''Billie-Eve'' is the third
studio album
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by Nigerian-German singer-songwriter
Ayọ
Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin (born 14 September 1980), known professionally as Ayọ , is a German singer, songwriter and actress. She uses the Yoruba language, Yoruba translation Ayọ or Ayo. of her first name ''Joy''.
Her debut album ''Joyful (Ay ...
. The album is named after her daughter and was recorded in
New York
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* ...
with the cooperation of musicians like
Craig Ross
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Early life
Craig Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He borrowed a guitar from a neighbor's garage at age eight. He began playing th ...
(guitarist of
Lenny Kravitz
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), the rapper
Saul Williams
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,
Matthieu Chedid
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Chedid began his career as a session musician playing both acoustic and electric guitar. In the late 1990s, he rose to fame as a singer-songwriter ...
and
Gail Ann Dorsey
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Aside from playing bass, sh ...
, bass player of
David Bowie
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. The recording took five days like her previous two albums. Four songs, including "It Hurts" and "Real Love", were recorded afterwards in Paris.
The song "I'm Gonna Dance" was released as a single and music video in February 2011.
Track listing
# "How Many People" – 7:21
# "I'm Gonna Dance" – 3:04
# "Black Spoon" – 4:08
# "I Can't" – 3:27
# "Flowers" – 4:29
# "Real Love" – 3:21
# "Julia" – 3:33
# "My Man" – 3:03
# "It's Too Late" – 4:20
# "Who Are They ?" – 4:11
# "We Have Got To" – 4:12
# "Before" – 4:32
# "It Hurts" – 3:15
# "Believe" – 1:48
# "I Want You Back" (bonus track) – 2:33
Track 16 (on the limited edition) is either
#
"I'm Sorry" – 3:59
or
# "I Know a Place" – 4:30
Charts
References
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2011 albums
Ayo (singer) albums
Polydor Records albums