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This article is about the Dido album. For other uses, see No Angel (disambiguation).

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"Thank You"
Dido's "Thank You" from No Angel
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No Angel is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Dido. Originally released on 1 June 1999 in the United States, the album found a mass audience when it was released worldwide in February 2001. As of 2014, the album has sold more than 22 million copies worldwide, and was the second best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, behind James Blunt's Back to Bedlam.[3]

Background

Recording for the album began in 1998, when Dido officially signed a record deal with Arista Records. As well as recording ten new tracks, Dido took two previously recorded tracks from her demo collection, Odds & Ends, and used them for the album, with "Take My Hand" appearing in its original form, and "Sweet Eyed Baby" being remixed to create "Don't Think of Me". During recording for the album, a deal to release the album in the United States was finalised, however, a deal to secure European sales of the album was not completed, thus meaning that when the album was released in June 1999, it was released exclusively in America. Prior to the album's release, a promotional sampler titled The Highbury Fields EP was issued to radio stations, featuring four tracks from the album, and "Worthless", another track from the demo collection Odds & Ends.

Singles

The album's first single, "Here with Me", was released prior to the album in the United States in May 1999, and subsequently becoming the theme music for the popular American TV series Roswell. The song was released worldwide on 3 February 2001, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number ten in Portugal and Greece, whilst also appearing inside the Top 40 in France and New Zealand.

In an attempt to boost album sales, a second single, "Don't Think of Me", was released on 19 February 2000, but did not fare as well as expected, only peaking at number 35 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart.

"Thank You" was released as the third single in May 2001, peaking at number three in the United Kingdom and the United States. It also reached the Top 40 in Germany, France and Italy.

The album's third European single, "Hunter", was released in September 2001, reaching the Top 20 on the UK Singles Chart, and achieving Top 10 success in Portugal and Greece.

A fourth single, "All You Want", was released in December 2001, but was ineligible to chart due to only being released as a 3" mini-single. Some of the album tracks were later licensed for use in television programmes, with "My Life" appearing in an episode of the drama series Angel Eyes, as well as alongside "My Life", "Honestly OK" and "Thank You" in several episodes of the Warner Bros. show Popular. The hit song "Here with Me" was the main theme of the TV show Roswell

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Q listed No Angel as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[6]

Chart performance

Upon release, No Angel entered the Top Heatseekers chart at number 50 on 24 July 1999, with sales of less than 20,000 copies. However, success was soon on the cards, when American rapper Eminem took the album track "Thank You" and remixed it for his song "Stan", which was released on 9 December 2000 as the third single from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP. "Stan" used both the beat and hook from "Thank You", and featured Dido on vocals as a way of thanks for the use of her track. Dido also appeared in the video for "Stan", as the pregnant girlfriend of one of Eminem's fans, Stan (played by Devon Sawa). "Stan" peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and subsequently created interest in "Thank You", which was released as the album's third single on 12 December 2000. On 13 December 2000, the album officially entered the Billboard Hot 200, where it peaked at number four. On 14 December 2000, "Stan" was released in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and subsequently peaked at number one in both countries. Hours later, due to the success of "Stan", the deal for No Angel to be sold in European countries was finalised.

The album was released in Europe on 13 October 2000, with the same track listing as the original American issue, with the exception of the addition of the music videos for "Thank You" and "Here with Me", despite "Thank You" not being released a single in Europe at the time, and "Stan", which appeared as a bonus track on most European editions of the album. By the time of release in Europe, the album had sold over 1 million copies in the United States, and had been certified Platinum there. Three weeks after the album's release in Europe, a Japanese issue was released, featuring two bonus tracks that had previously appeared on Dido's demo collection, Odds & Ends, titled "Worthless" and "Me".

No Angel became one of the best selling albums of 2001 throughout the world, being named the biggest selling album of 2001 in the United Kingdom and the second best seller in Australia, being certified 6× Platinum for sales of over 420,000. The album also reached #5 in Canada. The album won the award for Best Album at the 2002 BRIT Awards, where Dido also won the Best British Female award. In 2006, the album was certified 3× Platinum in Switzerland, selling over 100,000 copies there. "No Angel" was one of the three best-selling albums in 2001, with over 10 million plus sales that year. The album has sold 3,088,700 copies in the UK as of July 2016.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Here with Me"Dido Armstrong, Paul Statham, Pascal GabrielDido, Rick Nowels*4:14
2."Hunter"D. Armstrong, Rollo ArmstrongDido, R. Nowels3:57
3."Don't Think of Me"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Pauline Taylor, Paul HermanMartin Glover4:32
4."My Lover's Gone"D. Armstrong, Jamie CattoDuncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto, Dido4:27
5."All You Want"D. Armstrong, P. Herman, R. ArmstrongDido, R. Nowels3:53
6."Thank You"D. Armstrong, P. HermanRollo, Dido3:38
7."Honestly OK"D. Armstrong, Matty Benbrook, R. ArmstrongRollo, Dido4:37
8."Slide"D. Armstrong, P. HermanRollo, Dido4:53
9."Isobel"D. Armstrong, R. ArmstrongRollo, Dido3:54
10."I'm No Angel"D. Armstrong, P. Statham, P. GabrielRollo, Dido3:55
11."My Life"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Mark BatesRollo, Dido3:09
12."Take My Hand"D. Armstrong, Richard DekkardRollo, Dido, Sister Bliss6:42

* Initial pre-production and programming by Paul Statham and Pascal Gabriel.

Bonus tracks

United Kingdom
No.TitleDirectorLength
13."Here with Me" (video)Liz Friedlander4:06
14."Thank You" (video)Dave Meyers3:14
Canada
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Here with Me" (Unplugged)Dido, P. Statham, P. Gabriel4:23
14."Here with Me" (Rollo Orchestra mix)Dido, P. Statham, P. Gabriel5:18
15."Stan" (featuring Eminem)Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers6:44
Mainland Europe
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Stan" (featuring Eminem)Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers6:44
Eastern Europe
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Stan" (censored radio edit) (featuring Eminem)Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers3:58
Japan
No.TitleLength
13."Worthless"7:52
14."Me"2:38
Russia
No.TitleLength
13."Stan" (featuring Eminem)6:44
14."Christmas Day"4:03
15."Here with Me" (Unplugged)4:23
16."All You Want" (Divide & Rule remix)6:47
Poland
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Stan" (S&S remix)Dido, P. Herman, Marshall Mathers3:41
14."Flowerstand Man" (with Faithless)Rollo, Dido5:43
15."Don't Think of Me" (live electronic mix)Dido, Rollo, P. Taylor, P. Herman5:18
16."Take My Hand" (techno remix by Deroga)Dido, Rollo, Sister Bliss4:53
17."Aria (Theme to The Talented Mr. Ripley)" 3:18
HDCD
No.TitleLength
13."Christmas Day"4:03
14."One Step Too Far" (with Faithless)5:20
15."Worthless"7:52

Deluxe edition bonus discs

America
No.TitleLength
1."Here With Me" (video) 
2."Thank You" (live acoustic) 
3."Photo Gallery" 
Japan and Australia
No.TitleLength
1."Thank You" (Deep Dish mix) 
2."Thank You" (Skinny mix) 
3."Here with Me" (Chillin' with the Family mix) 
4."Here with Me" (Lukas Burton mix) 
5."Hunter" (Franasios K mix) 
United Kingdom
No.TitleLength
1."Here With Me" (Lukas Burton mix) 
2."Thank You" (Deep Dish remix) 
3."Hunter" (MJ Cole remix) 
4."Take My Hand" (Rollo & Sister Bliss remix) 
5."Christmas Day" 
6."Hunter" (video) 
7."All You Want" (live video) 
8."Honestly OK" (live video) 
Brazil
No.TitleLength
1."Here With Me" (Lukas Burton mix) 
2."Thank You" (Deep Dish remix) 
3."Hunter" (MJ Cole remix) 
4."Take My Hand" (Rollo & Sister Bliss remix) 
5."All You Want" (Divide & Rule remix) 
6."My Lover's Gone" (Meme remix) 
7."Hunter" (video) 
8."All You Want" (live video) 
9."Honestly OK" (live video) 

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[35] Platinum 40,000^
Australia (ARIA)[36] 6× Platinum 420,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37] Platinum 30,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[38] 2× Platinum 250,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[39] 4× Platinum 400,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[40] Platinum 30,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[41] Platinum 50,514[41]
France (SNEP)[43] Diamond 1,262,300[42]
Germany (BVMI)[44] 3× Gold 750,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[45] Gold 15,000^
Italy (FIMI)[46] Platinum 100,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[47] Platinum 150,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[48] Platinum 80,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ) 5× Platinum 75,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[49] Platinum 40,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[50] Platinum 0*
Sweden (GLF)[51] Platinum 60,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[52] 3× Platinum 150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] 10× Platinum 3,088,700[7]
United States (RIAA)[54] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[55] 5× Platinum 5,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

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  46. ^ "Italian album certifications – Dido – No Angel" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "No Angel" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
  47. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Dido in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and No Angel in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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  55. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  • Dido — official website.
Preceded by UK number one album
10 February 2001 – 23 March 2001

6 October 2001 – 12 October 2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
12 March – 6 May 2001 		Succeeded by
The Disney Album by Michael Crawford
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