Still on My Mind

Still on My Mind is the fifth studio album by English singer Dido, released on 8 March 2019 through BMG.^[2] It is her first studio album since 2013's Girl Who Got Away. The album was supported by singles "Give You Up", "Take You Home", "Friends" and "Just Because".

Still on My Mind
Studio album by Dido
Released	8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)
Studio	RAK Studios, London
Genre	Electro-folk[1]
Length	45:27
Label	BMG
Producer	Dido Rollo Si Hulbert Dee Adam Ryan Louder
Dido chronology
Greatest Hits (2013) Still on My Mind (2019)
Singles from Still on My Mind
"Give You Up" Released: 22 January 2019 "Take You Home" Released: 5 April 2019 "Friends" Released: 22 July 2019

Recording

Dido wrote and recorded the album in the UK with her brother Rollo. She said she "only wanted to make another album if it was with him", and called the recording process simple and an "absolutely magical experience",^[3] saying it was "made in such an easy way, all the vocals recorded on the sofa, a lot of it recorded at home".^[4]

Dido said she inadvertently made the album very similar to No Angel. Dido felt no one would ever hear No Angel at the time of its release and that the feeling that no one would hear her album crept into Still on My Mind because she had a good time recording it.^[5]

Dido learned a lot about production while making the album on songs like "Hell After This" and "Mad Love". She described her style of production as less professional, haphazard, and a mess compared to her brother, Rollo Armstrong, as she records everything in one take and is constantly deleting stuff. The final track on the album, "Have to Stay", was recorded in its first take as she was writing it. The person Dido was writing with, Ryan Laubscher, doesn't move chords for the first two verses of the song because he's getting to grips with what she's singing as she's singing it for the first time. Dido said she loved the feel of it so much that when she came in to record it properly, it never felt the same, so she kept the first recording.^[5]

Music

The album is said to display Dido's "love of hip hop and her folk roots", and feature "a dance and electronic music sensibility".^[4] According to Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic, Still on My Mind is essentially an electro-folk album with a "hip hop heartbeat" and elements of electro-pop, synth-pop, disco and new age.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Consequence of Sound	B[7]
The Irish Times	[8]
The Observer	[9]
Pitchfork	6.6/10[10]
PopMatters	8/10[11]
musicOMH	[12]
Mojo	[13]
Q	[14]
The Skinny	[15]

Still on My Mind received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 70 based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

Promotion

Dido first announced the single "Give You Up" while answering fan questions on Twitter, and also revealed the title of "Chances".^[16] Dido later stated in an interview with the Evening Standard that the final track on the album would be a song about parenthood titled "Have to Stay".^[17]

Dido performed "Give You Up" live on The Jonathan Ross Show, which aired on 9 March 2019.^[18]

Despite releasing a total of four singles from the album, Dido failed to promote the last three at all, due to being on tour.

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hurricanes"	Dido Armstrong Rollo Armstrong Rick Nowels	Dido Rollo	5:17
2.	"Give You Up"	Si Hulbert Dee Adam Rob Agostini Denny Thakrar[a]	Hulbert Adam	3:21
3.	"Hell After This"	D. Armstrong Ryan Laubscher	Dido Rollo	3:27
4.	"You Don't Need a God"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong	Dido Rollo	3:31
5.	"Take You Home"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Nowels	Dido Rollo	5:05
6.	"Some Kind of Love"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong	Dido Rollo	4:42
7.	"Still on My Mind"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Rollo Adot Skitz[b]	3:04
8.	"Mad Love"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong	Dido Rollo	2:52
9.	"Walking By"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Ryan Louder	4:31
10.	"Friends"	D. Armstrong Laubscher Matt Hales	Dido Rollo	3:23
11.	"Chances"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Adam Guy Sigsworth	Dido Rollo	3:31
12.	"Have to Stay"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Louder	2:43
Total length:				45:27

Japanese edition bonus track ^[19]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"What Am I Doing Here"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Rollo	3:58
Total length:				49:20

Vinyl edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"What Am I Doing Here"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Rollo	3:53
Total length:				46:37

Deluxe edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Because"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Laubscher Pete Miser	Dido Rollo	4:09
2.	"This Is Love"	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Rollo	2:59
3.	"What Am I Doing Here"	D. Armstrong Laubscher	Dido Rollo	3:58
4.	"Hurricanes" (live acoustic)	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Nowels
5.	"Thank You" (live acoustic)	D. Armstrong Paul Herman
6.	"White Flag" (live acoustic)	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Nowels
7.	"Give You Up" (Mark Knight remix)	Hulbert Adam Agostini Thakrar[a]	Hulbert Adam Mark Knight[c]
8.	"Take You Home" (Undercatt remix)	D. Armstrong R. Armstrong Nowels	Dido Rollo Luca Luperini[c] Elia Crecchi[c]
Total length:				78:00

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Denny Thakrar is incorrectly credited as D. Thaker
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies a remixer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 14 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 12 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 12 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[25] 22 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 19 French Albums (SNEP)[27] 11 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[29] 27 Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 18 Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 27 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 31 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33] 17 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[34] 20 Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] 3 Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[36] 28 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[37] 11 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[39] 3 UK Independent Albums (OCC)[40] 1 US Billboard 200[41] 45 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[42] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position French Albums (SNEP)[43] 185 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 94 UK Albums (OCC)[45] 97

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Still on My Mind

Region	Date	Version	Format	Ref.
Various	8 March 2019	Standard	digital download streaming	[47]
	15 November 2019	Deluxe		[48]

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