For All We Know (Nao album)

The concept for the album came about when Nao began to feature vocals with other artists, such as Disclosure and Mura Masa. After the collaboration that she did with Disclosure on their song "Superego", it inspired Nao to work further and deeper into that genre of music. She wanted to make an album which was to bring her to fame and, after the collaborations, wanted her fans to have something to look forward to.

The album title, For All We Know was named so after the 1934 jazz song of the same name, as a reference to the artist's background in the genre.{{cite web|title=Nao's Debut Album Is a Statement of Intent From a Rising Star|url=http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/07/Nao-for-all-we-know-interview/|work=Pigeons & Planes|date=18 July 2016|accessdate=24 July 2016}} She also opened up about the album title in a YouTube trilogy she created to tell her fans about the background of creating the album. She said, "So, for me, that kind of just sums up everything for me. It's just such a lovely message So love me, love me tonight/tomorrow was made for some/tomorrow may never come/for all we know. I just thought that was so beautiful because it just says that tomorrow is not guaranteed so anything that we want to do, we have to make it happen today and I think that just kind of sums up this journey for me".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7ciRPRwxo|title=For All We Know - Episode 3|last=Nao|date=4 August 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}} In an interview with Billboard, Nao advanced that the album was "a definite nod" to 1990s music and an attempt at transposing it to actuality.{{cite magazine|last=Martin|first=Paley|title=Nao Talks Upcoming Album, Working With Disclosure & Undying Love for '90s Music|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6762379/Nao-upcoming-album-90s-music-interview|magazine=Billboard|date=13 November 2015|accessdate=24 July 2016}}

Part of the production from the album was worked on with British DJ and electronic and R&B musician GRADES. Two of the other albums' producers such as Loxe and Jungle added a funk touch. Nao's music and voice were compared to musicians FKA twigs{{cite magazine|title=Meet Nao, Avant-R&B Star Moving From Back-Up Singer Shadows|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/meet-nao-avant-rb-star-moves-from-back-up-singer-shadows-w431476|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=28 July 2016|accessdate=28 July 2017|first=Andy|last=Beta}}{{cite web|title=Nao - Biography|first=Andy|last=Kellman|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nao-mn0002947938/biography|work=AllMusic}} and Kelela.

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8155/Nao-For-All-We-Know.aspx|title=For All We Know by Nao reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=29 November 2019}}

| MC = 82/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/for-all-we-know/Nao|title=Reviews for For All We Know by nao|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=7 August 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/for-all-we-know-mw0002954646|title=For All We Know – Nao|website=AllMusic|first=Andy|last=Kellman|access-date=7 August 2016}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2score = B{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/album-review-Nao-for-all-we-know/|title=NAO – For All We Know|website=Consequence of Sound|first=Dusty|last=Henry|date=25 July 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}

| rev3 = Exclaim!

| rev3score = 9/10{{cite magazine|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/Nao-for_all_we_know|title=NAO: For All We Know|magazine=Exclaim!|first=Michael J.|last=Warren|date=27 July 2016|access-date=3 August 2016}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/21/nao-for-all-we-know-review-enchanting-modern-pop-odyssey|title=Nao: For All We Know review – enchanting modern pop odyssey|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Harriet|last=Gibsone|date=21 July 2016|access-date=29 November 2019}}

| rev5 = The Irish Times

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-of-the-week-nao-s-for-all-we-know-bursting-with-heartache-soul-and-groove-1.2737199|title=Album of the Week – Nao's For All We Know: bursting with heartache, soul and groove|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Lauren|last=Murphy|date=29 July 2016|access-date=29 November 2019}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 4/5{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/16536|title=NAO – 'For All We Know' Review|magazine=NME|first=Leonie|last=Cooper|date=3 August 2016|access-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806100641/http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/16536|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Observer

| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/31/nao-for-all-we-know-review-debut|title=Nao: For All We Know review – retro soul debut with funk to spare|newspaper=The Observer|first=Kitty|last=Empire|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=31 July 2016|access-date=28 July 2017}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 7.9/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22163-for-all-we-know|title=Nao: For All We Know|website=Pitchfork|first=Jazz|last=Monroe|date=2 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}

| rev9 = Q

| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Nao: For All We Know|magazine=Q|first=Steve|last=Yates|issue=364|date=October 2016|page=109}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/07/review-Nao-for-all-we-know|title=Review: Nao Fumbles Toward Ecstasy on 'For All We Know'|website=Spin|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=29 July 2016|access-date=7 August 2016}}

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Upon release, the album received critical acclaim. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, For All We Know received an average score of 82 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Writing for Exclaim!, Michael J. Warren hailed the album as "a dynamic listen from start to finish". It was also reported in a number of articles that the record and the style of music that was presented on the record could have been highly influenced on the early work of American musician Prince.

{{Track listing

| headline = For All We Know

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = Intro (Like Velvet)

| writer1 = {{hlist|Neo Jessica Joshua}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Nao}}

| length1 = 0:36

| title2 = Get to Know Ya

| writer2 = {{hlist|Joshua|Joshua Lloyd-Watson|Thomas McFarland}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Nao|Jungle}}

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = Inhale Exhale

| writer3 = {{hlist|Joshua|Daniel Traynor}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES}}

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = Voice Memo 161

| writer4 = {{hlist|Joshua|Christian Gregory|Miles James}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Nao}}

| length4 = 0:23

| title5 = Happy

| writer5 = {{hlist|Joshua|Gregory|James}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Nao|Gregory|James|GRADES}}

| length5 = 2:52

| title6 = Voice Memo 162

| writer6 = {{hlist|Joshua|Gregory|James}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Nao}}

| length6 = 0:13

| title7 = Adore You

| note7 = featuring Abhi//Dijon

| writer7 = {{hlist|Joshua|Abhi Raju|Dijon Duenas|Leonardo Vianna Bozza}}

| extra7 ={{hlist|Nao|LOXE|GRADES{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = In the Morning

| writer8 = {{hlist|Joshua|Sam Stubbings|John Calvert}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Nao|Calvert}}

| length8 = 4:06

| title9 = Trophy

| note9 = featuring A. K. Paul

| writer9 = {{hlist|Joshua|Anup Kumar Paul}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|A. K. Paul}}

| length9 = 3:48

| title10 = Bad Blood

| writer10 = {{hlist|Joshua|Traynor}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES}}

| length10 = 4:00

| title11 = DYWM

| writer11 = {{hlist|Joshua|James Luke Wood}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES}}

| length11 = 4:55

| title12 = We Don't Give A

| writer12 = {{hlist|Joshua|Traynor|Calvert}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Calvert|GRADES}}

| length12 = 3:20

| title13 = Give Me a Little

| writer13 = {{hlist|Joshua|Rowan Perkins}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Nao|LOXE|GRADES}}

| length13 = 3:47

| title14 = Fool to Love

| writer14 = {{hlist|Joshua|Traynor}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES}}

| length14 = 3:27

| title15 = Voice Memo 4 (Say Yes)

| writer15 = {{hlist|Vidal Davis|Taurian Stropshire|Andre Harris}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|Nao}}

| length15 = 0:33

| title16 = Blue Wine

| writer16 = {{hlist|Joshua|Wood}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Nao|Calvert}}

| length16 = 3:38

| title17 = Girlfriend

| writer17 = {{hlist|Joshua| Ajay Bhattacharyya}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES| Stint}}

| length17 = 3:45

| title18 = Feels Like (Perfume)

| writer18 = {{hlist|Joshua|Wood}}

| extra18 = {{hlist|Royce Wood Junior}}

| length18 = 4:46

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = For All We Know – The Remixes

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length =

| title1 = In the Morning

| note1 = Mura Masa Remix

| writer1 = {{hlist|Neo Jessica Joshua|Sam Stubbings|John Calvert}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Nao|Calvert|Mura Masa{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = (Feels Like) Perfume

| note2 = featuring Stormzy) (LOXE Remix

| writer2 = {{hlist|Joshua|James Luke Wood|Michael Omari}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Royce Wood Junior|LOXE{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = Get to Know Ya

| note3 = KAYTRANADA Flip

| writer3 = {{hlist|Joshua|Joshua Lloyd-Watson|Thomas McFarland}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Nao|Jungle|KAYTRANADA{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length3 = 5:07

| title4 = DYWM

| note4 = Sam Gellaitry Remix

| writer4 = {{hlist|Joshua|Wood}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES|Sam Gellaitry{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 4:37

| title5 = Bad Blood

| note5 = SBTRKT Remix

| writer5 = {{hlist|Joshua|Daniel Traynor}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Nao|GRADES|SBTRKT{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length5 = 4:50

}}

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• ^{{{note|b|[b]}}} signifies a remixer

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• {{Discogs release|8839961|For All We Know}}

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