rSzXa4m( _16 &K}< 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
~vvQz" 歌手姓名：Ayo
'FvhzGn9Q 唱片公司：Universal
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NG! 发行日期：2008年10月6日
LKwUpu! 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
t+Q|l&|0 推荐指数：4星
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q@!H^hd} as47eZ0\ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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= 8e8!8 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
_+Kt=;Y8 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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]|BSX-V.%i who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
c\ *OId1{; in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Z|GkM 5QH: first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
1}M.}G2u/ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
L2$ L .@ W+S; Do At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
(32 nI?)a Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
B '/ >Ax& talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
(\>'yW{f her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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,?/<fxIY Polydor Records.
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(_YN;s Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
8E[`H her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
@E;pT3; ) Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
aB'@8[]z days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
V5 r7eC organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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)&Bv\Tfjt 2007 in the United States and Japan.
c<e\JJY5? i@L2W>{P At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
R ?s\0 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
~\,6 C1M performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
{Z.@-Tl_ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
+r_[Tj|Er and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
{[ *_HAy7 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
]E^f8s0#V 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
I_7EfAqg( United States and Canada.
>oDP(]YGg 4&fnu/,Z On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
#5 7z-x[1 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
5V!XD9P' Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
g1 , is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
U{(07GNm# includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
YU(*kC8 (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
tb3fz")UC (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
A8 G lE Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
yVzg<%CR^ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
uf] $@6) will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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R QNi&zX/ rF3]AW( 曲目列表：
4{t$M} ?N F*:NKT d 1. I Am Not Afraid
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UyK G$6F?3 4. Love And Hate
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6. Better Days
3eP0v 7. Change
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9. Lonely
UDtbfc7bk 10. Sometimes
N@a'd0o Td 11. What's This All About ?
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12. Mother
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