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Life for Rent

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Trip hop

Life for Rent is a Trip hop act. Their sound grew out of Sinéad O'Connor, David Bowie, Travis, Coldplay and Olivia Newton-John. Those roots explain a lot about how Life for Rent arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Adele, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Life for Rent, reaching back through Sinéad O'Connor and forward to Adele. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Life for Rent is the second studio album by English singer Dido, released by Arista Records on 29 September 2003. The album was produced by her brother Rollo Armstrong and American songwriter Rick Nowels. Work on the album began in mid-2002. It was certified 9× Platinum by the BPI, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth best-selling album worldwide of 2003. The album became the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s in the United Kingdom, making Dido the only singer to have two albums in the top 10 list.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Life for RentSinéad O'ConnorDavid BowieTravisColdplayOlivia Newton-JohnAdele

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Life for Rent connections

Life for Rent grew out of Sinéad O'Connor, David Bowie, Travis and Coldplay, went on to shape Adele. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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