No Angel
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| Studio album by Dido | ||||
| Released | 1 June 1999 | |||
| Recorded | November 1998–April 1999 | |||
| Studio | Swanyard Studios, The Church Studios, Sarm West Studios, Olympic Studios, Eden & Angel Studios | |||
| Genre | Folktronica,dream pop | |||
| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | Arista, Cheeky | |||
| Producer | Dido Armstrong, Rollo Armstrong, Rick Nowels, Youth, Duncan Bridgeman, Jamie Catto, Sister Bliss | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
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.
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.
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.
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