7dg2-4 `<cn b!] 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
f*(W%#*| 歌手姓名：Ayo
Q/u2 Q;j> 唱片公司：Universal
0`=>/Wr39 发行日期：2008年10月6日
&1Zq C; 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
/V>q(Q 推荐指数：4星
Xyz w.%4c e-@.+ f2CC 专辑介绍：
sWG_MEbu W`vgH/lSnZ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
f3[/zcm; time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
-g5o+RT@ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
o.o$dg(r! first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
w6Owfq'v her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
*_ qLLJg taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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:= vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
xJNV^u Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
@Yu=65h who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
>GV(\In in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
)qq5WShMJ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
mFGiysM drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
DI>SW%)> d?9 b6k? At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
/Wx({N'h$ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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~uUN\qx52 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
QTC- W2t] Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
XCP/e p Polydor Records.
<3SO1@? Yg~$ 1b@ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
A.8[FkiNmD her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
8AGP*"gI Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
Y|3n^%I days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
w4<n =k organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
>Q-"-X1 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
l,lfkm 2007 in the United States and Japan.
CRh.1- || }' At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
CGp7 Tx # Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
V_Xq&!HN[ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
?l/$cO 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
X+$IaLfCxD and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
mne?r3d Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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2008 the singer started her second tour through the
C1M @; United States and Canada.
.7`c(9< S^z t> On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
p~evPTHnrX album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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xIb"8,N is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
->u}b?aF includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
U;q GUqI (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
v>!tws5e (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
{gkY:$xnrG Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
N!Cy)HnS\w composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
8-_\Q2vG will be released at the end of September 2008 by
r9vO(m~ Universal Music France.
-ld1o+'`v! JNL9t0 x 曲目列表：
4~DW 7 ( H[e=^JuD 1. I Am Not Afraid
`^G?+p2E 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
>OotgJnhC 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
{Y6;/".DM 4. Love And Hate
nX>HRdC 5. Get Out Of My Way
u]$e@Vw. 6. Better Days
A?;K fVq 7. Change
vFx0B? 8. Piece Of Joy
j96 \({;k 9. Lonely
,?KN;~t#vz 10. Sometimes
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6qF9+r&e ? 12. Mother
P: QSr8K 13. Thank You
