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&eO?I=, 9[:nW p^ 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
uH`ds+Hp 歌手姓名：Ayo
n32?GRp 唱片公司：Universal
GSl\n"S]= 发行日期：2008年10月6日
4((Z8@iX/ 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
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5&>q 推荐指数：4星
z%b3/rx ]t<% v_K 专辑介绍：
Y~Zg^x2 m|p}Jf! At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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c sYIC Lj her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
.3$iOMCH taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
\ @5W&Be^ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
lnTl"9F Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
}P^{\SDX who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Rb#?c+&# in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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<;M 6s~ E|#'u^`yv At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
L{aT"Of{X Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
mh|M O( talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
?jy^WF` her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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0!xD+IA!8 Polydor Records.
60-LpGhvy z.#gpTXD Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
uI.4zbgl[ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
] 5c| Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
erqg|TsFj days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
eD G=-a4 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
tWD*uA b released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
f'*HP%+Y 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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dDAdZx d Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
61CNEzQ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
:'#B U: 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
}?"f#bI and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
CEt_wKz f Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
HH8a"Hq) 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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United States and Canada.
f H}` vBq 2JJAl On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
}Li24 JK album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
cYW F)WAog Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
dEns|r is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
e$ E=n includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
^P(HX (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
L<5go\!bV (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
rn U2EL Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
c D]{ Nn composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
W RL &tz will be released at the end of September 2008 by
&\`=} hB Universal Music France.
* }A J7] EivZI<<a 曲目列表：
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A 1. I Am Not Afraid
@v a)j 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
ES<"YF 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
66Hu qo 4. Love And Hate
; Rt?&&W 5. Get Out Of My Way
Z,_yE*q 6. Better Days
% )?$82=2 7. Change
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8. Piece Of Joy
x$ ? {)EY 9. Lonely
{{SeD:hx 10. Sometimes
&iId<.SiJ 11. What's This All About ?
a<rk'4,8a 12. Mother
uJ {N? 13. Thank You
