Dido – Life For Rent

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Label:	Arista – RTH 2015, Cheeky Records – RTH 2015, Classic Records – RTH 2015
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, 200 Gram Quiex SV-P
Country:	US
Released:	2003
Genre:	Electronic, Pop
Style:	Downtempo

Tracklist

A1		White Flag
A2		Stoned
A3		Life For Rent
A4		Mary's In India
A5		See You When You're 40
A6		Don't Leave Home
B1		Who Makes You Feel
B2		Sand In My Shoes
B3		Do You Have A Little Time
B4		This Land Is Mine
B5		See The Sun
B6		Closer

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Classic Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Classic Records, Inc.
Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Published By – BMG Music
Published By – BMG Songs, Inc.
Published By – Future Furniture Music
Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
Published By – Apollinaire Music
Published By – EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Published By – Copyright Control
Recorded At – The Ark
Recorded At – The Church, London
Recorded At – Cubejam
Recorded At – Wessex Sound Studios
Recorded At – Angel Studios
Recorded At – Air Studios
Mixed At – The Church, London
Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits

A&R – Peter Edge
Acoustic Guitar – Adam Zimmon (tracks: A2), Rick Nowels (tracks: B2)
Acoustic Guitar [Additional] – Paul Herman (tracks: A1)
Arranged By [Strings] – Nick Ingman (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Pauline Taylor (tracks: B1)
Bass – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A3, A5, B4), P*Nut (tracks: A1, B1)
Design – Simon Corkin
Drum Programming – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), P*Nut (tracks: A3, B1), Sister Bliss (tracks: B4)
Drum Programming [Additional] – Steve Sidelnyk (tracks: A2)
Drums – Mako Sakamoto* (tracks: A6, B5), P*Nut (tracks: A1), Steve Sidelnyk (tracks: B4)
Drums [Live] – Andy Treacy* (tracks: A3, B2), Steve Sidelnyk (tracks: A5)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Rick Nowels (tracks: B2)
Guitar – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), Dave Randall (2) (tracks: A3, A4, B3, B4), Dido (tracks: A3), Paul Herman (tracks: A3), Rick Nowels (tracks: A1), Richard Parfitt* (tracks: A6, B5)
Guitar [Additional] – Dave Randall (2) (tracks: A3)
Guitar [Electric] – Rusty Anderson (tracks: A1, B2)
Harmonium – Mark Bates (tracks: A4)
Keyboards – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), Mark Bates (tracks: A3, A4, B3, B4), P*Nut (tracks: B1), Pete Davies (tracks: B5), Rick Nowels (tracks: A1, B2)
Keyboards [Additional] – Mark Bates (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B2), Sister Bliss (tracks: A6, B1, B2)
Lacquer Cut By – BG*
Leader [Strings] – Gavin Wright* (tracks: A1, A3, A6, B1)
Management – Nettwerk Management, Peter Leak
Mastered By – Miles Showell
Mixed By – Ash Howes (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A6, B2, B3, B5), Phill Brown (tracks: A4, A5, B1, B4)
Percussion – Carlos Paucar (tracks: A2), Mark Bates (tracks: A4), Sudha (tracks: B4)
Photography By [Front And Back] – Ellen Von Unwerth
Piano – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), Mark Bates (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B4), Sister Bliss (tracks: A2)
Producer – Dido, Mike Hedges (tracks: A6, B5), Rollo
Producer [Initial Pre-production] – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), Mark Bates (tracks: B3), P*Nut (tracks: B1)
Producer [Production Assistance] – Matthieu Clouard (tracks: A6, B5)
Programmed By – James Sanger (tracks: A6), Mark Bates (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B4), P*Nut (tracks: A1), Pete Davies (tracks: B5), Sister Bliss (tracks: B1, B2)
Programmed By [Additional] – James Sanger (tracks: B5), Mark Bates (tracks: A6), Pete Davies (tracks: A6)
Programmed By [Bass] – Dido (tracks: B2), Sister Bliss (tracks: B2)
Recorded By – Ash Howes (tracks: A1, A3, B2, B3, B5), Ger McDonnell (tracks: A6, B5), Phill Brown (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
Recorded By [Additional] – Grippa (tracks: A1)
Recorded By [Studio Assistant] – Gavin Callaghan, Nathan Loughran, Ollie Henshall*, Robbie Nelson (2)
Written-By – Aubrey Nunn (tracks: A5), Dido Armstrong, Lester Mendez (tracks: A2), Mark Bates (tracks: B3), P*Nut (tracks: B1), Rick Nowels (tracks: A1, B2, B3, B4, B6), Rollo Armstrong* (tracks: A1 to B1, B4, B6)

Notes

(P)+(C) 2003 Arista Records, Inc. Manufactured and distributed by Classic Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.
High Fidelity.

Pressed on 200 gram Quiex SV-P vinyl in gatefold.

There is a hidden track after "See The Sun". This track is titled "Closer"

Dido Armstrong published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (PRS) Adm. by Wb. Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Rollo Armstrong published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Adm. by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)
Rick Nowels published by Future Furniture Music / EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Lester Mendez published by Apolinaire Music / EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI)
P*Nut published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (PRS) Adm. by Wb. Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Mark Bates and Aubrey Nunn Copyright Control

Recorded at The Ark, The Church, Cubejam and Wessex Studios. Mixed at The Church.
Strings recorded at Angel Studios except 6, recorded at Air Studios.
Mastered at Metropolis.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): RTH 2015-A BG
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): RTH 2015-B BG
Rights Society: PRS
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Life For Rent (CD, Album, Copy Protected, Sonopress)	BMG, Cheeky Records, Arista	82876545982	Europe	2003
Recently Edited	Life For Rent (CD, Album, Stereo, SPU Pressing)	Arista, Cheeky Records	82876-50137-2	US	2003
Recently Edited	Life For Rent (CD, Album, Club Edition)	Arista, Cheeky Records	ARCD 0137	US	2003
Recently Edited	Life For Rent (Media Kit) (CD, CD-ROM, Promo, Sampler)	Cheeky Records, Arista, BMG UK & Ireland	DIDOMK1	UK & Ireland	2003
Recently Edited	Life For Rent (CD, Album)	Cheeky Records, Arista, BMG Australia	82876557422	Australia	2003

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Reviews

achtungcmd Feb 28, 2024
i'm desperate for a vinyl reissue of this. please we need it!!!!!
recordhead59 Jan 18, 2024
The current prices are shocking. I originally bought this on markdown for $11.99 when it was released. I was wondering why someone out of the blue DM’d me asking if I wanted to sell it so I started digging into it. U hi I think part of the reason it’s so expensive is it’s a 200g pressed on Quiex. Not sure what that process means but it sure makes the record sound amazing.
Adriana_theblacklist May 4, 2023
Needs a reissue please. It 20th anniversary is now. Please i need on vinyl
aodenwe Apr 19, 2023
This record is in desperate need of a reissue. Please
Rivenart Mar 23, 2022
My most expensive vinyl right now... But I don't regret it. It sounds AMAZING!
tunestogo Oct 21, 2020
I would highly suggest anyone that wants to see a reissue, to submit a request with Music on Vinyl.
https://musiconvinyl.com/contact

I noticed on their website they are releasing a 2000s era compilation album which includes the Dido single, 'White Flag'.
https://musiconvinyl.com/catalog/various-artists/top-2000-the-00s
Hopefully at some point they do the album too.
djity-music May 22, 2019
Spinning this at the moment! My god this vinyl is a MASTERPIECE and the music is really aging very well. That BASS, that DYNAMIC, this is amazing. This needs a repress asap with the same sound quality because prices are insane.
Kudos to Classic Records for the amazing job they've done with this pressing ! Maybe the rarest record i own in my collection. A GEM!
JMBWITHCATS Jun 30, 2016
Edited 5 years ago
You know those albums, the ones that aren't great, but they're pretty good, but the only reason they cost so much is because they are more rare than demanded, so they just float there unsold for a very long time... in a sort of limbo... then every once in a while... someone buys one out of exasperation, which only keeps the madness going... while the sane keep waiting for a reissue.

I can think of a few examples... Evanescence's Fallen, Mariah Carey's Butterfly, Dido's Life for Rent. All decent albums deserving a reissue, very rare one time pressed originals going for $150+. Mariah's Butterfly was reissued recently as a picture disc, Ev's put out a box set, and reissued individual releases, and Dido? Just sits there at $300-$400 dollars... Tom Petty's Wildflowers, a lot of these, if not most were made in the dead zone while vinyl was on its way out, replaced by convenience... around 1992, 1992-1995 you see very few US pressings, and by 1997 you see a lot of these are a one-time pressing in Germany or Holland, etc...

I bought Dido's Life for Rent on CD when it came out, it's one of the only CDs I bought back then... it's a good album, but a bit apathetic... some of that's the style. It's a great album.

I'd love to see this album reissued.