y+w,j] P9f`<o 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
B>m*!n:l 歌手姓名:Ayo
OXbShA&1 唱片公司:Universal
S4[#[w`= 发行日期:2008年10月6日
Ie(.T2K 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
MpGG}J[y 推荐指数:4星
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1;| 专辑介绍:
i%i/>;DF 1JfZstT At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
s.Bb@Jq time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
>:> W= to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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Qubu;[0+a her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
%lWOW2~R taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
m&gB;g3: vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
Rz|@BxB>n Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
!|i #g$ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
A;RV~!xx first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Z[d13G; drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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O>1Cx4s5 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
Es)|#0m\x@ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Y$\|rD^f talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
matna her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
c>{QTI:] Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
M3O !jN~ Polydor Records.
3]*1%=~X/ I4?oBq Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
/\h*v!: her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
?_^{9q%9 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
D_0Vu/v days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
/OzoeIt organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
L*[3rqER 2007 in the United States and Japan.
Yg3nT:K_Y& OM&GypP6& At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
4d4+%5GE Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
nWY^?e'S performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
C`ky= 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
[i ~qVn2vT and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
oq+w2yR Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
adX"Yg!`{c 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
tLa%8@;'$ United States and Canada.
|&rCXfC 35e{{Gn)v On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
s{yw1: album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
aW&)3C2-x Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
!h7.xl OpN is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
($[+dR includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
dM^Z,;u (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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B0%"0?`8 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
qz>R"pj0g Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
G_S>{<[ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
pLtw|S'4 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
%8tE*3iUF Universal Music France.
3>@VPMi l9&k!kF` 曲目列表:
G#GZt\)F 71{jedT 1. I Am Not Afraid
A+0-pF2D 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
([dd)QU 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
V)>?[ 4. Love And Hate
ZDW=>}~_y 5. Get Out Of My Way
p|ink): 6. Better Days
c:Nm!+5_( 7. Change
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HT .*r6Y>g 10. Sometimes
KZw~Ch}b9 11. What's This All About ?
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KaNs>[a8 13. Thank You