95:00 [2] |
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Director | Nicholas Wrathall |
TV Is My Parent is the first video release by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on DVD in May 2009 through Starbucks' record label Hear Music and Sia's own Monkey Puzzle. [1] [3] The album features a live concert recorded at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City in 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage. [4] It was released following Sia's 2008 studio album Some People Have Real Problems and Live from Sydney EP, released digitally via iTunes, also in May 2009. [4] TV Is My Parent won the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD.
TV Is My Parent is 95 minutes in length and consists of a live concert filmed at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City on 12 September 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage, in a section titled "Where the Magic Happens", [5] from Sia's North American tour in 2008. [2] [4] [6] Songs performed during the concert include ones from Sia's 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems, its 2004 predecessor Colour the Small One, and her collaborations with Zero 7. [7] Audio of the concert was mixed into 5.1 surround sound. [8]
Sia announced the release of the TV Is My Parent on 9 March 2009, [9] and released its trailer on 23 April. [10] The DVD was released in Europe on 18 May 2009, in the United States the following day, [11] and in Australia on 13 June. [12] In 2012, some online music stores offered the DVD as a bonus with the purchase of her greatest hits album Best Of.... [13] [14]
Writing for website The Digital Fix, Luke McNaney described the DVD as "above average" and praised both Sia and the directors for the "peculiar and worthwhile visions" included in it. [7] The Dwarf's Daniel Townsend wrote that the show delivers a "healthy dose of all things Sia". [5] Thom Holmes of Contactmusic.com expressed his opinion that fans of Sia would "love" TV Is My Parent, though he struggled to understand why, and that watching the DVD was "laborious". [15] Lindsay Zoladz mentioned in her Vulture review of Sia's 2016 album, This Is Acting, that the DVD shows Sia as a "bubbly and loquacious" person who is "twitchy but comfortable in her skin". [16]
TV Is My Parent earned Sia the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD. [17] Sia stated: "I so didn't expect to win." [18]
Credits adapted from section 4 of the TV Is My Parent DVD. [19]
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Track listing adapted from Amazon; [2] songwriting credits adapted from DVD credits. [19]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Buttons" | ||
2. | "Little Black Sandals" |
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3. | "Lentil" |
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4. | "Day Too Soon" |
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5. | "Sunday" |
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6. | "Destiny" |
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7. | " Breathe Me" |
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8. | "Electric Bird" |
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9. | "You Have Been Loved" |
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10. | "Academia" |
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11. | " The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" |
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12. | "Distractions" |
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Meeting the People of Santa Monica (Part One)" | |
2. | "Meeting the People of Santa Monica (Part Two)" | |
3. | "Some Tour Ground Rules" | |
4. | "This is My Family!" | |
5. | "At the Legendary Fillmore East" | |
6. | "Fan Generosity" | |
7. | "The Coolest Answerphone Message Ever" | |
8. | "Meet the Band" | |
9. | "Sia Does Texas" |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Buttons" |
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2. | "Day Too Soon" |
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3. | "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" |
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4. | " Soon We'll Be Found" |
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog no. / UPC | Ref |
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Europe | 18 May 2009 |
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DVD | 0888072314054 | [11] [20] |
United States | 19 May 2009 | HRM-31405-09 | [2] [21] | ||
Australia | 13 June 2009 |
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0888072314054 | [12] [22] |
TV Is My Parent | |
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Video by | |
Released | 18 May 2009 |
Recorded | 12 September 2007 |
Venue | Hiro Ballroom (New York City, New York) |
Genre | |
Length | 95:00 [2] |
Label |
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Director | Nicholas Wrathall |
TV Is My Parent is the first video release by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on DVD in May 2009 through Starbucks' record label Hear Music and Sia's own Monkey Puzzle. [1] [3] The album features a live concert recorded at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City in 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage. [4] It was released following Sia's 2008 studio album Some People Have Real Problems and Live from Sydney EP, released digitally via iTunes, also in May 2009. [4] TV Is My Parent won the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD.
TV Is My Parent is 95 minutes in length and consists of a live concert filmed at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City on 12 September 2007, four music videos and additional "behind the scenes" footage, in a section titled "Where the Magic Happens", [5] from Sia's North American tour in 2008. [2] [4] [6] Songs performed during the concert include ones from Sia's 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems, its 2004 predecessor Colour the Small One, and her collaborations with Zero 7. [7] Audio of the concert was mixed into 5.1 surround sound. [8]
Sia announced the release of the TV Is My Parent on 9 March 2009, [9] and released its trailer on 23 April. [10] The DVD was released in Europe on 18 May 2009, in the United States the following day, [11] and in Australia on 13 June. [12] In 2012, some online music stores offered the DVD as a bonus with the purchase of her greatest hits album Best Of.... [13] [14]
Writing for website The Digital Fix, Luke McNaney described the DVD as "above average" and praised both Sia and the directors for the "peculiar and worthwhile visions" included in it. [7] The Dwarf's Daniel Townsend wrote that the show delivers a "healthy dose of all things Sia". [5] Thom Holmes of Contactmusic.com expressed his opinion that fans of Sia would "love" TV Is My Parent, though he struggled to understand why, and that watching the DVD was "laborious". [15] Lindsay Zoladz mentioned in her Vulture review of Sia's 2016 album, This Is Acting, that the DVD shows Sia as a "bubbly and loquacious" person who is "twitchy but comfortable in her skin". [16]
TV Is My Parent earned Sia the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD. [17] Sia stated: "I so didn't expect to win." [18]
Credits adapted from section 4 of the TV Is My Parent DVD. [19]
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Track listing adapted from Amazon; [2] songwriting credits adapted from DVD credits. [19]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Buttons" | ||
2. | "Little Black Sandals" |
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3. | "Lentil" |
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4. | "Day Too Soon" |
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5. | "Sunday" |
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6. | "Destiny" |
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7. | " Breathe Me" |
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8. | "Electric Bird" |
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9. | "You Have Been Loved" |
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10. | "Academia" |
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11. | " The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" |
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12. | "Distractions" |
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Meeting the People of Santa Monica (Part One)" | |
2. | "Meeting the People of Santa Monica (Part Two)" | |
3. | "Some Tour Ground Rules" | |
4. | "This is My Family!" | |
5. | "At the Legendary Fillmore East" | |
6. | "Fan Generosity" | |
7. | "The Coolest Answerphone Message Ever" | |
8. | "Meet the Band" | |
9. | "Sia Does Texas" |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Buttons" |
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2. | "Day Too Soon" |
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3. | "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" |
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4. | " Soon We'll Be Found" |
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog no. / UPC | Ref |
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Europe | 18 May 2009 |
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DVD | 0888072314054 | [11] [20] |
United States | 19 May 2009 | HRM-31405-09 | [2] [21] | ||
Australia | 13 June 2009 |
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0888072314054 | [12] [22] |