1Moh` M{RZ-)IC 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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;I;,Z 歌手姓名:Ayo
R*fR? 唱片公司:Universal
Hu2g (! 发行日期:2008年10月6日
trt\PP:H% 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
&nw~gSe 推荐指数:4星
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%} 专辑介绍:
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u At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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uw&f;/E first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
J :(\o=5 5 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
uNBhVsM6< taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
)KQum`pO vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
XnOl*#P Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
TvwIro who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
^k##a-t<_> in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
z59J=?| first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
RVx<2,[' drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
Z+7S,M *^_!W'T{j At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
&X(-C9'j Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Z.JTq~`I talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
{jG`l$$ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Polydor Records.
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9vra Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
{%Sww: her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
Efl+`6`J Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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9A!qg< organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
:ux`*,zh released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
b&1@rE- 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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[rB:cE/ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
\bfHGo= Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
)-@EUN0E>5 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
1yu!:8=ee 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
y^Lw7 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
N5\<w> Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
($wYawz 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
IQDWH/c United States and Canada.
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lXwJ YblRwic On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
g=pDC+ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
B;m18LDu Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
MiC&av is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
<fw[7=_)^ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
-b{*8(d<I (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
t~AesHZpk (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
Qu\E/T` Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
yR`-rJb V composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
t`LH\]6@ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
v}!,4,]:& Universal Music France.
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t*DM^.@ 曲目列表:
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[ I*#~@:4* 1. I Am Not Afraid
^iGIF~J9 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
&o?pZ(\C 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
@50Js3R1q 4. Love And Hate
IlaH,J7n 5. Get Out Of My Way
I\[*vgjm3G 6. Better Days
~zuMX;[ 7. Change
9J>DLvl; 8. Piece Of Joy
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9. Lonely
C&"8A\we 10. Sometimes
i4- >XvC 11. What's This All About ?
\+5 L.Q 12. Mother
)Dv"seH. 13. Thank You