Royal (album)

Royal is the sixth studio album by Nigerian-German singer–songwriter Ayọ. The 12 track album was released on 31 January 2020 on CD, vinyl and as a MP3 download.

Royal
Studio album by
Ayọ
Released31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)
Recorded2019
Length51:06
Label3eme Bureau/Wagram / Indigo
ProducerFreddy Koella
Ayọ chronology
Ayọ
(2017)		 Royal
(2020)
Singles from Royal
  1. "Beautiful"
    Released: October 15, 2019
  2. "Rest assured"
    Released: January 17, 2020

The first single from the album, "Beautiful", which was composed by the singer was released in October 2019. The second single "Rest assured" was released in January 2020.[1] For both singles a music video was published.

Ayọ originally planned to fill the album mainly with cover versions of her own songs from her first album Joyful but shortly before the production started she decided against it and to record new songs. However, some cover versions of songs she especially loves from other artists are included, like "Né Quelque Part" from Maxime le Forestier (the only song on the album Ayọ sings in French), "Throw It Away" from jazz singer Abbey Lincoln, "Afro Blue" composed by Mongo Santamaría and made famous by John Coltrane and Lhasa's song "Fool’s Gold".[2]

While on previous albums Ayọ nearly always played the guitar herself she decided to concentrate on this album on her voice as instrument and therefore she plays the guitar only on the track "Fix Me Up".[2]

The album was produced by Freddy Koella (guitarist of Bob Dylan and Willy DeVille) who also plays the guitar.[3] Besides Koella, her band included Gaël Rakotondrabe (piano), Laurent Vernerey (contrabass) and Denis Benarrosh (percussion). [4]

Track listing
  1. "Rest Assured" – 4:25
  2. "Beautiful" – 4:07
  3. "Fool's Gold" – 3:17
  4. "Ne Quelque Part" – 4:14
  5. "Rosie Blue" – 4:14
  6. "Throw It Away" – 5:11
  7. "Fix Me Up" – 4:51
  8. "Afro Blue" – 2:57
  9. "I'm in Love" – 3:43
  10. "Ocean" – 4:45
  11. "Just Like I Can't" – 4:20
  12. "Royal" – 5:02

Charts
Sales chart performance for Royal
Chart (2020) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 89

See also

References
  1. Wagram Music - 3ème Bureau
  2. "AYỌ Zu Gast im radioeins Studio (Interview)". Radioeins. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. Krause, Anna-Bianca (24 January 2020). "Samt & Soul - Ayos neues Album "Royal". Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. "Ayọ mit neuem Album Ende Januar!". SoundChecker.Koeln. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. "Top Albums (Week 6, 2020)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. "Swisscharts.com – Ay%26%237885%3B – Royal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. "UltraTop Albums". Ultratop. Retrieved 17 February 2020.


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