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All Music Guide

There are melancholic edges, but it's not haunting, it's comforting, reassuring music that's quietly powerful, music that Dido hinted at before but never quite made.

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Billboard

There isn't a standout single, but this is Dido's most fully realized and elegantly rendered collection.

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Observer Music Monthly

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.

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Boston Globe

It's taken nine years and two tries, but Dido has finally given her debut the follow-up it deserves.

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Q Magazine

Lucky, then she's so musically warm and, like its predecessors, Safe Trip Home takes comfort in a sound that almost masks her unrest. Almost. [Dec 2008, p.127]

Entertainment Weekly

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.

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Sputnikmusic

It is an album that builds on everything she had done previously, but with a much more personal and mature touch than I ever expected from her.

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Rolling Stone

Dido's voice is so comforting, you almost miss the blues it conceals.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

The album reveals nuances and feels richer with repeated plays, even though there's no single track that demands repeat listens. For songs that are just fine, they're great.

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Blender

Dido should let her socks go unsorted for a while; genuine sorrow sounds good on her.

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The Guardian

It's potentially affecting stuff, and the gentleness of the production--several songs sound as though they were recorded by candlelight--heightens the atmosphere of desolation and fragility. The problem is Dido's soft voice: it's so lacking in expressiveness that words and emotions drift by, too wan to strike home.

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Slant Magazine

The album might be Dido's least adventurous to date, her brand of vanilla soul going down like a warm cup of milk.

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Drowned In Sound

If you come to Safe Trip Home without expecting the big hits or a surprise collaboration with a rapper, you’ll be disappointed. If you’re a Dido faithful who’s just endured five years of hell, you’ll find she’s is still the perfect soundtrack to your life.

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Spin

Dido's third solo album reveals an unyielding fear of intimacy, her mellow trip-pop (coproduced by Jon Brion) buckling underneath sadness and alienation.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

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[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Mature and so refreshingly different to the sound most artistes are going for today.

Jon H. gave it a10:
Her best album yet, a definite rebound after the beautiful but somewhat slight Life For Rent. There isn't a lot of singles here, but that's not a bad thing. The songs creep into your skull and stay with you. You'll be humming them to yourself soon. Check out Don't Believe in Love, Grafton Street, It Comes and It Goes and Burnin Love.

K. B. gave it a9:
It's really more intense than everything she done before. It's her best album ever.

Johanna M. gave it a6:
The album, taken as a whole, is quite nice. but very bland. It seems to largely be the same stuff you'd expect as filler tracks on Dido albums, but with none of the exceptional gems as seem in "Sand in my shoes" or "Isobel" from her first two albums.

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