\f=kQbM s'OK])>` 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
5Zmc3&vRl 歌手姓名：Ayo
oFT1d 唱片公司：Universal
L\!Oj5 发行日期：2008年10月6日
#%L_wJB- 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
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专辑介绍：
@\M^Zuo hh2& FI At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
/LtbmV time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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J)|I/8!# first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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?^LG>Gg V taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
J bMp / vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
>6IUle>z Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
woF {O)~X who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
} :gi<#-:G in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
/CbiYm first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
NzN"_o jM drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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@hrIu" '! s0 Z)BR # Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
G|||.B 8 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
r`RLDN!` Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
1s(i\&B days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
.C5JQO organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
~dP\0x0AB released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
q|r*4={^!* 2007 in the United States and Japan.
6Ypc]ym =J SUW=-M At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
7KJ0>0 ~Et Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
EWv[Sp performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
~[~#PO 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
Lw1[)Vk}E and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
b)E<b{'W Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
1?.NJ<)F 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
+Yc@<$4 United States and Canada.
Dca,IaT' U;" J8 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
f&RjvVP?s album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
g-NrxyTBlx Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
UN:qE oS is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
>l=^3B,j includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
%=\*OIhl (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
? 1] \3nj (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
WW!-,d{{@ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
kc} |L9 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
s B qOcy will be released at the end of September 2008 by
J |U FuD Universal Music France.
aVr =7PeF J(= y$8xje 曲目列表：
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yUO%@; 1. I Am Not Afraid
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2+ g'ul` 4. Love And Hate
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F}1._I`- 6. Better Days
g@Y]$ey%A 7. Change
'- #QK'p 8. Piece Of Joy
[ UB*39D7 9. Lonely
S?OCy4dk: 10. Sometimes
N3oa!PE 11. What's This All About ?
C#3&,G W 12. Mother
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<k&]Kv 13. Thank You
