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  • Audio CD (29 Sep 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Cheeky
  • ASIN: B0000AJ595
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (229 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,433 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. White Flag
2. Stoned
3. Life for rent
4. Mary's in India
5. See you when you're 40
6. Don't leave home
7. Who makes you feel
8. Sand in my shoes
9. Do you have a little time?
10. This land is mine
11. See the sun

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Life for Rent was always going to be a tough prospect for Dido--how to follow up the multi-million selling No Angel? On initial inspection, it sounds like she's decided to stick to the safe option--if it ain't broke, don't fix it. So, it's business as usual with down-tempo beats, lush orchestrations, the odd bit of acoustic guitar and her distinctive voice as the cherry on top. However, a closer examination of the lyrics shows that the sweet happy English Rose has a much darker side to her--the joyous revelations of tracks such as "Thank You" on her debut album have been replaced by the sound of her heart breaking. Dido writes from the heart, sharing her personal life with her audience, so Life for Rent tells the tales of her life away from the recording studio, in particular her public break-up with her long-term boyfriend and all the apparent mess that ensued. With tales of rows ("Stoned"), confusion following an ended love affair ("White Flag") and her inability to settle down ("Life for Rent"), it's insecurities, self doubt and despair all around.

There is hope, with one of the album's musical highlights "Sand in My Shoes", which sees her going off on holiday and embarking on a holiday romance--halfway between Club 18-30 and Shirley Valentine. It's impossible not to think of Bridget Jones when listening to the album, and this, in the first instance, is the audience for whom this album will reach out and touch. --Melanie Wilkin

CD Description
'Life For Rent' is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Dido's debut album 'No Angel', which was released in 1999 and went on to become the world's best selling record of 2001. Written and produced alongside brother Rollo, the album is less polished and more multi-layered than her preceding album, mixing rock, pop, folk, dance and hip hop, whilst still retaining her inimitable style. Includes the lead single 'White Flag'.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Still unique and personal, 6 Mar 2004
Dear Dido and shoppers.
Congratulations and well done are hardly worthy words of an amazing follow up to your first album, which was such an oasis in an otherwise overwhelmingly commercial market, leaving little room for the individual artist. It is not just the voice, lyrics or musical accompagniment - it is the combination. And may I say, it works for very few, but for you it really does.
In my humble opinion, it was absolutely right to continue along the same vein as "No Angel". Many of us are tired of hearing, or should I say subjected to, the efforts of marketeers, the rollercoaster approach of seeking the holy grail, forever changing the formula to see what can generate the next hit.
I get the distinct feeling you write for yourself, and express what you feel, always with a very strong link to something from your own life. Whether we like it or not, this creates a uniqueness, so rare today.
I hear critics urge you to change, spend the money, dress the part of a successful artist, behave like the rest. I really hope you don't, there are enough people doing just that - boring, predictable, unsophisticated in all its falseness and pretense.
"White flag" and "life for rent" have been widely played on the radio, but why have excellent songs like "who makes you feel" and "sand in my shoes" been relatively rarely played. These are brilliantly written and performed, absolutely true to the first album's style of fairly slow but intensely rythmic as well as atmospheric. The album in fact creates an ambience only a few seconds into the first grooves.
There are few albums I treasure, which are so closely linked to an individual, who they are and what they stand for. I see honesty and integrity here. Pure in so many ways.
If you as a shopper have not yet heard or experienced the pleasure of this young artist, there is hardly a better place to start than here. I wish there were many more like you Dido, music overall might become just that bit more pleasant, and not as often happens, end up in some sort of assault on your senses, political or otherwise views. This album is not reflecting a dark side, merely the many facets of the lives we live. And finally, should there be audiophiles amongst you, this album is superbly produced, enabling top class sound reproduction. Brilliant work.
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51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Outstanding Album !, 12 Nov 2003
By cluricaune "cluricaune" (Co. Armagh, N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
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It seemed to me there were two large groups of people waiting quite keenly for the release of this album. Gathered together in one corner sat Dido's large contingent of fans, desperate for a new batch of songs. Lurking with intent in the opposite corner were the hordes of Dido-bashers, eager for a new reason to rant and rave again. Indeed, with the release date looming, some couldn't stop themselves from jumping up and down and screaming "coffee-table-music" at innocent passers-by. Having realised how wrong the bashers were about "No Angel", Dido's first album, I was one of those looking forward to this album. I have no doubts that people will continue to criticise - on the basis of this album, however, they will continue to be wrong.

The connection between Dido and Faithless continues with this album. Rollo, Dido's brother, and Sister Bliss had both contributed to "No Angel". Dido then returned the favour by providing lead vocals on "One Step Too Far", a single lifted from the band's "Outrospective" album. Now, with "Life for Rent", Rollo features strongly with a number of co-writing and co-producing credits while Sister Bliss plays on four of the tracks.

The album starts with four of its strongest tracks. The first and third tracks are "White Flag" and "Life for Rent", the album's first two singles. Sound and style wise, I don't think either would have sounded too far out of place on "No Angel". However, "Stoned", the second track, is something of a surprise in comparison. There's a slight change in sound, less acoustic and more of a keyboards-driven song. At first, I wasn't sure what to make of it but I'd now consider it to be the best of the bunch. Lyrically at odds with the nice-girl-next-door image Dido seems to have acquired, it's definitely a grower. The fourth track, "Mary's in India" is the first on the album to combine the keyboards and acoustic elements of the previous songs. "Sand in my Shoes", found later in the album, takes the same approach - both songs are quite simply excellent. There is also a hidden track - called, by the sounds of things, "The Closer You Get". It's one of those really pleasant, mellow, acoustic numbers Dido does so well.

So much for the "difficult" second album - I'd say this one surpasses "No Angel".

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great album - HATE copy protection, 20 Oct 2003
By PC (Britain) - See all my reviews
Having heard White Flag on the internet I was very keen to listen to the new album. At first, being used to No Angel, I wasn't sure that I liked the change of direction. However Life for Rent is one of those albums that grows on you each time you listen. The lyrics are complicated and yet flow with the music and the subjects strike a chord - Sand in my shoes is a perfect example. Buy it - as long as you have a normal CD player .....

I tried to play this on my PC the other night and couldn't work out why it was stuttering and skipping. And then I realised it was the copy protection - BIG mistake BMG. So now I can only listen to this music in one room of my house, not at work, on the move, just where you tell me - we pay for this album so I think we deserve better than that! It would have got 5 stars....

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1.0 out of 5 stars Copy Protected Rubbish
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It's been over 5 years since this album was released. Everyone who wanted to pirate will have already have done so. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Suicide music
Depressing rubbish that someone gave me and I binned it.
Too much of this and Ide commit suicide.
Published 9 months ago by J. C. Lott

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the first album
I think the answer to my fellow reviewer G P Mann's question is that the first album came along at the right time, had some exposure with the sampling by Eminem on "Stan" and then... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2006 by Geoff Hall

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
How can an artist go from the excellence of No Angel to this? Quite literally I am of the opinion that in particular the song Life For Rent is simply the worst song ever to be... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by G. P. Mann

3.0 out of 5 stars Dido loves Chris Martin = true
Dido is part of the whole Coldplay phenomenon. Suddenly we were all longing for nice, ordinary people who sing about nice, ordinary things in a - fancy that! Read more
Published on 25 Jul 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Calm Dido
Dido has always been a bluey popy singer even thoe her song have never got to number one both her albums have. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2005 by Mrs. J. Walpole

5.0 out of 5 stars Dido Yet Again Pulls it off!
From start to finsih the album portrays a modern day talent at her best. The simplicity of the LP draws you into a creation of soft beats, the amazingly written 'White Flag' being... Read more
Published on 11 Jul 2005 by MR C M Wilkinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Dido takes us to "see the sun" with "still sand in my shoes"
Starting with the very pleasant familiar tune "white flag" Dido takes us to "see the sun" with a surprise bonus track at the end, this album is sure to captivate audience with its... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2005 by MoonLitTree

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