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x\K9|_! 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
. UaLP 歌手姓名:Ayo
'_fj:dy 唱片公司:Universal
h anS8 发行日期:2008年10月6日
NK!#K>AO 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
/6@$^paB 推荐指数:4星
n4A#T#D!t3 s`dwE*~ 专辑介绍:
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/ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
\$Q? time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
qBDhCE to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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ozUsp[W > her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
L|y9T{s taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
*-,jIaL; vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
H$)__V5I,q Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
{^A,){uX] who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
60XTdJkDkA in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
4S\S t< first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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]yV,lp Y+Cqc.JBQ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
WT '?L{ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
z/P^Bx]r talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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;y]BXW&l& Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
.vov ,J!Y Polydor Records.
,8&ND864v >k9W+mk Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
5J2tR6u-( her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
fqm-?vy} Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
*5z"Xy3J days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
q c DJ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
fl+dL#] released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
9R3YUW}s 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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if At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
N?l Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
b~Un=-@5a performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
qk_YFR?R 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
XFi!=|F and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
#4Ltw,b^ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
H$!sK 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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V2o1~R~ 58[.]f~0 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
zOn%\ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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Gq =i-I is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Noi+mL includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
Q60'5Wt (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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))MyN Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
d37|o3oC composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
3Bbd2[<W will be released at the end of September 2008 by
n0vhc; d Universal Music France.
={B?hjo<- LNOz.2fr> 曲目列表:
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4Ixu% 1. I Am Not Afraid
6g 5Lf) yG 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
v{O(}@ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
m/p:W/0L 4. Love And Hate
eD)@:K 5. Get Out Of My Way
:$^cY>o 6. Better Days
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P\oLr9 7. Change
~mk>9Gp 8. Piece Of Joy
n}3fItSJ 9. Lonely
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bq"dKN` 11. What's This All About ?
{(_>A\zi 12. Mother
Z3N^)j8 13. Thank You