rN}pi@ //63|;EEkl 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
A6z ,6v 6 歌手姓名：Ayo
`K{} 唱片公司：Universal
1>Sfv|ZP, 发行日期：2008年10月6日
)'+[,z ;s 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
^*ZaqMA 推荐指数：4星
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q~5hK 专辑介绍：
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[7I:Dm At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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#]}Ii{1?Y first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
Kv@P Uzu her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Nf] ?hfJ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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>Sc yc-n who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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+=($mcw #[ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
"'v+*H 3 s <YN*~ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
@[r[l#4yUi Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
apL$`{>US her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Polydor Records.
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FyEKqYl her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
1/-3m Po Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
%0Ur3 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
&~_F2]oM organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
,WyEwc] released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
p/Ul[7A4e 2007 in the United States and Japan.
KU8,8:yY @aS)=|Ls\ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
0F)v9EK(W4 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
sC3Vj(d!i performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
fu!T 4{2 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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c+FTt(\8. Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
.n7 @$kq 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
s{^B98d+W United States and Canada.
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On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
38w^=" -T album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
lj<Sa Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
XUP{]w`.Z is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
xa)p , includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
=; Q/bD-> (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
xNIrmqm5] (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
A+l(ew5Lw$ Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
T,!EL +o4 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
%"{P?V<-V will be released at the end of September 2008 by
mqZK1<r Universal Music France.
hV@ N -u^ ZUI 6VM 曲目列表：
qx#M6\L! YrL(4 Nt8 1. I Am Not Afraid
UBL{3s^" 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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()aCE^C 4. Love And Hate
*}]# E$ 5. Get Out Of My Way
bSe\d~{ 6. Better Days
5 t%8y!s 7. Change
, 7wYa& 8. Piece Of Joy
gXI-{R7Me 9. Lonely
syw uS 10. Sometimes
icb)JZ1K 11. What's This All About ?
kN/YnY*J< 12. Mother
.2%t3ul[ 13. Thank You
