Album · Dido
No Angel by Dido
No Angel is an album by Dido, released in 1999. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Thank You”, on 11 lists with a best position of #6.
No Angel, Dido's debut, came out on Arista and Cheeky on 1 June 1999, though contract snags kept it out of her native UK until October 2000. She had started recording back in 1995, writing every song herself out of what was going on in her own life, while also singing with her brother Rollo Armstrong's dance outfit Faithless. That work caught the ear of Arista founder Clive Davis, who signed her.
Rollo co-produced most of it, with Sister Bliss, Rick Nowels, Youth and Jamie Catto pitching in, and the result is a soft-focus blend of folk-pop, trip hop beats, electronica and dreamy haze, all hung around Dido's cool, unhurried voice as she picks through love, dependence and looking inward. It was a slow burner that crept up the charts rather than storming them, "Thank You" took off once Eminem sampled it on "Stan", and the album won British Album of the Year at the 2002 Brit Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from No Angel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thank You | 11 | #6 | – | 2000–2025 | |
| 2 | Here With Me | 9 | #16 | – | 1999–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.