Life For Rent
by Dido
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Life For Rent is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Dido on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dido is No Angel which is ranked number 2555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 622.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Life For Rent track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/01/2026 09:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,371 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 17:16 | joewooley24 | 2,998 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 11:56 | Adhura | 1,697 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 05:14 | Proto | 4,237 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 22:53 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,695 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Et af de smukkest pop album nogensinde.
"Dido's second album contains no less than 4 big radio hits ( "White Flag", "Life For Rent", "Don't Leave Home" and "Sand in My Shoes" ) and at least one or two more are potential hit singles. Dido has a voice than can easily be distinguised from the majority of the female pop-singers of today. ( a little Dusty Springfield and a little Suzanne Vega ). Most of her songs have catchy hooks and moving lyrics.
There are simply so many great songs on this album that it even surpasses her much-acclaimed first album "No Angel"; well that was was I used to think. Now I realize that this isn't really possible. "No Angel" is a masterpiece; "Life For Rent" is "just" an extraordinary great album!
My favourites here are, "White Flag", "Life For Rent", "Mary's in India", "Don't Leave Home", "This Land is Mine" and "See the Sun" - Don't miss the hidden track "Closer"!
eclab 06/02/2012 10:04 | #43546 | TOP COMMENT
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"White Flag" is the stand-out track on a borderline-good album.
ilovelctr 08/05/2011 02:49 | #25786 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the few modern solo artists that are really talented. But this one is too weak compared to her strong debut. I've liked her songs since I was a teenager. Her music remains feeling mature to me.
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