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专辑名称:Gravity At Last
+Um( h-; 歌手姓名:Ayo
Bs13^^hu 唱片公司:Universal
X]'{(?Ch 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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u&1q [0y 推荐指数:4星
"/)#O~ dpJ_r>NI 专辑介绍:
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K{F b+,';bW At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
g@rb time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
8hXl%{6d3 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
C+'/>=>a. first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
]*vdSr-J her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
YHkn2]^#A taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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\ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
0vFD3}~> Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
Y?S!8-z who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
2w59^"<, in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
q'|rgT >CrA;\l At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
(mgS"zPS her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
OTy.VT| Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
Ai:BEPKe Polydor Records.
QOjqQfmM; 9XPo3; Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
?,p;O her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
'd.EC# Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
3x5JFM days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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U@gn;@\ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
L%BNz3:Dt 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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AC6Snu1 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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CsTF performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
XM1WfjE\ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
~KW,kyXBnD Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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JQV%fTH S United States and Canada.
2W/?q!t I2 j}Am On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
)#.<]&P } album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
&z>e5_. Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
!'mq ?C= is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Rniq(FAx includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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'h^0HE\~p Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
&jsVw)Ue composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
dHK`eS$sb will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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l-ct?T_@ .G+Pe'4a 曲目列表:
hir4ZO%Zt pek%08VSEU 1. I Am Not Afraid
&2 `F n!m 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
Gi "941zVl 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
tI7:5Cm 4. Love And Hate
P#fM:z@[ 5. Get Out Of My Way
Eh|]i;G% 6. Better Days
/\H>y 7. Change
nS&3?lx9_ 8. Piece Of Joy
'A:x/iv}^ 9. Lonely
M-;4 10. Sometimes
oI.G-ChP 11. What's This All About ?
(y M^ 12. Mother
* 1Od-3 13. Thank You