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Dido - LiveNewest Review: ... sound compared to the sometimes clinical studio recordings. Besides the presence of a DJ to intersperse some timely breakbeats and scratching, the grooves are heavier, making the general performance both funkier and, when necessary, rocking. Yes, it's official. Dido rocks. No Angel is a fabulous modern pop album, full of budding classics, yet if there's one criticism it would be the track sequencing. All 11 tracks are featured in an inevitably brief set (the CD's bonus cut Take My Hand is the only absentee), but crucially the order of these renditions is somehow more effective. The teaser prologue of Worthless seques seamless... more |
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by - written on 13/04/01 (Very useful, 114 readings)
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A chilly Spring night in West London was the setting for Dido's first show to date at a major-sized venue in the capital. Having topped the UK album charts for six weeks already this year with No Angel, not to mention scoring a #4 single courtesy of the dreamy Here With Me, she appears to have risen to prominence with relative ease. Not so, in fact. Two years spent hawking her music across America laid the foundations for Dido's new-found popularity in this country. That experience no doubt helped to evolve and hone her live act. So, while it's fair to say she is one of the hottest *new* names to have emerged in the last 6 months, discard any ... Read the complete review


