Life for Rent
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| Life for Rent | ||
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| Studio album by Dido | ||
| Released | September 30, 2003 | |
| Recorded | The Ark, The Church, Cubejam and Wessex Studios | |
| Genre | Easy listening | |
| Length | 54:02 | |
| Label | Cheeky | |
| Producer(s) | Rollo | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dido chronology | ||
| No Angel (1999) |
Life for Rent (2003) |
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Life for Rent is the second album by Dido, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). "White Flag" was the first track from the album to be played on the radio, and became a major worldwide hit. The track "Stoned" was remixed and issued as an American club single at around the same time "White Flag" was climbing the pop and adult contemporary charts. "Stoned" became a club hit, though it failed to catch on with dance radio. The video for "White Flag" featured Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel star David Boreanaz.
The third and fourth singles, "Life for Rent" and "Don't Leave Home", respectively, did not fare as well as "White Flag" in America.
Life for Rent was nominated for "Best British Album" at the 2004 BRIT Awards along with Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This, Blur's Think Tank and The Coral's Magic and Medicine, but they were all beaten by The Darkness's Permission to Land. "White Flag" was awarded the 2004 Ivor Novello Award in the category International Hit of the Year.
Life for Rent spent a total of 10 weeks at the top of the UK albums chart.[1] The Life for Rent Tour was taken around the world in 2004.
In Australia the album debuted at number one on the ARIA albums chart, was one of the biggest selling albums of 2003 and went on to be certified six times platinum for sales of over 420,000. With this, Dido was able to match the huge success of her previous effort, No Angel.
According to mediatraffic, the album has sold over 8,630,000 copies world wide. But Mediatraffic doesn't cover all the sales. The total sales are: 9,227,250 copies. It's been certificated 5x platinum in Europe, 2x platinum in America and 4x platinum in the World. This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
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[edit] Track listing
- "White Flag" (Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Rick Nowels) – 4:01
- "Stoned" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Lester Mendez) – 5:55
- "Life for Rent" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:41
- "Mary's in India" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:42
- "See You When You're 40" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Aubrey Nunn) – 5:20
- "Don't Leave Home" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong) – 3:46
- "Who Makes You Feel" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, John Harrison) – 4:21
- "Sand in My Shoes" (D. Armstrong, Nowels) – 5:00
- "Do You Have a Little Time" (D. Armstrong, Bates, Nowels) – 3:55
- "This Land Is Mine" (D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Nowels) – 3:46
- "See the Sun" (D. Armstrong) – 10:36
- When this track finishes, there is the hidden track "Closer"
[edit] Released singles
The following singles have been released from the album:
| Single | Date |
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| "White Flag" | September 2003 |
| "Stoned" {12"/download only) | October 2003 |
| "Life for Rent" | December 2003 |
| "Don't Leave Home" | April 2004 |
| "Sand in My Shoes" | September 2004 |
[edit] Certificactions
| Chart (2002) | Providers | Certification | Sales |
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| United World Chart | MediaTraffic | 4x platinum | 8,630,000 |
| Europe (Overall) | IFPI | 5x platinum | 5,000,000 |
| UK Album Chart | BPI | 9x Platinum | 2,688,000[2] |
| Billboard 200 (U.S.) | Billboard/RIAA | 2x platinum | 2,000,000 |
| French Album Chart | SNEP/IFOP | 3x Platinum | 645.000 |
| Germany Album Chart | Media Control/IFPI | 3x Platinum | 600,000 |
| Australia Album Chart | ARIA | 6x Platinum | 420,000 |
| Canadian Album Chart | CRIA | 3x Platinum | 300,000 |
| Norway Album Chart | VG Nett | 2x Platinum | 80,000 |
| Netherlands Album Chart | NVPI/Megacharts | Platinum | 70,000 |
| New Zealand Album Chart | RIANZ | 4x Platinum | 60,000 |
| Austrian Album Chart | Media Control | Platinum | 60,000 |
| Sweden Album Chart | GLF | Platinum | 60,000 |
| Denmark Album Chart | IFPI / Nielsen | 2x Platinum | 40,000 |
| Finland Album Chart | GLF | Gold | 15,000 |
[edit] Song backgrounds
"White Flag" – about a past relationship. Dido "regretted writing it" to begin with because of the further problems it caused with that person but now enjoys performing the song.
"Life for Rent" – written to reflect how she saw her life at the time.
"Mary's in India" – a joke for childhood best friend Mary who now lives in India, originally not intended to be on the album.
"See You When You're 40" – about a past boyfriend who "wanted to be different more than anything in the world."
"Don't Leave Home" – written about the difficulties of drug addiction and made as a demo during the creation of her previous album.
[edit] External link
| Dido |
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| Discography |
| Studio albums |
| No Angel · Life For Rent |
| Singles |
| "Here with Me" · "Thank You" · "Hunter" . "All You Want" "White Flag" . "Life for Rent" . "Don't Leave Home" . "Sand in My Shoes" "Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
