Stand Still is the debut studio album by Scottish female singer-songwriter Emma Gillespie, recorded under the moniker Emma's Imagination, released in 2011. Background and recording Gillespie competed and won the TV talent contest Must Be the Music, aired on Sky 1 in August and September 2010. Unlike other TV talent contests, this show put an emphasis on giving the acts control over their careers. Additionally, every song performed on the show was available to download from iTunes and Sky Songs with 100 per cent of the net profits of the songs and merchandise going to the musicians. As the winner of the show on 19 September 2010, Emma's Imagination received a £100,000 cash fund rather than a record contract. Emma's Imagination performed two songs on the show, "This Day" on the semi-final and "Focus" on the final at the Wembley Arena. Emma's Imagination quickly signed with Future Records, a label created by Gary Barlow, becoming only the third act signed to the label after Camilla Kerslake and Aggro Santos, and recorded the album with producer Martin Terefe in Kensal Town Studios in North London over a period of four weeks. Gillespie spoke about the recording process: "It was done so we had enough time for it not to be a rush, but brisk enough so we couldn’t overthink anything. I had a lot of the arrangements in my head and of course all the songs were written, so it was mainly about fleshing out the skeletons. It’s not a pop album as such, but it’s not folk. I think it fits perfectly in the middle. There’s a thread that runs through the album that I think people will really like and the songs are diverse too without sounding like they don’t belong together." The 10-track album features 8 original songs, among them re-recorded versions of the two songs she performed on Must Be the Music, "This Day" and "Focus", and two covers: the Academy Award-winning song "Falling Slowly", originally from the film Once, and "Drive", originally by Bic Runga. Release and reception Released in January 2011, the album received mixed reviews from critics. While complimenting Gillespie's voice, most of the criticism went to Terefe's production, with The Guardian awarding it 2/5 stars, stating: "Producer Martin "KT Tunstall" Terefe has filled out the songs with anodyne strings and mid-tempo pop-rock arrangements; the creeping, trip-hoppish Puddy Muddle stands out as one of