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<R, F`U%xn, 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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S(Xab_DT)H 唱片公司:Universal
K3TMT Y<p 发行日期:2008年10月6日
[X=-x=S, 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
GLt#]I"LY 推荐指数:4星
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专辑介绍:
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I d)(61 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
Zo22se0) time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
bQb>S<PT to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
"a;JQ: first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
f5Zx:g her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
BM1uZJ0 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Sq}hx vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
>"B95$x5 Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
myFjw@ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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dEk` in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
F>)u<f,C first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
WtFv"$V drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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s<xD$K~rM At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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\QstcsEt talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
`pE~M05 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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a{QHv0goG Polydor Records.
%s%v|HDs <u*~RYA2 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
s6rdQI] her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
M/ 0!B_(R Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
%7Z_Hw organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
y|nMCkuX released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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2007 in the United States and Japan.
,+KZn}> s$:F^sxb At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
pRD8/7@(B{ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
"CB* performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
L=Fm:O'#2 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
# h]m8 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
HjbC>* Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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(GG$VH 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
Z[yQKy United States and Canada.
pN&5vu30 vdYd~>w On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
{%'(IJ|5z album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
Mje6Q Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
d3+pS\&IX? is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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lq}= &)%C (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
xXE/pIXw (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
PtCwr)B, Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
-wy$ ?Ha composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
v-3In\T=^ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
jmmm0,#D Universal Music France.
:kfHILi H*!j\|v0 曲目列表:
\Q|1I G@oY2sM" 1. I Am Not Afraid
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cj`g)cX| 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
:;t*:iG 4. Love And Hate
{ ,/mQ3 5. Get Out Of My Way
3 ~0Z.!O 6. Better Days
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t;TMD\BU 8. Piece Of Joy
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Gmi4ffIb3 10. Sometimes
``)ys^V 11. What's This All About ?
j8$*$| 12. Mother
E9;cd$}K 13. Thank You