| Onlysee | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 23, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Acid jazz, trip hop | |||
| Length | 52:16 | |||
| Label | Flavoured Records | |||
| Producer | Jesse Flavell | |||
| Sia Furler chronology | ||||
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Onlysee is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler. This is the only studio album of her's to be credited as her full name Sia Furler (she later decided that her stage name would be Sia). It was released on December 23, 1997 in Australia, after she had left the acid jazz band Crisp.[1]
Background
editIn the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer in the local acid jazz band Crisp.[2] Sia collaborated with the band and contributed vocals to their album Word and the Deal (1996) and EP Delirium (1997).[3] When Crisp disbanded in 1997, Sia signed with Flavored Records in Australia and began working on her first album. Onlysee was produced by Jesse Flavell, who also contributed to the album's songwriting.[4] The album was recorded in less than three weeks [5], and barely had any promotion.
Commercial performance
editThe album failed to chart, only selling 1,200 copies, with 1,000 of them sold in Adelaide alone.[6] Sia, unhappy with the failure of her album, moved to London and began providing lead vocals for English downtempo group Zero 7. She later signed to Long Lost Brother Records & Sony Music's Dance Pool sub-label in 2000 and began working on her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult. The song "Soon" was re-recorded and renamed "Sober and Unkissed" for Healing Is Difficult. The album is currently out of print & unavailable on any streaming services.
Track listing
editAll tracks are produced by Jesse Flavell
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Get Me Started" | Jesse Flavell | 5:33 |
| 2. | "I Don't Want to Want You" | Flavell, Sia Furler | 5:02 |
| 3. | "Onlysee" | Flavell | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Stories" | Furler, Flavell | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Madlove" | Furler | 1:13 |
| 6. | "A Situation" | Flavell | 4:21 |
| 7. | "Shadow" | Flavell | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Asrep Onosim" | Furler, Flavell | 6:01 |
| 9. | "Take It to Heart" | Flavell | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Beautiful Reality" | Flavell | 4:31 |
| 11. | "Soon" | Furler, Flavell | 2:39 |
| 12. | "One More Shot" | Flavell | 3:36 |
| 13. | "Tripoutro" | Furler | 2:01 |
| Total length: | 52:16 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Onlysee / Sia Furler. [sound recording]". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ Harry, Michael. "Sia Sensation" (PDF). The Adelaide Advertiser: 24–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010.
- ^ Word and the Deal and Delirium:
- "Word and the deal / Crisp. [sound recording]". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
- "Delirium / Crisp. [sound recording]". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Onlysee (sound recording) / Sia Furler" Archived 8 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Flavoured Records, 1997, Trove.nla.gov.au, accessed 8 January 2018
- ^ From the producer's note. "Sia Furler – Onlysee (1997, CD)". Discogs. 1997.
- ^ Aron, Hillel (24 August 2018). "How Sia Saved Herself". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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