-{yDk$" FX7Cjo#=R 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
07$/]eO%C 歌手姓名：Ayo
g2[ K< 唱片公司：Universal
L0X&03e=e: 发行日期：2008年10月6日
]uB T & 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
!pd7@FwC 推荐指数：4星
x><zGXvvp| bajC-5R1k 专辑介绍：
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J kN'|,eKH4 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
w"fCI 13 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
+}Kk2Kg8 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
E0sbU<11 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
"_ nX5J9 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
+G5'kYzJ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
4ggVj*{v Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
z{Hz;m:*_ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
68v xI|EZ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
keT?,YI first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
.LX?VD I?f"<5[0 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
@;||p eU Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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! a86iHU Polydor Records.
"AT&!t[J &(lMm ) Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
4qqF v?O[r her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
Sv.KI{;v$ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
\z2vV +f days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
y' 2<qj organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
cge-'/8w% released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
$`^ H:Djr 2007 in the United States and Japan.
DY$yiOH9 PqTYAN&F At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
'g. :MQ8 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Xyb8u})p' 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
K3La9O)> and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
q A.+U:I 8 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
|c<XSX? ir 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
CKJAZ 2 United States and Canada.
4#TnXxL #o"tMh!f On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
J09*v )L album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
w(aUEWYL Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
6!*K/2:O is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
>r~0SMQr includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
#X4LLS]V V (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
a a4$'8s (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
LOe4c0C6Ca Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
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2q12y Y f will be released at the end of September 2008 by
N0]z/}hd@ Universal Music France.
$Xf~# uH Z&TD+fT< 曲目列表：
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D5T 1. I Am Not Afraid
$ H4=QVj6 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
6 KVV z/ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
QDP-E[ 4. Love And Hate
Sz RL}} I 5. Get Out Of My Way
2%bhW,?I 6. Better Days
: g&>D#{ 7. Change
=1O?jrl~q 8. Piece Of Joy
y j>) {NcX 9. Lonely
P1$f}K} 10. Sometimes
}Bd_:#.mw 11. What's This All About ?
xOhRTx ic 12. Mother
e!6eZ)l 13. Thank You
