Odds & Ends is a collection of unfinished tracks and demo recordings by British pop singer, Dido

Dido (singer)

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong , known as Dido, is an English singer-songwriter.Dido shot to worldwide success with her debut album, No Angel...

. The collection was put together by her management team, Nettwerk

Nettwerk

The Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk One Publishing, Nutone Records, and Artwerk. With over 150 employees, the Vancouver-based company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg...

, and released promotionally in late 1995, in order to gain interest from record companies so that Dido could be signed to a major record label. All of the material was recorded between 1994 and 1995. Dido was brought to the attention of Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

, who were impressed with her collaborations and songwriting for the US hip-hop group Faithless

Faithless

Faithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide...

, her work with a UK dance act spearheaded by her brother, Rollo Armstrong

Rollo Armstrong

Rollo Armstrong is one half of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Faithless.-Early life:...

, and more importantly, the album. Arista Records signed Dido in the United States

United States

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, eventually forming a deal with her brother Rollo Armstrong

Rollo Armstrong

Rollo Armstrong is one half of the music producers/remixers team Rollo and Sister Bliss and is a founding member of the electronic music group Faithless.-Early life:...

's record label, Cheeky Records

Cheeky Records

Cheeky Records was founded in 1991 by the producer/remixer Rollo Armstrong, brother of Dido.After releasing Frankë's - "Understand This Groove" and Gloworm's "I Lift My Cup" the label collapsed but was rescued in 1994 by Champion Records and was later bought out by BMG in 1999.-Notable artists:*...

, allowing her music to be released internationally. The track "Worthless" later appeared on The Highbury Fields EP, a five track sampler released to promote her debut album, No Angel. "Take My Hand" was included on the album itself, and "Sweet Eyed Baby" was remixed to create another album track, "Don't Think Of Me". "Worthless" and "Me" also appeared on the Japanese version of No Angel.

Track listing

1. "Give Me Strength" – 4:17
2. "Reverb Song" – 0:45
3. "Take My Hand" – 6:42
4. "Me" – 2:38
5. "Sweet Eyed Baby" – 4:43
6. "Keep Your Faith In Me" – 4:03
7. "Too Bad" – 2:06
8. "Believe" (Flu Season Mix) – 6:32
9. "Worthless" – 7:52
10. "Hurry Home" – 3:15
11. "River, Run Me Dry" – 3:39
12. "Coming Home" - 4:15