''Healing Is Difficult'' is the second studio album by Australian singer and songwriter

Sia Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...

. It was released in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2001 and in the United States on 28 May 2002. In the UK the album's first single "

Taken for Granted "Taken for Granted" is the debut single of Australian singer Sia. It was the first single released from Sia's second studio album, '' Healing Is Difficult'' (2001), and was written by Sia and produced by Nigel Corsbie. It heavily samples from ...

" was released in early 2000 and peaked at number 10 on the

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. A low-budget music video was made for around $50. The follow-up " Little Man" peaked at number 85, and the song received a two-step garage remix which was popular at the time. A third single, " Drink to Get Drunk", was planned. However, only the "Different Gear" Remix received a limited release across Europe, promoted as "Different Gear vs. Sia". Its peak position was number 91 in the UK, 85 in the Netherlands, 55 in Belgium and number 1 on that country's dance chart. The fourth and final single planned was "Blow It All Away", which was re-recorded as "Throw It All Away" due to the

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. However, the single failed to surface. The album had no chart success in the United Kingdom due to lack of promotion. The track "Sober and Unkissed" was originally featured on Sia's first solo album ''OnlySee'' under the title "Soon", and "I'm Not Important to You" was originally performed by Sia with her band Crisp for their album ''The Word and the Deal'' in 1996 as the track "Sia's Song".

Singles

The first single entered and peaked at number 10 on the

on 3 June 2000. Sia even performed the song on

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's BBC Radio 1 radio show. The next two singles did not match the success of the first. In 2002 "Taken for Granted" peaked at number 100 on the

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. In April 2002 the album debuted at number 99, staying there for a week. It also reached number 9 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart.

Chartifacts – 15 April 2002
No. 99 HEALING IS DIFFICULT – Sia Sia (See-AH) is an Australian singer/songwriter based in London who incorporates hip hop, funk and soul as a base for her incredible vocal styling and harmonies. Her first single Taken For Granted peaked at #10 on the UK chart but did not make such a dent in our local chart. Her influences range from Stevie Wonder to Lauryn Hill and Sting.

Track listing

Personnel

Sia Furler Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

* Otto Williams - bass (1,7) * Quadraphonic (Richard Louis Simmonds and Tony Rapacioli) - violin (3) * Isobel Dunn - arrangement,

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(4) *

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violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, producer (4) * Jesse Flavell - guitar, producer (7) * Camille - violin, viola,

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

(4) * Violet - strings arrangements, strings (3) * Rod Youngs - drums

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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