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bookworm_020 · 10-15-08, 09:31 PM

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Have to keep an ear out here in Australia.

Especially as how news sites aren't allowed over there

What????

Skybird · 11-05-08, 06:36 PM

Dido-fans, heads up - another four star review here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...trip_home.html

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In her work since, she has always employed the tools of a good actor: communicating rich emotion in small gestures, thereby making sure to leave room for the audience to feel everything they know she's holding back.
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It's impressive stuff, but the setting would mean nothing without Dido's presence at the fore. Once again, she makes the case for less as so much more.

9 days anymore.

Koondawg · 11-06-08, 03:31 AM

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I'd hit her... :hmm:

Me too....with a stick...

KD

Skybird · 11-08-08, 09:48 AM

1 more week to go, counting...

"Dido paints new sonic landscape":

http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE4A70LQ20081108

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Of course, you can take the girl out of London, but you can't take London out of the girl. "I drank an enormous amount of Guinness during the course of the album," she says. "We had a Guinness tap in the studio inside of a kegerator. It is a food group, in my opinion."

"Album of the week":

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertain...5875-20874489/

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You don’t have to listen too closely, or even be a Dido fan, to understand why she touches her audience deeply. She has naturally developed that quality songwriters long for – the common touch.

Beautiful both in sight to see and voice to hear:

Dido live at Regis and Kelly. Evidence that she is wonderful both with a full band - or minimal setting like here. Simple, pure, direct, no distracting effects - beautiful.

Haven't waited so intensely for a CD release since years. 2004, with the comeback-CD of reunited Matt Bianco (with Basia), was the last time when I had a real wakeup-experience with a music-cd again. I hope this one by Dido is not different.

Jimbuna · 11-08-08, 11:33 AM

You should not be disappointed....IMHO it is an excellent album.

PM me.

Skybird · 11-08-08, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

You should not be disappointed....IMHO it is an excellent album.

PM me.

You already got it...? He already got it. I don't believe it. Life is not fair. Cosmos is a mean bitch. Why has he got it while I have not? Take me now, Lord....

joea · 11-08-08, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

I'd hit her... :hmm:

Good taste so would I...

Jimbuna · 11-09-08, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

You should not be disappointed....IMHO it is an excellent album.

PM me.

You already got it...? He already got it. I don't believe it. Life is not fair. Cosmos is a mean bitch. Why has he got it while I have not? Take me now, Lord....

Nearly three weeks ago now

Skybird · 11-14-08, 07:05 AM

Got it today, just finished listening through.

Fan of her voice that I am, I like it very much, the album only has 2 weaker tracks, the others I really like. the album as a whole is a "rounder, more complete package" than previous albums, it all breathes the same mood and obviously is one piece of work, not a collection of sub-pieces, like the previous albums. However, if you are not sure wether you would like it or not, let me tell you that this is a different Dido than years ago. You will not find the smash hits of the past, nor just copies of her earlier songs, this album is more grown up both in musical arrangement and song-writing, and less focussed on the main stream. Her musicality is beyond doubt, so is her voice and her competence to use it (with a heavy bias for cool, melancholic understatement), and some of the songs made my arm's and neck's hairs raising. But floor-sweepers like "See the Sun", "Here with me" and "White Flag" are not there anymore.

Surely it reminds people of why Dido has been missed so much over the years of her absence. Fans will buy this blindly and will not be disapppointed, all others may want to listen in a bit, and many then buying anyway. All in all it is songwriting at its best, quite some subtelty in instrumental arrangements, and again: an beautiful, unmistakable voice.

I give it 4.5 of 5 stars (like for her first labum, and 5 stars for her second). But again: This is a different Dido. Don't expect more of just the same: she has moved on, and for the positive.

P.S. I got the extended album with a second CD with bonus tracks. If there is one complaint, then about the quality of the CD case, it is made of poster-paper with two deep pockets, and it is not easy to get the CD out of them without damaging the case. The bonus tracks are one mediocre track, one good track, and one remix of a track from the main album. All in all you do not need the extended version if you are not hardcore fan and collector. For an "extended version", I expected more.

CaptainHaplo · 11-14-08, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

You should not be disappointed....IMHO it is an excellent album.

PM me.

You already got it...? He already got it. I don't believe it. Life is not fair. Cosmos is a mean bitch. Why has he got it while I have not? Take me now, Lord....

Calling to God Skybird? Maybe there is hope for you yet!!

Jimbuna · 11-14-08, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Got it today, just finished listening through.

Fan of her voice that I am, I like it very much, the album only has 2 weaker tracks, the others I really like. the album as a whole is a "rounder, more complete package" than previous albums, it all breathes the same mood and obviously is one piece of work, not a collection of sub-pieces, like the previous albums. However, if you are not sure wether you would like it or not, let me tell you that this is a different Dido than years ago. You will not find the smash hits of the past, nor just copies of her earlier songs, this album is more grown up both in musical arrangement and song-writing, and less focussed on the main stream. Her musicality is beyond doubt, so is her voice and her competence to use it (with a heavy bias for cool, melancholic understatement), and some of the songs made my arm's and neck's hairs raising. But floor-sweepers like "See the Sun", "Here with me" and "White Flag" are not there anymore.

Surely it reminds people of why Dido has been missed so much over the years of her absence. Fans will buy this blindly and will not be disapppointed, all others may want to listen in a bit, and many then buying anyway. All in all it is songwriting at its best, quite some subtelty in instrumental arrangements, and again: an beautiful, unmistakable voice.

I give it 4.5 of 5 stars (like for her first labum, and 5 stars for her second). But again: This is a different Dido. Don't expect more of just the same: she has moved on, and for the positive.

P.S. I got the extended album with a second CD with bonus tracks. If there is one complaint, then about the quality of the CD case, it is made of poster-paper with two deep pockets, and it is not easy to get the CD out of them without damaging the case. The bonus tracks are one mediocre track, one good track, and one remix of a track from the main album. All in all you do not need the extended version if you are not hardcore fan and collector. For an "extended version", I expected more.

Well, being a fan also, I have to say I agree with you.

However, unless your a dedicated Dido fan I feel the majority of people will still rate her previous two albums higher, if just for the chart hits they contain.

Skybird · 11-14-08, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Well, being a fan also, I have to say I agree with you.

However, unless your a dedicated Dido fan I feel the majority of people will still rate her previous two albums higher, if just for the chart hits they contain.

Well, yes, that is likely to be the case, as I said: this is another Dido than Dido five years ago. The album is different from the first two. But the music really touched me and moved me deep inside, and so: different, but still extremely good. I would not run it in the background, but have a quiet hour, sit down, and just listen to it and do nothing else than that. Only then it unfolds it's strength and beauty.

AntEater · 11-14-08, 05:54 PM

I almost ran into her once after a concert on the Opernplatz in Frankfurt in 2005.
I can't say I'm a fan or something but she sure seemed a really nice person.
I wouldn't have recognized her at all if not for the usual "Star" entourage around and the fact that she just left the stage.

Skybird · 11-14-08, 06:03 PM

I was on her Hamburg concert during her world tour, and although it was a bit raining that evening, it was the most impressive stage event beside "Riverdance" and the "Berlin RSO and Argerich playing the 3rd Rachmaninoff concert in the Berlin Philharmonia" that I have ever experienced.

Ouh, and the 1 hour or so firwork of Andre Heller 1984 on the Platz der Republik also was impressive. I still have the button they sold instead of tickets. Just the immense crowd was something that was limiting the fun. I hate crowds.

11-08-08, 11:33 AM	#20
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You should not be disappointed....IMHO it is an excellent album. PM me. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-14-08, 07:05 AM	#24
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,685 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Got it today, just finished listening through. Fan of her voice that I am, I like it very much, the album only has 2 weaker tracks, the others I really like. the album as a whole is a "rounder, more complete package" than previous albums, it all breathes the same mood and obviously is one piece of work, not a collection of sub-pieces, like the previous albums. However, if you are not sure wether you would like it or not, let me tell you that this is a different Dido than years ago. You will not find the smash hits of the past, nor just copies of her earlier songs, this album is more grown up both in musical arrangement and song-writing, and less focussed on the main stream. Her musicality is beyond doubt, so is her voice and her competence to use it (with a heavy bias for cool, melancholic understatement), and some of the songs made my arm's and neck's hairs raising. But floor-sweepers like "See the Sun", "Here with me" and "White Flag" are not there anymore. Surely it reminds people of why Dido has been missed so much over the years of her absence. Fans will buy this blindly and will not be disapppointed, all others may want to listen in a bit, and many then buying anyway. All in all it is songwriting at its best, quite some subtelty in instrumental arrangements, and again: an beautiful, unmistakable voice. I give it 4.5 of 5 stars (like for her first labum, and 5 stars for her second). But again: This is a different Dido. Don't expect more of just the same: she has moved on, and for the positive. P.S. I got the extended album with a second CD with bonus tracks. If there is one complaint, then about the quality of the CD case, it is made of poster-paper with two deep pockets, and it is not easy to get the CD out of them without damaging the case. The bonus tracks are one mediocre track, one good track, and one remix of a track from the main album. All in all you do not need the extended version if you are not hardcore fan and collector. For an "extended version", I expected more. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 11-14-08 at 07:12 AM.

11-14-08, 05:54 PM	#28
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I almost ran into her once after a concert on the Opernplatz in Frankfurt in 2005. I can't say I'm a fan or something but she sure seemed a really nice person. I wouldn't have recognized her at all if not for the usual "Star" entourage around and the fact that she just left the stage. __________________

11-14-08, 06:03 PM	#29
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,685 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I was on her Hamburg concert during her world tour, and although it was a bit raining that evening, it was the most impressive stage event beside "Riverdance" and the "Berlin RSO and Argerich playing the 3rd Rachmaninoff concert in the Berlin Philharmonia" that I have ever experienced. Ouh, and the 1 hour or so firwork of Andre Heller 1984 on the Platz der Republik also was impressive. I still have the button they sold instead of tickets. Just the immense crowd was something that was limiting the fun. I hate crowds. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 11-14-08 at 06:05 PM.