Dido celebrates the twenty fifth anniversary of her debut album, No Angel, with the discharge of a hanging marbled crimson vinyl version.
Initially a launch that fell beneath the radar, Dido’s No Angel quickly grew to become one of many UK’s best-selling albums of all-time. Spending seven weeks at No.1 and over a 12 months within the Prime 10, the album reached a staggering 10 x Platinum in recognition of greater than 3 million home gross sales and earned Dido the BRIT Awards for Finest British Album and Finest British Feminine Artist in addition to her first Ivor Novello.
That success was replicated everywhere in the globe, making certain that No Angel grew to become a worldwide phenomenon with over 15 million gross sales. It’s nonetheless being found and admired in the present day, amassing a complete of 1.2 billion streams in addition to 20 million month-to-month listeners at Spotify – all regardless of being launched lengthy earlier than the streaming period took form.
Subtle And Contemporary
No Angel sounds simply as confessional, refined and recent because it did again then. The massive singles Thank You (famously sampled in Eminem’s Stan), Right here With Me and Hunter naturally standout. However from Don’t Suppose Of Me to Nugatory by way of All I Need, the album’s power is its purity: stellar songwriting stuffed with uncooked feelings, carried out by an voice of stylish distinction. It demonstrates why Dido has change into admired by subsequent artists resembling Caroline Polachek.
The twenty fifth Anniversary Version homes the unique album in a particular vinyl bundle. The entrance cowl options new paintings, which consists of a contact sheet of pictures from the unique album marketing campaign, with a door on all sides which opens to disclose a sleeve with one other basic Dido photograph. This incorporates the album, pressed on hanging marbled crimson vinyl. An ordinary black vinyl may even be obtainable.
Not So Unhealthy
Dido adopted No Angel with one other smash album with the No.1 Life For Hire, which featured the hit singles White Flag and the title monitor, earlier than main to 2 extra BRIT Awards and a second Ivor Novello. She has since launched three additional Prime 5 albums within the form of Secure Journey House (2008), Woman Who Bought Away (2013) and Nonetheless On My Thoughts (2019). If I Rise, her collaboration with A.R. Rahman, featured within the Danny Boyle movie 127 Hours and was nominated for Finest Authentic Tune on the Oscars.
She additionally received a 3rd Ivor Novello in 2019 for Excellent Tune Assortment, and final 12 months amassed 500 million streams when she contributed to a brand new model of Thank You, reimagined as Thank You (Not So Unhealthy), in collaboration with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiësto and W&W.
The No Angel twenty fifth Anniversary Version is launched on 19 September. It’s now obtainable to pre-order right here
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