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s8rE$ 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
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歌手姓名：Ayo
p~,]*y:XT 唱片公司：Universal
UmclTGn 发行日期：2008年10月6日
7|[mz> "d 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
vDxe/x% 推荐指数：4星
m/y2WlcRx li 6%) 专辑介绍：
jhg;%+KB ?)1{)Erf8x At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
|]ZYa.+: time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
=MLcm^b to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
<- D0 u?8 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
iMP]W _ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
^WNrG F taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
iCcB@GlA vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
@ Q/-s9b Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
( m:Zk$ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Oms. e in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Hqn#yInA7~ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
CS=qj-( drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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?}a;}Q 6 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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0#S W! b|% her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
K?zH3 5f$ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
Bxfc}vC. Polydor Records.
% ve:hym* uJ5Eka Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
m: WyuU< her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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KF vQ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
]5$eAYq organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
H+ 0$tHi released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
6^"=dn6K 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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V4{ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
U]vYV Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
X 90J! performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
r.>].~}4 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
TT4./R: and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Z]j*9#G1s Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
.72S o T 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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p k3<| I S#FiH On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
kMOpi =Z1 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
jlBanGs? Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
I>[RqG is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
$ n+w$CI) includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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`}l JH i (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
fD07VBS yl Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
1!1 beR] composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
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LX@/RAd vz Universal Music France.
A Q+]|XYo_ _-9@q e 曲目列表：
Lv'D^'I 7A\~)U @ 1. I Am Not Afraid
#L{OV)a< 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
,^x4sA[/ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
NyVnA 4. Love And Hate
ywb4LKD 5. Get Out Of My Way
+S R+ x/?z 6. Better Days
g|<]B$yN# 7. Change
yfx7{naKC` 8. Piece Of Joy
9f ',7i 9. Lonely
@ W^| ? 10. Sometimes
W0k0$\iX 11. What's This All About ?
<0Q H<4 12. Mother
)~+ e`q 13. Thank You
