&opd2 *l&S-=] 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
)!BsF'uVQ 歌手姓名：Ayo
a>O9p X 唱片公司：Universal
J %lgR 发行日期：2008年10月6日
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GZi9O7G} 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
3r+.N 推荐指数：4星
X0(tboj# =ONHK F[UJ 专辑介绍：
^ 5GW$ c vd\/pG) At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
mLV[uhq time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
) 0 W` to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
An*~-u9m first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
`Z"Q^ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
~@ jY[_ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
\b=Pj!^gwb vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
$ Xm6N@ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
q$( 5Vd : who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
bg,9@ }"F in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
5{e, L>H< first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
|*/[` |*G drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
39wa|:I Vwk #qgnX At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
L"jY+{oLIJ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
B.r4$:+jb2 talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
Ian[LbCWB her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
QqNW}: # Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
c 9qR'2 Polydor Records.
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b $ %0.s Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
x<Vm5j days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
xv{O^Ie+S organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
<JMcIV837 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
bV8g|l-4( 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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+5=l At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
-HSs^dP` Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
g_5Q A)4x performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
gz2\H} 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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United States and Canada.
!q"W{P q9w~A-Oh`1 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
RrU BpqA album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
1I@8A>2^OX Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
N7E$G{TT is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Hbv6_ H includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
qW:HNEiir (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
kmzH'wktt (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
6T 8!xyi-+ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
DC qY|4Qc composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
pym!U@$t will be released at the end of September 2008 by
F}Vr:~ Universal Music France.
`Al;vVMRO ctE\ q 曲目列表：
AJ#Nenmj D}8EER b 1. I Am Not Afraid
g &/ T*L 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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r.7$&BCng 4. Love And Hate
)95f*wte 5. Get Out Of My Way
`+6R0Ch 6. Better Days
W9NX=gE4 7. Change
*CHI2MB 8. Piece Of Joy
quY:pqG38q 9. Lonely
ca+5 =+X7 10. Sometimes
eX@L3 BKp 11. What's This All About ?
F:x [ 12. Mother
h=;{oY<V)? 13. Thank You
