Dido: Life For Rent

Dido takes life at a slower, more deliberate pace than the rest of us—and it seems to work for her. Remember No Angel? That was her last (and first) record, the 1999 chartbusting album that featured, most prominently, the song “Thank You,” which the evil Eminem sampled improbably in 2000 on his psychopathic tune “Stan.” It was a great song that became a calling card for an album that we still keep close at hand, a trip-hoppy classic of the modern torch-singer genre. Now Dido finally follows up with an album that’s touted as an even stronger CD. We’re not entirely convinced, but then we haven’t spun the new one a thousand times like we have the first. Prospects are good, though. Listen especially for “White Flag” and “Don’t Leave Home,” Best of Show for this enchanting ingénue.