DB Error: Bad SQL Query: select node_id, node_name from uk_music where parent_node = 694208 order by node_name
Can't find file: './C222666_aws/uk_music.frm' (errno: 13)
DB Error: Bad SQL Query: select n1.node_id, n1.node_name from uk_music n1, uk_music n2 where n2.node_id = 694208 and n1.parent_node = n2.parent_node order by n1.node_name
Can't find file: './C222666_aws/uk_music.frm' (errno: 13)
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Life for Rent |
| |
|
|
|
Artist:
Dido
Average Customer Rating: 
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: £1.28
|
|
|
|
|
Disc 1:
| 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 |
|
Product Description
Cheeky, 5459822, Jewel Case 11 Track 2003
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Rose has a much darker side to her--the joyous revelations of tracks such as "Thank You" on her debut album have been replaced by the sound of her heart breaking.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
|
 Great album, ruined by copy protection, 2008-11-07
It's been over 5 years since this album was released. Everyone who wanted to pirate will have already have done so. So why no copy protection free/iPod friendly re-release (like for Jem's finally woken)?
The album itself is very good (4 star), but the sound is more closed in which robs some of the emotion from Dido's voice and overall dynamics when compared to No Angel.
This is probably a side effect of the aggressive copy protection, as I've observed this before on other albums (but not on the copy protection free versions of the same albums).
So all in all, best described as a good album being played on the other side of a stud wall. A real shame.
 DIDO "LIFE FOR RENT", 2008-11-30
There's alot of reviews on Amazon that I think are just completely pointless, I'm not saying that someone has to totally agree with what I think over someone's album, even when someone gives an album a really good review it can different because we all interpret music in different ways. I wish Amazon would delete the pointless reviews that don't mention the actual album in any way at all.
I think there are some brilliant albums that have been released but there aren't alot of albums that are exceptionally brilliant, "No Angel" by Dido is definitely an exceptionally brilliant album, she has completely got her own style going on, first of all I'll talk about her voice, there are so many artists with amazing voices, whether it's powerful or whether they have alot of different ranges, without sounding too dramatic, the word to describe Dido's voice would be pure, she hasn't got a really powerful voice but she does have a pure sounding voice, the only other artist who's voice I would say is pure would be Tina Arena, she has a very powerful voice too. On songs like "My Lover's Gone" or "Take My Hand" I don't think anyone's voice would actually work other than Dido's, on "My Lover's Gone" her voice and the music makes you feel like you're kind of in the song, I always picture she's singing by the sea on this song, "Take My Hand" shows the electronic sounds that are the main part of Dido's music, then there's the songs like "Here With Me," "Hunter," "All You Want" and "Thank You" that were all obviously going to be singles, yet there not too mainstream, it's good that Dido doesn't write music with the intention of being a hit in the charts, "Don't Think Of Me" is a nice sing-a-long track that I thought would have been a single, but it doesn't stand out as a song that would be a single, none of her songs do, they're all of a similar sound and just simply Dido's style. I think "Isobel" is quite a sad song, the lyrics seem sad to me, I'm not sure what it's actually about, I'll try and find interviews with Dido to see what she said about it, her voice makes it sad though aswell. You also never get confused with what she's actually singing, there can be artists who have the odd word that you need to check but because her voice is so pure and clear, there isn't that problem with Dido. "Christmas Day" is a great little story, and although it has a Christmas sound, it's not too Christmasy, I don't think it would fit on a Christmas album either. "Honestly OK" and "Slide" have a really good electronic sound, "I'm No Angel" has an acoustic guitar on it which sounds good. "My Life" is a simple little song where Dido is saying how everything isn't anyone's buisness because it's her life.
This really is an exceptionally brilliant album, I don't particularly like writing reviews as such as I don't think I'm good at giving an accurate description of what I'm reviewing, I guess it's because you have to actually hear the album, so even the New York Times or whoever couldn't actually say what an album is really like. If the reviews that got posted on Amazon which don't mention anything about the album were deleted because they're pointless, I wouldn't actually write reviews, I just think the ratings for people's albums go lower than they actually should be due to this.
So, 10 out of 10 from me (or 5 out of 5 for Amazon) :)
P.S. I'm not sure what this "Copy Protection" thing is, I do have the US versions (same tracklisting's) though, maybe it's just the UK versions that have this problem.
 Suicide music, 2008-10-08
Depressing rubbish that someone gave me and I binned it.
Too much of this and Ide commit suicide.
 Better than the first album, 2006-10-10
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 got good reviews and sold a bundle of copies.
From a personal viewpoint, it was an OK album. However, although the subject matter is less happy and looks back to relationship break-ups etc, this is a much more melodic album, with excellent, lush instrumentation. I like "Life For Rent", "Stoned" and "White Flag" which set the album off wonderfully.
Some of the remaining tracks are equally good, some (tracks 4, 5, 7 and 9) are similar in style and standard to the first album. None of the latter are duds, but they're just not as good as the rest.
One thing surprises me...I understand she studied music at a good music school (Guildhall? - someone will tell me), but her voice lacks strength and is only passable!
Nevertheless, a much better album in my opinion, but probably too similar to the first album for some people's liking.
Great songs, 2009-08-15
This Cd is one i never got round to buying when it came out but im so glad ive got round to it because every song is a good one, and when it comes as cheap as this did then better still.
Would recommend anyone to buy
|
|
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828765459822
Label: Cheeky
Manufacturer: Cheeky
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Cheeky
Release Date: 2003-09-29
Studio: Cheeky |
|
|
|