.8qzU47E +< \cd9 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
'%-xe3 歌手姓名：Ayo
;Nf hKu%K 唱片公司：Universal
mXU?+ G0 发行日期：2008年10月6日
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hCo 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
3cfZ!E~^kc 推荐指数：4星
>9tkx /J Wytvs*\` 专辑介绍：
EkStb# *K jVPs At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
im \ YL< time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
H"Fflm UO first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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x-V' 0-#U> taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
lv\F+?]a vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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E8iadf49 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
%<=vbL9 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
;h-G3>Il first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
DtF![0w/ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
=o{: -EKQF 0(9I\j5`TT At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
~e`;" n@4 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
{ 7TJgS talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
>b4YbLkI# her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
ZU| V+yT Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
>OKS/(I0 Polydor Records.
`! ,\kc1 B BU84s[ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
R5NRCI her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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n$hqNsM days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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E%k ]cZ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
`FYtiv?G 2007 in the United States and Japan.
Ng."+& XU;{ 28P At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
4lY&=_K[) Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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uD ?I>7 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
p9&gEW and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
OP|.I._I 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
xyS2_ Q United States and Canada.
8V=HyF# v E3{H On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
!X\sQNp album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
KMpDlit Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
np`g cj# is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
k5fH ; includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
'{j\0 (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
ui.QYAYaV (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
]s*[Lib Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
m0BG 9~p| composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
%/tGkS6 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
w>z8c3Dq} Universal Music France.
x;ER RK ^B<PD] 曲目列表：
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~~J!P 1. I Am Not Afraid
] } 5I>l 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
kH>vD = q> 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
d6t)gG*5 4. Love And Hate
H;TOPtt2 5. Get Out Of My Way
33{;[/4 6. Better Days
VGTeuu5i 7. Change
HC9vc,Fp 8. Piece Of Joy
[Q7->Wo|S: 9. Lonely
k lP{yxU'n 10. Sometimes
@o4z3Q@ 11. What's This All About ?
|iwM9oO% 12. Mother
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>xSqX 13. Thank You
