Dido has never been extremely productive and is known as someone who takes plenty of time for her albums. Also with Girl Who Got Away the English was in no hurry; the album is released five years after its predecessor Safe Trip Home. This time it was quiet for a while because Dido had her first child in 2011. In addition, she was not quite comfortable in her own skin every now and then, so making
… music was shifted to the background for a while. The rest period has done her good again, because her fourth studio album is a solid and above all typical Dido album. She still sings dreamily, sometimes almost angelically, about the urge for happiness and freedom. There are no major surprises to be found on Girl Who Got Away, the songs connect seamlessly with her other repertoire. Sometimes she is supplemented by a guest musician. For example, Kendrick Lamar raps on Let Us Move On and Brian Eno produced the beautiful closing song Day Before We Went To War. (BvdV)more