Q'l^9Bz CZnK8&VDY 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
.LVQx 歌手姓名:Ayo
2n><RZ/9 唱片公司:Universal
kh~'Cn "O 发行日期:2008年10月6日
"q}FPJ^l_N 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
k$5 s{q 推荐指数:4星
lN,/3\B a8u9aEB 专辑介绍:
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PI 5L rqv))Zo` At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
~DO4, time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
5tJ,7Y' to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
@3fn)YQ' first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
_AV1WS;^^8 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
%6Q4yk taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
pZ`|iLNl- vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
ob+euCuJ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
gOgps: who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Bwr3jV?S in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Va Z!.#(P first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Y_`- 9'& drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
wf,7== IH$0)g;s At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
1[_mEtM:]B Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
IwGqf.!.> talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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5SCKP<rb Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
ETs>`#`6o Polydor Records.
OtFh,}E F;^F+H Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
.F+@B\A< her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
LdJYE;k Ju Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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rj!0GI organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
l&?ii68/ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
X1~1&:V,< 2007 in the United States and Japan.
!>:?rSg* ?,/U^rf^4 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
@V!r"Bkg. Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
X]y)qV)a[c performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
=JmT:enV 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
t%8d-+$ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
G+F:99A Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
G%Lt.?m[ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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ZIF49`Y4TF 8}(]]ayl On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
!3ctB3eJ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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{+@bZ}57 is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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7!N2-6GV (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
9U%N@Dq`Z Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
s4uhsJL V$ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Ny%(VI5: will be released at the end of September 2008 by
"^]cQ"A Universal Music France.
o+$7'+y1n- (#E.`e1#6 曲目列表:
^!by3Elqqk mFZ?hOyP. 1. I Am Not Afraid
%&Q$dzgb_ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
'4#}e[e 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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>b{q. 5. Get Out Of My Way
XnWr5-; 6. Better Days
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Rw:*'1 8. Piece Of Joy
p$3sME$L 9. Lonely
n@,G8=J? 10. Sometimes
L>RP-x> 11. What's This All About ?
[S>2ASj 12. Mother
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RH UH)I 13. Thank You