0 SSdp< K[y")ooE<j 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
jUm-!SK}q 歌手姓名：Ayo
=R=V 唱片公司：Universal
_BP%@o 发行日期：2008年10月6日
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2?~nA2+vm 推荐指数：4星
$YX{gk> jg?UwR& 专辑介绍：
4 "2%mx: y5sH7`2+5 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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naaKAZ!S taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
|<c9ZS+ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
,7s>#b' Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
@ SD XJJ h who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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%<>:$4U@] drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
lBf thLBa \na$Sb+ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
ZhY{,sy?QO Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
^# $IoW talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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WVeNO,?ytS Polydor Records.
!kSemDC >2s 6Y Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
:=B.)]F.) her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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vt5w(}v( days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
~Fb@E0 }! organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
|X=p`iz1& released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
qefp3&ls 2007 in the United States and Japan.
Gt*<Awn8 :z8/ iD y At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
tCrEcjT- Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
0Y e/ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
II Ap-Y~B 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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\NN A" Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
%O9 Wm_% 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
~S('\h)1 United States and Canada.
) ' xyK *R+M#l9D` On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
1< vJuF^ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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Y)k "KRW+ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
LhAN ( [ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
1vq2`lWpx (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
9C \}bT (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
]lA }5 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
O + aK#eF composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
qVh?%c1.Y will be released at the end of September 2008 by
_t-6m2A Universal Music France.
z/91v#}. 6H0kY/quL| 曲目列表：
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"S#$:92 1. I Am Not Afraid
[,U l 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
nN& dtjoF 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
M;XU"8 4. Love And Hate
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Ly (i q 7. Change
(^~a1@f,J 8. Piece Of Joy
q2xAx1R`sV 9. Lonely
fP<== DK 10. Sometimes
}N9PV/a 11. What's This All About ?
%S^ke` MhF 12. Mother
)F hbN@3 13. Thank You
