''This Is My Demo'' is the debut album from

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Sway. It was released on 5 February 2006 and produced by Sway for

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. It consists mainly of R&B and

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. The album was critically well received and spent two weeks on the chart, with a peak of number 78. The album was produced by Sway himself along with producers Joe Fields, Terror Danjah, Turkish, Bigz, Ramiz, Tamiz, Big E.D. and

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who produced almost all of the songs, including the single Little Derek.

Track listing

* Track seven contains a sample of

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This Is My DVD

On some versions of "This Is My Demo" a special DVD was included called "This Is My DVD". The track listing for the DVD is as follows: # "Flo Fashion" # "Up Your Speed" # "Little Derek" # "Download" # "Radio 1" # "On Tour" # "In The Studio" # "NYC" # "Live!" # "Bonus Track"

Production

* Sway DaSafo,

, and Tamiz – track 1 * Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 2 * Sway DaSafo, Bigz, and Ramiz – track 3 * Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, Ramiz, Joe Fields, and

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– track 4 * Sway DaSafo and Joe Fields – track 5 * Sway DaSafo and Ramiz – track 6 * Sway DaSafo, D. Watson, L. Buckingham, M. Fleetwood, S. Nicks, C. McVie, J. McVie, and M. Meredith – track 7 * Sway DaSafo, R. Cryce, R. Annor, Big E.D., and Terror Danjah – track 8 * Sway DaSafo, T. Salih, D. Watson, T. Oriola, Haydon, and Turkish – track 9 * Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and M. Pusey – track 10 * Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and

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– track 11 * Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 12 * Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 13 * Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 14

References

Sway (musician) albums 2006 debut albums Albums produced by Al Shux {{2006-hiphop-album-stub