Nothing Is Still

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Nothing Is Still
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)
Length40:24
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Leon Vynehall
Leon Vynehall chronology
Nothing Is Still
(2018)
Rare, Forever
(2021)

Nothing Is Still is the debut full-length studio album by British DJ and record producer Leon Vynehall. It was released on 15 June 2018 via Ninja Tune.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 82/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [9]
PopMatters 8/10 [10]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [11]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Nothing Is Still was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82 based on sixteen reviews. [2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.6 out of 10, based on nineteen reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for Nothing Is Still
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Mixmag The Top 50 Albums of 2018
19
NME NME's Albums Of The Year 2018
85

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leon Vynehall, except track 1 is written with Ralph Vaughan Williams.

No.TitleLength
1."From the Sea/It Looms" (Chapters I & II)6:20
2."Movements" (Chapter III)3:51
3."Birds on the Tarmac" (Footnote III)1:17
4."Julia" (Footnote IV)2:25
5."Drinking It in Again" (Chapter IV)3:46
6."Trouble, Pts. 1-3" (Chapter V)5:42
7."Envelopes" (Chapter VI)5:29
8."English Oak" (Chapter VII)4:26
9."Ice Cream" (Chapter VIII)4:50
10."It Breaks" (Chapter IX)2:18
Total length:40:24
Sample credits

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Nothing Is Still by Leon Vynehall reviews | Any Decent Music". www.anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Nothing Is Still - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. Simpson, Paul. "Nothing Is Still - Leon Vynehall | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  4. Keane, Daniel (2 July 2018). "Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still". CLASH . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  5. Boulos, Peter (13 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall │ Nothing Is Still". Exclaim! . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  6. Younis, Reef (13 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still - Album review". Loud And Quiet . No. 125. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  7. Devlin, Ben (11 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still | Album Reviews". musicOMH . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  8. Smith, Thomas (19 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall - 'Nothing Is Still' Review". NME . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  9. Cox, Jamieson (20 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall: Nothing Is Still". Pitchfork . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  10. Carr, Paul (21 June 2018). "'Nothing Is Still' Is Leon Vynehall's Undoubted Electronic Masterpiece » PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  11. Edwards, Simon (14 June 2018). "Leon Vynehall's Nothing Is Still is an immigrant's tale, beautifully told". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  12. Spenceley, Haydon (25 July 2018). "Nothing Is Still". Under The Radar . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  13. "The Top 50 Albums of 2018". Mixmag . 17 December 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  14. Smith, Thomas (17 December 2018). "NME's Albums Of The Year 2018". NME . Retrieved 6 October 2025.