British singer-songwriter Dido is releasing a new album after a five-year absence from the music world, her U.S. record company said Friday. Her new effort is called "Safe Trip Home" and is set for a Nov. 4 release.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The new album from Dido, Safe Trip Home will be released by the RCA Label Group on November 4, 2008.

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By Aaron Alford By Aaron Alford The Battalion ( Texas A&M ) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- For Fiona Apple, getting this record out was like passing a kidney stone, so what a relief it is to get it out into the world. And what a beautiful stone it is.

By Elysa Gardner NEW YORK -- Fiona Apple is curled up on a couch, fighting back tears. But it's not what you think. When the diminutive, doe-eyed singer/songwriter rose to fame as a teenager in the late '90s, many perceived her as angry, troubled or at least colorfully neurotic.