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List Price: $19.93 | | Label: Arista
Salesrank: 17841
Released: November 18, 2008 |
| Our Price: $5.88 |
| Used Price: $5.18 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
This package includes 4 Dido postcards.
Description of Safe Trip Home (Deluxe Edition):
(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 in superlative form. --Danny McKenna
Safe Trip Home (Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
Review 
2009-10-20 - Product was NEW as described by the sealer. However the CD arrived almost 30 days after initial purchase.
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Boring 
2009-10-06 - I got familiar with Dido's music when she collaborated with Eminem years ago, there's something special about her voice, but this Cd is sloow, boring, even somewhat depressing, i wasn't impressed.
Not her best work
2009-09-09 - I love the music that Dido has released but lets face the fact that her most recent musing is... well... not great. There are a couple of semi-noteworthy songs but the rest just sort of fade from memory. I hope that her next album will get her back on track.
Dido 
2009-08-22 - Awesome CD. Well worth the wait. Each track is better than the next. Once again - Dido has the voice of an angel. There is no one out there that can compare to the style of Dido. Her style takes you to places that are sometimes way too hard to reach on a basic humanistic level Emotionally-creatively-wow! This is indeed another Dido classic. Can't wait for her to release her fourth CD. Thank you God for giving us Dido! What a talent!
quietly strong piece - give it a chance
2009-08-02 - There are no immediate standout pop tunes like "White Flag" or "Here With Me". - no anthemic choruses. Instead the verses are strong and are punctuated by the chorus. The CD chugs along and weaves its spell using more traditional instruments such as bass, guitars, strings and brass. Less synth driven beats - subtle light percussion moves the music forward. The tempo stays mellow throughout. I really enjoy this CD and listen to it regularly. The single "Don't Believe in Love" is good...I like when she sings "says leave right now or quicker"...she's restrained yet so intense. All the songs are good. The loss of her father runs throughout the CD... "Grafton Street", "The Day Before the Day.", "Let's Do the Things We Normally Do." "Quiet Times" and "Look No Further" are sweet songs about those everyday routine things that people share in their relationships that make them so special. All of her CDs sound personal and melancholy. Safe Trip Home's quiet sadness is what makes it so poignant. The melodies are strong...they get in your head and stay there...but you have to listen to it a few times to catch on to its subtleties. It's not commercial. it's a mature piece. The CD ends on a downer with with the excellent trip-hop sounding "Northern Skies"..."I have returned to sombre greys"...she's never been very far from them.
