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@. n84|{l581 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
~!L}yw 歌手姓名:Ayo
W!(zT6# 唱片公司:Universal
Q%G8U#Tm 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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3LC 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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推荐指数:4星
CTa57R q} >%8;nm 专辑介绍:
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! IJ"q~r$ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
pnOAs&QAm time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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7NGxa6wi taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
`;C V=,M vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
5;EvNu Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
,O(hMI85] who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
=,M5KDk` in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
*]X'( /b_ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
lo+A%\1 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
:F?C)F i/4>2y9/F4 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
tD)J*]G Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
ga +dt talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
ux4POO3C| her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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L8B!u9% Polydor Records.
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Gc|idjW4 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
K"MX! Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
y6a3tG days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
0 H:X3y+ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
(9a^$C* released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
4Nsp<Kn> 2007 in the United States and Japan.
* EH~_F 1qA;/-Zr<o At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
M= (u]%\ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
]/v[8dS(l performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
"y}5;9#, 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
upmx $H> and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
y9ZvV0 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
TLH1>pY& 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
?J0y| United States and Canada.
Bzf^ivT3L I?CZQ+}Hq On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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H5|;{q:j Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
Pm7}"D'/ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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@0''k (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
~n_HP_Kf? (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
{JLtE{ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
^\m![T\bX composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
TWTb?HP will be released at the end of September 2008 by
f o3}W^0 Universal Music France.
;uGv:$([g F+qm[Bc8 曲目列表:
YmG("z $`8wJf9@w 1. I Am Not Afraid
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sI2^Qp@O1 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
h(DTa 4. Love And Hate
QT}tvm@PMq 5. Get Out Of My Way
<P<z N~i9j 6. Better Days
.%-8 t{dt 7. Change
c+ie8Q! 8. Piece Of Joy
ueNS='+m 9. Lonely
*un^u-; 10. Sometimes
pxi3PY? 11. What's This All About ?
#'}*dy/ 12. Mother
:`sUt1Fw. 13. Thank You