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Track Listings

1	Closer
2	White Flag
3	Stoned
4	Life For Rent
5	Mary's In India
6	See You When You're 40
7	Don't Leave Home
8	Who Makes You Feel
9	Sand In My Shoes
10	Do You Have A Little Time
11	This Land Is Mine
12	See The Sun

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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Rose has a much darker side to her--the joyous revelations of tracks such as "Thank You" on her debut album have been replaced by the sound of her heart breaking.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

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Despite the multi-million sales of her debut solo album, No Angel it's difficult to describe Dido's second album Life For Rent as long-awaited. Like other artists in her field she treads a fine line between credibility and popularity, and one feels a step in either direction could alienate those who enjoyed her first effort. But, she hasn't put a foot wrong with this album. On the positive side that means more well-crafted folk-pop tunes, on the negative side she hasn'tmoved forward.

Although Dido played a significant part in older brother Rollo's band, Faithless (whose 1996 album Reverence sold over 5 million copies), it would be misleading to say that the groups success brought her fame. For that she had to wait for her solo album and in particular the song "Thank You" which reached the global pop consciousness via Eminem's peerless "Stan". From there the album No Angel went on to sell bucket-loads.

For one with such an auspicious past, it's difficult to describe Dido as a star. It's hard to imagine there being hardcore Dido fans following her every move, and yet she does what she does very well. Like her debut, Life For Rent blends effortless melodies with seamless backing tracks. The production is perfect -every song glistens with a carefully polished sheen.

The obvious singles "White Flag" and "Stoned" are engaging to the extent that you could easily be humming along without it registering in your brain. There's something unconscious, pleasantly innocuous about them. It's comfort food for the ears, one could pick any track off the album and place it in the sad, thoughtful scene about three quarters of the way through a Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan romantic comedy.

That's perhaps a little disparaging. Thereis good, listenable stuff here, especially the edgier "Who Makes You Feel" or the comparatively funky "Sand In My Shoes". You won't be ashamed to own this or play it at your next dinner party, but one can't help wishing that there were one or two tracks with a bit more balls. --Derryck Strachan

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Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.3 x 12.6 x 0.99 cm; 110 Grams
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rca
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 828765459822
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2003
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Label ‏ : ‎ Rca
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000AJ595
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Subtle....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2004

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OK, let's be clear from the start. Dido could have chosen a more challenging path to take her career after the phenomenal success of No Angel. She's chosen to go the safe route, probably to the relief of the majority of her fanbase.
Most of these tracks could be out-takes from the No Angel sessions, only very few would have made it to that collection. Dido has chosen to start with the first single, White Flag, which is competent but doesn't have the melodic impact or chorus hook of Here With Me. Several following tracks seem very undistinctive: Stoned belies its mellow title with over 5 minutes of bland, tinkly Euro-pop.
However, keep listening because Life for Rent matures as it goes on. There's a golden period starting with Who Makes You Feel, going through Sand in My Shoes, and finishing with the hypnotic Do You Have a Little Time. Easily the best song here, this song weaves a spell and demonstrates how Dido can use lyrical ambiguity and subtle vocal inflections to create a soft emotional distress - as she did to great effect on tracks such as Isobel.
Not her greatest, but worth a listen. I hope next time she tries to take on new influences, takes a few risks, and crafts an album worthy of her pedigree.

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OK, so I was wrong

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2003

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I vowed that I wouldn't buy this album because of the C.P. but in the end I succumbed and paid up. At first playing I found it very disappointing. Where's the anger, the verve from "No Angel". Why do all the tracks sound the same? (Lift musak). Then I remembered that I'd made similar comments about "No Angel", which I now love. So out came my ghetto blaster and I transferred the tracks to my Apple Mac using "Coaster" and an iMic - including the "bonus " track "Closer", which I didn't even know was there! Now, having burned a copy on CD and transfered it to my iPod, I've been listening to it on a daily basis, in my car and on the iPod. And it's grown on me! I absolutely love it. So I urge the doubters to listen to ALL the tracks at least 10 times - preferably on earphones where the full instrumental effects become apparent - plus, of course, that VOICE :-) I'm dead against piracy, of course, but unfortunately *something* has made at least one track rather "crackly". Maybe it was the crappy reproduction of my ghetto blaster. By the way, on NO account put the CD into an iBook - it tried to destroy mine.

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Roger

Great music, but the UK/Ireland disk master has not ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2017

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Great music, but the UK/Ireland disk master has not been updated since the original 2003 release. This causes no end of problems as there is a poor copy protection system installed on the disk to stop people using Windows XP users from copying the music tracks. This result is that the disk may not pay on a whole range of devices that use CD drives that have PC based features as the protection system messes up the drive's firmware.

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Good customer service.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2020

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C D didn't play. However when I contacted them direct, they refunded me straight away and wrote a letter of apology. Can't say fairer than that.

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DIDO.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2021

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Her voice & music would appeal to most age groups "Dido also looks great" and sing with passion.

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Anthony Ince

Bliss and chill

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2019

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Great price swift delivery and a fantastic album .... I live Do to but hadn't really collected thecslbums so went sofa surfing to add dome .. still relaxing... melancholic ... gentle vibes and great chill out .. enjoy ... New stuff out now too welcome back ..

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Patricia Ellis

arrived before expected Im really happy with it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2018

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its brand new.. arrived before expected Im really happy with it.

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C. A. Pollard

Enjoyed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2019

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Quite like. Easy listening.

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