!%=k/|# g9.hR8X 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
v<**GW]neD 歌手姓名:Ayo
N~YeAe~+ 唱片公司:Universal
jws(`mIf\ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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r9$$~/! 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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MA 推荐指数:4星
z@}~2K l0V@19Ec 专辑介绍:
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E s,=^V/c At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
FeJ5^Gh. time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
9:>vl0 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
@(L| first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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L K$hV"SYb taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
sQ$FtKm6 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
rXMv&]Ag Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
X,b}d#\ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
ueOvBFgZ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
4KKNw9L) first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
),_bDI L+ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
C%&7,F7 OkM> At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
??Lxb% 7R Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
,^(T^ - talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
QZY(S*Up her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
"v06Fj>q Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
XpGom;z^c Polydor Records.
9o6y7hEQy sdY6_HtE Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
= 2k+/0ZbP her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
(?Yz#Yf Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
er_aol e days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
,/KHKLY7 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
T F'ssD released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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NO&OuiN O;XF'r_ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
m=R4A4Y7 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
!#r]f9QP performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
,Ya&M@^Z 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
=($qiL'h and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
6Hz=VhQrN Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
w9 NUm 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
.RT5sj\d United States and Canada.
W&"FejD :( `Q4D~l On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
.VI2V-Q album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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|OC6yN *P) is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
6L2.88 i includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
Kp"o0fh<9 (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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4Iz~3fqB7 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
lwK Au!l composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
U*6r".sz will be released at the end of September 2008 by
LTi0,03l< Universal Music France.
5T,`j=\ _xbVAI4 曲目列表:
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jh8 [1N*mY; 1. I Am Not Afraid
+4)Kc9S# 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
$oh}!Smt 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
x;kW }U 4. Love And Hate
b,s T[!X[ 5. Get Out Of My Way
c$>Tfa'H 6. Better Days
'sJYt^ 7. Change
edA.Va|0 8. Piece Of Joy
D;m>9{= 9. Lonely
I>:M1Yc0 10. Sometimes
Yf<6[(6 O 11. What's This All About ?
^hLAMaR 12. Mother
H htAD Y 13. Thank You