@l0|*lo% .WQ+AE8Q 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
ILic.@st 歌手姓名:Ayo
ov\HsTeZ 唱片公司:Universal
X.TI>90{ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
EbZdas!l 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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wap3Kd>MP ')N{wSM9Ft 专辑介绍:
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M= At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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.6~`Ubr}E first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
dC1V-x10ju her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
vOgC>_x7 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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r_ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
?U7) XvQ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
T$=4O9G who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
ai*b:Q in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
^ZTGJ(j7~ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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4Tct =iHiPvP0 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
smQVWs> Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
#&,H"?" talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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u2(eaP8d Polydor Records.
"'Z- UV ~2_lp^Y Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
l|/:Ot her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
f0Hq8qAF;^ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
s* jfMY days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
'7Ig.K& organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
u2sR.%2U< released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
RHNk%9 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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3 EYiQ` At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
^i_Iqph= Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
2'{}<9 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
.]76!(fWZ 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
&2.+Igo|G 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
Bh` IXu United States and Canada.
@"1}16b#f 8sw,k On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
3eg5oAZ)G8 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
]C *10S` Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
koH4~m{ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
u@D.i4U includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
6GKT yN (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
o=9' (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
V.,bwPb{9 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
V} bM!5 H composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
P^(.tr3t will be released at the end of September 2008 by
;c)! @GoA Universal Music France.
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h 8_iHVc;< 曲目列表:
T~:_}J Mdky^;qq3; 1. I Am Not Afraid
6z]`7`G 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
Dqr9Vv 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
2[BA(B 4. Love And Hate
fKYKW?g;)Z 5. Get Out Of My Way
{jhcZ"#>\ 6. Better Days
r./z,4A` 7. Change
)rbc;{. 8. Piece Of Joy
[,nfAY 9. Lonely
qSR?,G 10. Sometimes
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tgfM:kzw 12. Mother
?KCxrzf 13. Thank You