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Safe Trip Home is the third studio album by Dido. It was released in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2008.[3] The album features collaborations and production with Jon Brion, her brother Rollo Armstrong, Brian Eno, Mick Fleetwood, Citizen Cope and Questlove.[1] The album was the 44th best-selling album worldwide of 2008, according to IFPI and has sold 1 million of copies since then.[4] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[5]

Release

The album's cover artwork and track listing were revealed by Dido's official website on 5 September 2008.[6] The album was originally due to be released on 3 November,[7][8] but was delayed for two weeks due to manufacturing delays.[3] In the UK, the album launch was heralded with a special listening party, which fans can win an invitation to through the Nectar loyalty card points scheme.[9]

The album cover features a photograph of astronaut Bruce McCandless II during a spacewalk, as part of space shuttle mission STS-41-B. McCandless later sued Dido, Sony Music Entertainment and Getty Images over violating his publicity rights.[10] The case was settled under undisclosed terms on 14 January 2011.[11]

On 27 October 2008, it was announced that eleven short films were being produced to accompany the tracks on the album, based around the theme of home.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The A.V. Club(B-)[13]
Badger Herald[14]
Blender[15]
Daily Mirror[16]
Daily News (New York)[17]
Entertainment Weekly(B)[18]
The Guardian[19]
Rolling Stone[20]
Slant Magazine[21]

The album received very positive reviews. Metacritic rates the album at 74 out of a 100.[22] Stephanie Merritt from The Guardian wrote "This album is a mature and thoughtful collection of songs and a fine memorial to her father, who would have been right to be proud."[19] While Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly said "The emotion in these sad, subtle songs seems inherent enough, though you may still find yourself wishing she'd allowed the slightest hint of it to creep into her voice."[18] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone said: "Dido's voice is so comforting, you almost miss the blues it conceals."[20]

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine gave a more critical review: "The album might be Dido's least adventurous to date, [with] her brand of vanilla soul going down like a warm cup of milk on tracks like the lead single "Don't Believe in Love" and "Quiet Times", the lyrics of which pretty much capture her overall state of mind: "My home is home and I'm settled now/I've made it through the restless phase." Though he noted that there was a "timeless quality to the songwriting and production."[21] Elizabeth Goodman of Blender was also more critical. "The songs are ostensibly sad but [they are] as pleasant as a pile of warm, unfolded laundry. ...Dido should let her socks go unsorted for a while; genuine sorrow sounds good on her."[15] Regardless of the album's late release in the year, it was ranked No. 50 in Q's 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.[23] In 2010, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Singles

Two singles were released from the album. On 22 August 2008, the day that the album's title was announced, the track "Look No Further" was released as a free digital download through her official website.[7] The first official single from Safe Trip Home, "Don't Believe in Love", was released on 27 October 2008. It was also made available on iTunes stores internationally from 29 October.[8] The second single, "Quiet Times", was released in February 2009.[citation needed]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Believe in Love"Dido Armstrong, Jon Brion, Rollo Armstrong3:53
2."Quiet Times"D. Armstrong3:17
3."Never Want to Say It's Love"D. Armstrong, J. Brion, R. Armstrong3:35
4."Grafton Street"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Brian Eno5:59
5."It Comes and It Goes"D. Armstrong, J. Brion, R. Armstrong3:28
6."Look No Further"D. Armstrong, J. Brion, R. Armstrong3:14
7."Us 2 Little Gods"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Daisy Gough, Rick Nowels4:49
8."The Day Before the Day"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong4:13
9."Let's Do the Things We Normally Do"D. Armstrong, J. Brion4:10
10."Burnin Love" (with Citizen Cope)D. Armstrong, Clarence Greenwood4:12
11."Northern Skies"D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong8:57

Note: Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 & 11 produced by Jon Brion and tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 produced by The Ark & Dido

Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."For One Day"D. Armstrong5:43
2."Summer"D. Armstrong3:55
3."Northern Skies" (Rollo version)D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong5:53
4."The Day Before the Day" (Early Mix)D. Armstrong, R. Armstrong4:14
5."Enhanced section"  

Personnel

Musicians
Crew
  • Ashley Arrison – a&r coordination for Jon Brion
  • Chris Bolster – studio staff
  • Jon Brion – mixer (track 3, 5, 6, 9, 11), orchestra arranger and conductor (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11)
  • Nick Braun – studio staff
  • Bobby Campbell – studio staff
  • David Campbell – string arranger (tracks 2, 4, 8), orchestra arranger and conductor (tracks 2, 4, 8)
  • Eric Caudieux – programming/editing (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
  • Matt Dunkley – orchestration
  • Peter Edge – album mastering (at a&r)
  • Eric Gorfain – orchestration
  • Isobel Griffiths – contractor
  • Grippa – mixer (track 8)
  • Kayt Jones – photographer
  • Rouble Kapoor – studio staff
  • Greg Koller – mixer (tracks 3, 5, 6, 9, 11)
  • Peter Leak – manager
  • Josh Newell – studio staff
  • Alex Pavlides – studio staff
  • Michael Price – orchestration
  • Bret Rausch – studio assistant for Jon Brion
  • Matt Robertson – orchestration
  • Joanne Rooks – designer
  • Jim Scott – mixer (track 2, 4, 7, 10), vocal and string mixer (track 8)
  • Wesley Seidman – studio staff
  • Paul Smith – studio staff
  • Todd Steinhauer – assistant mixer (track 2, 4, 7, 10)
  • Jill Streater – copyist
  • Brady Woodcock – studio staff
  • Gavin Wright – session leader
  • Alan Yoshida – album mastering (at oceanway)

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[24] 6
Austrian Album Chart[25] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[26] 7
Canadian Albums Chart[27] 9
Danish Albums Chart[28] 20
European Top 100 Albums Chart[29] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[30] 24
French Albums Chart[31] 3
German Albums Chart[32] 3
Hungarian Albums Chart 15
Irish Albums Chart[33] 11
Italian Albums Chart[34] 11
Dutch Albums Chart[35] 8
New Zealand Albums Chart[36] 6
Norwegian Albums Chart[37] 18
Polish Album Chart[38] 14
Scottish Albums Chart[39] 6
Spanish Albums Chart[40] 27
Swedish Albums Chart[41] 20
Swiss Albums Chart[42] 1
UK Albums Chart[43] 2
US Billboard 200[44] 13

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[45] Gold 35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[46] Gold 10,000*
France (SNEP)[47] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[48] Gold 100,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[49] Gold 3,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[50] Gold 7,500^
Italy (FIMI)[51] Gold 35,000*
New Zealand (RIANZ) Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[52] Gold 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[53] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] Gold 100,000^

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

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