~:."BA h3.wR]ut 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
j;fmmV@ 歌手姓名:Ayo
xUE 9%qO 唱片公司:Universal
C !81Km5 发行日期:2008年10月6日
SGMLs'D 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
5gWn{[[e)y 推荐指数:4星
=:(8F*Q S86%o,Saq\ 专辑介绍:
H".~@,-} eRllF `* At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
EAq/Yw2$ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
LV{a^!f`y to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
F9]j{'# her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Y7)YJI taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
k3se<NL[ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
Zs!)w9y&V Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
.L%_#A who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
ni gp83: in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Q nikgV first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
HPs$R[ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
A(#hyb# .H+`]qLkL At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
6/9 A' !4C Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
0Ha1pqR talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
4f~hd-z her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Zk2-U"0\o Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
VF=$'Bl| Polydor Records.
dI&2dcumS 5I5~GH Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
]SpUD her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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6l IFxc organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
M")v ph^ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
c]O3pcU 2007 in the United States and Japan.
Y;S+2])R2 PL<q|y At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
*nD yB.( Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
f+Nq?GvwBQ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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iUqL / and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
>:5/V0;, Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
!<}<HR^) 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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z (r Q6 YD$fN"}- On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
;7&RmIXKh' album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
~^=QBwDW8N Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
4`)B@< is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
XbYW,a@w2 includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
gPY2Bnw;l (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
D52ELr7 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
swuW6p Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
ro7\}O:I composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
oUR'gc : will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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ZVE q{x1Zc ]1rr$f9 曲目列表:
RUm1;MWs Fsv%=E{ 1. I Am Not Afraid
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Z6SM7?d 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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hf>JW[>Xo 5. Get Out Of My Way
w<N[K> 6. Better Days
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%0@Jm)K^ 8. Piece Of Joy
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9Z];<g 9. Lonely
( du<0J|PT 10. Sometimes
D_`MeqF}C 11. What's This All About ?
tlu-zUsi 12. Mother
>f4H<V- 13. Thank You