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We Are Born is Sia’s fifth studio album, released in June 2010 and conceived as a bright, uptempo pivot away from the downtempo, torch‑song mood of Colour the Small One and Some Pe ople Have Real Problems. Produced mainly by Greg Kurstin and featuring guitar work from The Strokes’ Nick Valensi, it leans into pop, dance‑pop, new wave, and synth‑pop, drawing explicitly on Sia’s childhood love of Cyndi Lauper and Madonna. Over 13 tracks and about 46 minutes, she moves from the kinetic opener “The Fight” through hooky singles “Clap Your Hands,” “You’ve Changed,” and “Bring Night,” to more introspective pieces like “Cloud” and “I’m in Here,” closing on the exuberant “Big Girl Little Girl” (with some editions adding a cover of Madonna’s “Oh Father”).Critics generally describe the album as an infectious, high‑energy collection where “party‑starting” arrangements coexist with Sia’s characteristic emotional heft. BBC Music and others note that while the glossy, beat‑driven production can sometimes bury her voice, the record still feels like “party music with a heart,” full of soaring choruses, disco‑ and funk‑inflected grooves, and lyrics that balance catharsis with playfulness. Commercially, We Are Born became her most successful solo release to that point—debuting at number 2 in Australia, charting widely in Europe and North America, and winning ARIA Awards for Best Pop Release and Best Independent Release—often cited as the bridge between her cult singer‑songwriter era and the global pop force she would become with 1000 Forms of Fear. Show more