No Roots (album)

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.

No Roots
Studio album by Faithless
Released	7 June 2004
Genre	Trip hop trance alternative rock
Length	53:53
Label	Cheeky/BMG
Producer	Faithless
Faithless chronology
Outrospective / Reperspective (2002) No Roots (2004) Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
ARTISTdirect	[2]
Release Magazine	8/10[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 23 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 26 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 13 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 37 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 23 French Albums (SNEP)[13] 186 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 12 Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 18 Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 37 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 17 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 2 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 1 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 24 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] 63 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 101

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF)[25]	Gold	10,000^*
United Kingdom (BPI)[26]	Gold	100,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Jeffries, David. No Roots at AllMusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
2. "No Roots by Faithless @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. "Faithless: No Roots - Release Music Magazine review". Releasemagazine.net. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
4. Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. César A. Berardini (10 August 2004). "FIFA 2005 Soundtrack". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
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12. "Faithless: No Roots" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Faithless – No Roots" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
15. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Faithless". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
16. "Italiancharts.com – Faithless – No Roots". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
17. "Norwegiancharts.com – Faithless – No Roots". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
19. "Swisscharts.com – Faithless – No Roots". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
20. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
21. "Faithless Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
22. "Jaaroverzichten 2004". Ultratop. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
23. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
24. "UK Year-End Chart 2004" (PDF). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
25. "Russian album certifications – Faithless – No roots" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF).
26. "British album certifications – Faithless – No roots". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type No roots in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.