No Roots (album)

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No Roots
Faithless No Roots.jpg
Studio album by
Faithless
Released7 June 2004 (2004-06-07)
Genre
Length53:53
Label Cheeky/BMG
Producer Faithless
Faithless chronology
Outrospective / Reperspective
(2002)		No Roots
(2004)		 Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
ARTISTdirect Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Release Magazine 8/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

No Roots is the fourth album by British electronic music act Faithless, released in 2004. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart that year, giving them their first number one album in their career. It features vocals from vocalist Dido, LSK, and the late Nina Simone.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro" (featuring Dido and LSK)0:27
2."Mass Destruction"3:44
3."I Want More: Part 1"2:49
4."I Want More: Part 2" (featuring Nina Simone)3:11
5."Love Lives on My Street"2:10
6."Bluegrass" (featuring LSK)2:45
7."Sweep"4:03
8."Miss U Less, See U More" (featuring Pauline Taylor and LSK)3:41
9."No Roots" (featuring Dido and LSK)5:24
10."Swingers"3:48
11."Pastoral"4:27
12."Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow"2:19
13."What About Love"6:58
14."In the End"4:12
15."Mass Destruction" (P*Nut and Sister Bliss mix)3:31
2006 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Blissy's Groove"9:26
17."Miss U Less, See U More" (Switch's Chops)6:10
18."I Want More" (Beginerz remix)7:52

History

The song "No Roots" was featured on the track list of FIFA 2005 released by EA Sports. [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF) [25] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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