you're the one that i've been calling for.
After a period of five years, in which many fans may have wondered if she had actually gone down with the ship, Dido recently released her third studio album, "Safe Trip Home." Shortly after the phenomenal album that was "No Angel," Dido recorded a rather disappointing album, "Life is for Rent." After the amazingly catchy first track (white flag), the CD took a turn downhill from which it never recovered.
Starting with "Don't Believe in Love," an extremely catchy track with a smoothe baseline (yes, you know it's smoothe when it has an e on the end), "Safe Trip Home" threatens to follow the same path as it's predecessor. However, after a couple listens, one cannot help but note the ridiculous improvements Dido has made in her own musicianship. In her five years off, Dido has dedicated herself to learning how to play multiple instruments and how to play them well. As her website says,
Dido had inadvertently set the tone for Safe Trip Home, a record whose smouldering, soulful songs were to eventually feature her playing guitar, piano, bells and the trusty old recorder she'd toured Europe with as a prodigious pupil of London's Guildhall School of Music. She's even responsible for some of the album's drums (most notably on the sumptuously melancholy Quiet Times).
As a whole, this yields an album that is much more instrument-driven than electronically-driven. Simply amazing songs include the, slow, introspective ballad "Look no Further," the fun, quirky "Us 2 little gods," and the incredible bluesy song "Burnin Love" which features Citizen Cope. Burnin Love is the song that I have simply not been able to get out of my head (just ask Sam, I've sung it to him multiple times).
Finally, musicians can only gain so much appreciation through their music. True artist appreciation comes from what they do beyond their music. That is why I simply love her website. On it, there is a music tour section you can go on in which you see videos made from different countries. The videos are rather thought-provoking and allow users to comment. For example, her video for "Us 2 little gods" is about people in Rio so poor their lives revolve around landfills. I strongly encourage you to check out her website.
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and it's been relatively creepy every time you've sung it to me.
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