No angel

No angel
Studio album by Dido
Publication (s)	June 1, 1999
admission	1998-1999
Label (s)	Arista Records ,
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Folk , Pop , Electropop
Title (number)	12
running time	52:01
chronology - No angel Life for Rent
Single releases May 17, 1999 Here with Me February 19, 2000 Don't think of me May 21, 2001 Thank you September 10, 2001 Hunter December 10, 2001 All you want

No Angel is the first studio album by the British singer Dido . It was released in 1999. After the American rapper Eminem sampled parts of the song Thank You in his song Stan , the debut album became a commercial success.

background

Before starting her solo career, Dido was part of the band Faithless together with her brother Rollo Armstrong . The solo debut did not initially attract much attention. It was not until Eminem used parts of the song Thank You in his international rap hit, Stan , in 2000 , that sales increased and worldwide recognition. The album, which was released in the USA in 1999, subsequently went platinum there before it was also released in Europe in 2001. In total, the album sold over 21 million times.

Track list

No.	title	Songwriter	producer	length
1.	Here with Me	Dido, Paul Statham, Pascal Gabriel	Dido, Rick Nowels	4:14
2.	Hunter	Dido, Rollo Armstrong	Dido, Nowels	3:57
3.	Don't think of me	Dido, Rollo Armstrong, Pauline Taylor , Paul Herman	Youth	4:32
4th	My lover's gone	Dido, Jamie Catto	Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto , Dido	4:27
5.	All you want	Dido, Herman, Rollo Armstrong	Dido, Nowels	3:53
6th	Thank you	Dido, Herman	Rollo Armstrong , Dido	3:38
7th	Honestly OK	Dido, Matty Benbrook, Rollo Armstrong	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	4:37
8th.	Slide	Dido, Herman	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	4:53
9.	Isobel	Dido, Rollo Armstrong	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	3:54
10.	I'm no angel	Dido, Statham, Gabriel	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	3:55
11.	My life	Dido, Rollo Armstrong, Mark Bates	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	3:09
12.	Take my hand	Dido, Richard Dekkard	Rollo Armstrong, Dido, Sister Bliss	6:42

Bonus tracks

United Kingdom
No.	title	Director	length
13.	Here with Me (video)	Liz Friedlander	4:06
14th	Thank you (video)	Dave Meyers	3:14

Canada
No.	title	Songwriter	length
13.	Here with Me (Unplugged)	Dido, P. Statham, P. Gabriel	4:23
14th	Here with Me (Rollo Orchestra Mix)	Dido, P. Statham, P. Gabriel	5:18
15th	Stan (featuring Eminem)	Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers	6:44

Continental Europe
No.	title	Songwriter	length
13.	Stan (featuring Eminem)	Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers	6:44

Eastern Europe
No.	title	Songwriter	length
13.	Stan (censored radio edit) (featuring Eminem)	Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers	3:58

Japan
No.	title	length
13.	Worthless	7:52
14th	Me	2:38

Russia
No.	title	length
13.	Stan (featuring Eminem)	6:44
14th	Christmas Day	4:03
15th	Here with Me (Unplugged)	4:23
16.	All You Want (Divide & Rule Remix)	6:47

Poland
No.	title	Songwriter	length
13.	Stan (S&S Remix)	Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers	3:41
14th	Flowerstand Man (with Faithless )	Rollo Armstrong, Dido	5:43
15th	Don't Think of Me (Live Electronic Mix)	Dido, Rollo Armstrong, P. Taylor, P. Herman	5:18
16.	Take My Hand (Techno Remix by Deroga)	Dido, Rollo Armstrong, Sister Bliss	4:53
17th	Aria (Theme to The Talented Mr. Ripley )		3:18

HDCD
No.	title	length
13.	Christmas Day	4:03
14th	One Step Too Far (with Faithless )	5:20
15th	Worthless	7:52

Deluxe Edition Bonus Discs

America
No.	title	length
1.	Here With Me (video)
2.	Thank You (Live Acoustic)
3.	Photo Gallery

Japan and Australia
No.	title	length
1.	Thank You (Deep Dish Mix)
2.	Thank You (Skinny Mix)
3.	Here with Me (Chillin 'with the Family Mix)
4th	Here with Me (Lukas Burton Mix)
5.	Hunter (Franasios K Mix)

United Kingdom
No.	title	length
1.	Here With Me (Lukas Burton Mix)
2.	Thank You (Deep Dish Remix)
3.	Hunter (MJ Cole Remix)
4th	Take My Hand (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix)
5.	Christmas Day
6th	Hunter (video)
7th	All You Want (Live Video)
8th.	Honestly OK (Live Video)

Brazil
No.	title	length
1.	Here With Me (Lukas Burton Mix)
2.	Thank You (Deep Dish Remix)
3.	Hunter (MJ Cole Remix)
4th	Take My Hand (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix)
5.	All You Want (Divide & Rule Remix)
6th	My Lover's Gone (Meme Remix)
7th	Hunter (video)
8th.	All You Want (Live Video)
9.	Honestly OK (Live Video)

Charts

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	2 (57 weeks)	57
Austria (Ö3)	1 (39 weeks)	39
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 (78 weeks)	78
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (147 weeks)	147
United States (Billboard)	4th (69 weeks)	69

reception

source	rating
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B.
Laut.de
New Musical Express

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide described the album as surprisingly sounding ripe for a debut. It is characterized by refined, catchy dream pop songs with trip-hop undertones. For AllMusic , Jeff Burger found that the vocals on the album were very reminiscent of Sinéad O'Connor , but that the songs as a whole, in contrast to O'Connor, were less adventurous, but were originally supplemented by electronic music. The lyrics would focus almost exclusively on love, lust and relationships, but the fact remains that it is a promising and highly audible album, which is atmospheric, seductive, beautifully produced and sequenced. Beth Johnson, on the other hand, felt more reminiscent of Sarah McLachlan for Entertainment Weekly . However, the album would create a nice sonic intimacy.

Natalie Shaw called the album for the BBC not very varied or constructed. A passive-aggressive protagonist would blandly whimper at someone who doesn't really listen. The hoped-for action and movement would not come about, instead one would be bathed in synthesized standstill. Folk-Pop is the basic structure of the music, in which electronic beats are occasionally incorporated in order to emphasize the fleeting manic depression of the content. Joachim Gauger wrote for Laut.de that Dido combines “her extraordinary voice with great songwriting and well thought-out beats. The result is soulful ballads, occasionally accompanied by trip-hop beats that are reminiscent of Portishead. ”For Christian Ward from the New Musical Express, the album shows that Dido is a musician for people who only buy one CD a year. The album is ridiculously banal.

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	40,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	3 × platinum	150,000
Brazil (PMB)	2 × platinum	250,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	450,000
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	(5,000,000)
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	50,514
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	platinum	150,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	5 × platinum	75,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	80,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	40,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	80,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	90,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × platinum	3,090,000
All in all	2 × gold 52 × platinum 1 × diamond	10,495,514

Main article: Dido (singer) / Awards for music sales

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} AllMusic Review by Jeff Burger. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard (ed.): The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8 , pp. 236 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} BBC Review. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Extraordinary voice, great songwriting and fat beats. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Whatever happened to Dido? From No Angel to nowhere to be seen. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
6. ↑ NO ANGEL. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
7. ↑ DIDO - NO ANGEL. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
8. ↑ DIDO - NO ANGEL. Retrieved May 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ NO ANGEL. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Chart Search. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
11. ↑ No Angel. Accessed May 17, 2019 . 
12. ↑ She's' music for people who buy one CD a year ... Retrieved on May 17, 2019 . 
13. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .