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| Artist: Dido
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
Buy New: £6.97
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886971629729
EAN: 0886971629729
ASIN: B000UF0QGI
Release Date: November 17, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: NEW-NOT SEALED
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| Tracks:
| • | Don't believe in love | | • | Quiet times | | • | Never want to say it's love | | • | Grafton street | | • | It comes and it goes | | • | Look no further | | • | Us 2 little gods | | • | The day before the day | | • | Let\x{2019}s do the things we normally do | | • | Burnin love | | • | Northern skies |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Safe Trip Home, the third album from singer-songwriter Dido, sees the chanteuse cook up a slightly different ambience than on previous albums No Angel (1999) and Life for Rent (2003). Though her signature elements remain in place--the limited, slightly cracked falsetto; the dreamy, comforting trip-hop vibe--there seems to be an extra density to Safe Trip Home, doubtless provoked by the loss of her father in 2006. The added weight is predominantly in the lyrics, which tend to focus on loss and heartache, but there's extra detail and depth in the musicianship too, since Dido has been busy honing her skills as a multi-instrumentalist. Despite the denser themes, the music still drifts by in classic Dido style, moving smoothly through the insouciant "Don't Believe in Love", the aptly titled "Quiet Times", and "Never Want to Say It's Love", before arriving at the somber-yet-elegant six-minute standout "Grafton Street", co-written with Brian Eno and featuring Mick Fleetwood on drums. The rest of the album unfurls in similarly sophicticated fashion, featuring the folkish "Look No Further", the upbeat "Us 2 Little Gods" and a nine-minute poetic closer called "Northern Skies". Put simply, Safe Trip Home is Dido on superlative form. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Depressingly Dull December 1, 2008
A. Salvidge (England)
In a word: Pants.
Have never written a review on Amazon before but felt especially strong about this to make it my first. Like most people was really looking forward to this new album, it's been a good few years since the last one. More than disappointed by this, every song is identical, no stand out tracks, monotonous and boring. Save your money folks.
 still creative December 1, 2008
R. Bokhamada (uk)
well i've never wanted dido to re-made her previouse albums, what's the point of hearing them again...and thank you dido for not making this like the other...
well, it's great album, dido still creative artist. so dido plz keep changing...
Dull December 1, 2008
C. Page (UK)
If this is a comeback album then it's a poor effort! I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of Dido, and I don't normally write reviews on artists unless I am a big fan, because it's not fair to be critical of something that is not to my taste yet still has qualities that appeal to others. But in saying I'm not a fan, I am familiar with 'No Angel, and 'Life for Rent', and those albums yielded some great songs (such as White Flag, Life for Rent, Don't leave home, Here with me, Thank you). But I heard 'Safe trip home' recently and it was so dull I had to turn it off! I will give it another go to see if any songs grow on me, as I wouldn't normally form an opinion on first listening, but it's not often that I actually get so bored that I take something out of the CD player!
Most of the songs sound the same and are uninspired. Sometimes I think an artist's output reaches runs it's course, and if they just put together an album for the sake of it, which is what this sounds like, then it seems a waste of time an effort. I dislike music that has a lack of passion, and this album certainly sounds like that. Dido's voice has a tendency to sound a little dreary sometimes, and I think this is one of the reasons I would say I'm not a huge fan, coupled with the fact that some of the album tracks on previous albums just don't work for me, and I'd say her voice sounds the best when she's singing with passion (ie White flag, Here with me). Unfortunately the fact that the new album sounds completely lacking in passion is probably why it doesn't strike a chord with me!
Apologies to Dido fans, who I'm sure will like it, but for general music fans, you're probably better off spending you money on something else!
Soul Destroying November 29, 2008
D. R. Richardson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am so irritated at how dreadful this album is. 5 years is an age to wait since Life For Rent and it would not be unreasonable to expect some development of what was once a great talent. If this was a debut album by an unknown artist it would almost certainly be dismissed with the utmost derision by most people. I like many others wish I had read the reviews before buying it. A huge disappointment.
Her best record, but that's faint praise November 28, 2008
Young Offender (Westbury, Wilts)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Poor Dido - one mediocre single seems to have put the skids under her career. 'Don't Believe in Love' was no 'White Flag' and didn't even make the top 40; as a consequence, first-week sales of SAFE TRIP HOME are more than 80% down on those of LIFE FOR RENT. It's a shame, because this is probably a better record overall than its very patchy predecessors, even if there are no obvious hits on it. The standout is probably 'The Day Before the Day' (I'm baffled by those who pick out 'Grafton Street', which is a dirge). The main problem remains her voice - it's a very ordinary instrument, lacking expression and range, and it tends to flatten even the most emotionally exposed of these songs.
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