Life For Rent (studio album) by Dido

Life For Rent by Dido
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 3,822nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 128 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2003 (74th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (649th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,822nd)
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Dido bestography

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 2582 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 609.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 128 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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90/100
From 02/24/2017 08:09
Et af de smukkest pop album nogensinde.
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From 06/18/2012 22:01
"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"!
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70/100
From 06/02/2012 10:04
"White Flag" is the stand-out track on a borderline-good album.
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From 08/05/2011 02:49
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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