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. 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. 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. "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. 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. Audio of the concert was mixed into 5.1 surround sound.
Release.
Sia announced the release of the "TV Is My Parent" on 9 March 2009, and released its trailer on 23 April. The DVD was released in Europe on 18 May 2009, in the United States the following day, 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...".
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 Dwarf"'s Daniel Townsend wrote that the show delivers a "healthy dose of all things Sia". 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". 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".
"TV Is My Parent" earned Sia the 2009 ARIA Music Award for Best Music DVD. Sia stated: "I so didn't expect to win."
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from section 4 of the "TV Is My Parent" DVD.
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Track listing.
Track listing adapted from Amazon; songwriting credits adapted from DVD credits.
References.
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