Album Review: Ayla Brown - Forward

"Forward" is the debut album of singer Ayla Brown, which was released on 17 Octobe 2006.

The album was recorded in New York City, at Tonic Studios, Raw Sugar Studios and Double Deal Studios, and mixed at A-Pawling Studios by Peter Moshay, of Hall & Oates, and Mariah Carey fame. On August 25, as soon as Ayla was legally able, she raced to New York to record the 11 tracks of her debut album, with producer Jim McGregor of Double Deal Records, (founded by Wayne Laakko). One week later, it was finished.

There was speculation that the record company rushed this out to beat Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee to the punch, but the record needed to be finished prior to Ayla's college enrollment to meet certain NCAA compliance & eligibility requirements.

The first single to be released was a double release of "Know You Better" and "I Quit", which was released on 12 September 2006.

Tracklisting

01. Know You Better
02. If I Was A River
03. Sugah
04. I Quit
05. Forward
06. Breaking Away
07. Falling Into You
08. Miles Away
09. Thanks To You
10. Ten Cent Wings
11. Forward [Unplugged]

Ayla Brown - Forward [Part 1]
Ayla Brown - Forward [Part 2]

Credit to: Charissa

Song Of The Day: Ayla Brown - Falling Into You [Unplugged]

Ayla Marie Brown (born July 28, 1988) is an American NCAA basketball player and recording artist from Wrentham, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Massachusetts State Senator Scott P. Brown (R-Wrentham) and WCVB-TV reporter Gail Huff.

Brown auditioned for American Idol in Boston. She was eliminated from the show on March 9, 2006.

Falling Into You is song taken from her debut album "Forward". It was released on 2006, and this is the Unplugged version.

Ayla Brown - Falling Into You [Unplugged]