Safe Trip Home
by Dido
  • Record Label: Arista
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2008
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Guardian
    60
    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.
  2. Slant Magazine
    60
    The album might be Dido's least adventurous to date, her brand of vanilla soul going down like a warm cup of milk.
  3. Blender
    60
    Dido should let her socks go unsorted for a while; genuine sorrow sounds good on her.
  5. Spin
    50
    Dido's third solo album reveals an unyielding fear of intimacy, her mellow trip-pop (coproduced by Jon Brion) buckling underneath sadness and alienation.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    50
    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.

Awards & Rankings

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#65 Most Shared Album of 2008

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 53
  3. Negative: 6 out of 53
  1. SpiderJon
    May 1, 2012
    3
    It's well produced, certainly. But it's a well produced bland and dull album. "Safe" would be an adventurous description. Dido's voiceIt's well produced, certainly. But it's a well produced bland and dull album. "Safe" would be an adventurous description. Dido's voice sounds effortless. But it also sounds emotionless and completely unengaged, too. She could be singing the instructions for a Sanyo microwave or an account of unendurable human sorrow - it would be impossible to tell the difference… Full Review »
  2. bernlin2000
    Jul 23, 2011
    9
    I continue to enjoy Dido's music, which is in some ways hasn't changed over the years, but has still matured. Her voice remains gorgeous andI continue to enjoy Dido's music, which is in some ways hasn't changed over the years, but has still matured. Her voice remains gorgeous and the music is personal and lovely.… Full Review »
  3. [Anonymous]
    Nov 22, 2008
    10
    Mature and so refreshingly different to the sound most artistes are going for today.
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