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, 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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.9/ 歌手姓名:Ayo
k|(uIU* ] 唱片公司:Universal
j7IX"O%f\ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
%5?qS`/c( 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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{`b[ 推荐指数:4星
yr9%,wwN -r )Q| U 专辑介绍:
(RW02%`jjy r-&Rjg At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
3)b[C&` time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
ZCsL%( to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
q$6fb)2I]e first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
SEu1M}+E her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
6g06s @kz taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
yE1M+x./ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
TJjcX?:( Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
E:'TZ4Z who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
"5:^aC] in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
-]HPDN,OB first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
6vy(@z drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
6^_:N1@ GIG\bQSv2 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
8ExEhBX8 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
hr9rI talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
7:iTx;,v her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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j8gw]V/B: Polydor Records.
wNQhz.>y `?@7T-v Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
SbrKNADH% her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
2GRL`.1 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
*SP@`)\D days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
FR5P;Yz%H organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
p0r:U<& released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
4n}tDHvd 2007 in the United States and Japan.
xJ=@xfr$ w^/jlddF At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
e"I+5r", Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
P84uEDY performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
BNj@~uC{ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
R}T8cVxc and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
)fGIe rS Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
:_0"t- 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
s+omCr|H;A United States and Canada.
gL/D| = V]{^}AKc On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
@Q%9b )\\ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
#'qDNY@ w} Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
AJJa<c+j is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
WL#E%6p[ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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V1]QuQ{&s (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
n)bbEXO Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
cxig <W composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
j=U^+jAn will be released at the end of September 2008 by
3ss0/\3P Universal Music France.
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Pxy+W*t 曲目列表:
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H*% %8hx3N8> 1. I Am Not Afraid
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2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
C9VtRq 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
gK_#R] 4. Love And Hate
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5. Get Out Of My Way
NxGSs_7 6. Better Days
sz@Y$<o 7. Change
8}.V[,]6 8. Piece Of Joy
o56UlN 9. Lonely
`s|^ 10. Sometimes
>mUSRf4 11. What's This All About ?
z:)z]6 12. Mother
iVZX 13. Thank You