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专辑名称：Gravity At Last
K^Ho%_) 歌手姓名：Ayo
wZg~k\_lF 唱片公司：Universal
z q'KX/o 发行日期：2008年10月6日
M nnVk= 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
Zs|m_O G 推荐指数：4星
3rj7]: Vr <u}[_ 专辑介绍：
IMSLHwZ ?&JK q^9\I At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
f;%=S:3 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
ATF>"Ux to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
K*P:FCz first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
GGU>={D) her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Hy b_> n taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
$#-O^0D vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
0"l`M5-KP Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
J|u_45< who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
?h:xO\h8 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
@2~;)* first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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|N:/_ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
,rX|_4 n* Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
O jH"qi talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
4t 0p!IxG her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
@CS%=tE}U Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
$U"pdf Polydor Records.
L]E.TvM1* y?UB?2 VN Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
3F$N@K~s her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
9?uU%9r5P Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
X2`n&JE days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
)O8w'4P5 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
B D [<>Wm released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
l4 YTR4D 2007 in the United States and Japan.
bZ} T;!U?I Hq|{Nt%Q At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
t')%; N Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
@2sr/gX^ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
7>3+]njw 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
D2f~*!vEnA and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
2tS, q_-= Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
@=K*gbq5 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
l4y>uZ>a United States and Canada.
+*G<xW :M REPI >-| On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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VP^{-mDph Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
5>-~!Mg1 is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
A",R 2d includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
C\* 062 1 (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
fo e)_ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
58]t iP" Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
X\5EF7 :S composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
1$ ENNq#0 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
rfO rh^ Universal Music France.
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nQZ\ 曲目列表：
wvH*<,8V q u+ 8wBb5! 1. I Am Not Afraid
^geY A y 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
@" afEMd 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
NYPjN9L 4. Love And Hate
uC? /p1 5. Get Out Of My Way
]E1|^[y 6. Better Days
M aP - 7. Change
)SfM `W)Y 8. Piece Of Joy
q]v{o8:U 9. Lonely
2Iq*7 n:v0 10. Sometimes
*!,k`=.([# 11. What's This All About ?
!lI1jb" 12. Mother
VKy3tW/_& 13. Thank You
