TV Is My Parent explained

TV Is My Parent
Type:video
Artist:Sia
Cover:Sia, TV Is My Parent cover.jpg
Recorded:12 September 2007
Venue:Hiro Ballroom
(New York City, New York)
Genre:
Length:[1]
Label:
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.[2] [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.

Content

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", from Sia's North American tour in 2008.[1] [4] [5] 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.[6] Audio of the concert was mixed into 5.1 surround sound.[7]

Release

Sia announced the release of the TV Is My Parent on 9 March 2009,[8] and released its trailer on 23 April.[9] The DVD was released in Europe on 18 May 2009, in the United States the following day,[10] and in Australia on 13 June. In 2012, some online music stores offered the DVD as a bonus with the purchase of her greatest hits album Best Of....[11] [12]

Reception

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. The Dwarfs Daniel Townsend wrote that the show delivers a "healthy dose of all things Sia".[13] 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".[14] 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".[15]

TV Is My Parent earned Sia the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD.[16] Sia stated: "I so didn't expect to win."[17]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from section 4 of the TV Is My Parent DVD.[18]

Concert

Band
Touring crew
Film crew

Music videos

"Buttons"
"Day Too Soon"
"The Girl You Lost to Cocaine"
"Soon We'll be Found"

DVD

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Amazon;[1] songwriting credits adapted from DVD credits.[18]

Release history

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DateLabelFormatCatalog / UPC
Europe18 May 2009DVD0888072314054[19]
United States19 May 2009HRM-31405-09[20]
Australia13 June 20090888072314054[21] [22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sia: TV is My Parent (2009). 8 June 2012. Amazon (US). https://web.archive.org/web/20101011103812/https://www.amazon.com/Sia-TV-My-Parent/dp/B001Y44ELC. 11 October 2010. live.
  2. Web site: TV Is My Parent. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190921182554/https://www.allmusic.com/album/tv-is-my-parent-mw0001732775. 21 September 2019. 8 June 2012. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: 7 May 2009. News in Brief: Jack White/Dex Romweber Duo, Sia, The Sounds, Kitsuné. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090508202013/https://pitchfork.com/news/35273-news-in-brief-jack-whitedex-romweber-duo-sia-the-sounds-kitsune/. 8 May 2009. 6 April 2021. Pitchfork.
  4. 1 May 2009. Sia to release first DVD and live EP. dead. United Kingdom. IPC Media. 0028-6362. https://web.archive.org/web/20090506062916/https://www.nme.com/news/sia/44409. 6 May 2009. 8 June 2012. NME.
  5. Web site: 26 November 2009. Empire of the Sun Shines at the 2009 Aria Awards. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110217030355/https://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/EmpireOfTheSunShinesAtThe2009ARIAAwards.pdf. 17 February 2011. 6 April 2021. ARIA. Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.
  6. Web site: McNaney. Luke. 25 May 2009. Sia - TV is My Parent Review. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930191311/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/music/review/sia-tv-is-my-parent/. 30 September 2020. 6 April 2021. The Digital Fix.
  7. Web site: Mike. 17 August 2011. Sia – 'TV is my Parent'. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125161631/https://theeviljam.co.uk/2011/08/17/sia-tv-is-my-parent-dvd-review/. 25 November 2020. 6 April 2021. The Evil Jam.
  8. Web site: 9 March 2009. tv is my parent: sia dvd is coming soon. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090401052454/http://siamusic.net/news/705. 1 April 2009. 8 April 2021. siamusic.net.
  9. Web site: 23 April 2009. tv is my parent: watch the trailer now. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090427154005/http://siamusic.net/news/728. 27 April 2009. 8 April 2021. siamusic.net.
  10. Web site: 18 May 2009. tv is my parent released today. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090527020042/http://siamusic.net/news/751. 27 May 2009. 8 April 2021. siamusic.net.
  11. Web site: Lyon. Robert. 16 April 2012. Album Review: Sia – Best Of (2012 LP). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913221055/https://www.theaureview.com/albums/sia-best-of-2012-lp. 13 September 2014. 29 May 2012. The AU Review. Heath Media. Australia.
  12. Web site: Best Of... (Bonus DVD) – Sia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120409020401/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/best-of/663247. 9 April 2012. 15 April 2012. JB Hi-Fi.
  13. Web site: Townsend. Daniel. 25 June 2009. Sia - TV is my Parent (DVD). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120428221520/http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/tv_is_my_parent_sia. 28 April 2012. 6 April 2021. The Dwarf.
  14. Web site: Holmes. Thom. 14 July 2009. Sia - TV Is My Parent Music. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110041539/https://www.contactmusic.com/review/sia-tv-is-my-parent-music-dvdx14x07x09. 10 January 2015. 6 April 2021. Contact Music.
  15. Web site: Zoladz. Lindsay. 28 January 2016. Sia's This Is Acting Is Full of Hits, Misses, and Some Great What-Ifs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001163410/https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/album-review-sias-this-is-acting.html. 1 October 2020. 8 April 2021. Vulture.
  16. Web site: ARIA Awards Winners by Year: 2009. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324105927/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2009. 24 March 2012. 8 June 2012. Australian Recording Industry Association.
  17. Web site: ARIA Awards: The Highlights!, Empire, Ladyhawke, AC/DC, Jess Mauboy and More.... 25 November 2009. 11 June 2012. MTV Australia. 24 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224021555/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/2fbbb278-aria-awards-the-winners/. dead.
  18. TV Is My Parent. DVD. 2009. Hear Music. 0888072314054.
  19. Web site: TV Is My Parent [DVD] [2009]]. 8 April 2021. Amazon (UK).
  20. Web site: Sia TV Is My Parent US DVD (479587). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210408120207/https://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=479587. 8 April 2021. 8 April 2021. eil.com.
  21. Web site: 12 June 2009. tv is my parent released in australia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090624031320/http://siamusic.net/news/784. 24 June 2009. 8 April 2021. siamusic.net.
  22. Web site: Sia. TV Is My Parent (DVD). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210408125858/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2127139/TV-Is-My-Parent. 8 April 2021. 8 April 2021. Sanity.

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