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n 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
<>v=jH|L 歌手姓名:Ayo
$U=j<^R}a 唱片公司:Universal
9QP- ~V{$ 发行日期:2008年10月6日
:_8Nf1B+T 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
~`97?6*Ra 推荐指数:4星
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"LNLM =O%Hf bx At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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;~,)6UX7 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
N?EeT}m _ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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gWD46+A){ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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.QU] Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
x?7z15\ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
4^Ke?;v in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
C;3 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
mWUkkR(/ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
-{XDQ{z<% ZS<`.L6B3 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
nV:RL|p2jw Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
"l 8YD&q talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
w2H^q3* her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
"IHFme@^ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
H-,p.$3} Polydor Records.
y[{}124 3ytlD ' Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Na>w~ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
!aB~G}' Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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f"z;' organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
T' =6_?7K4 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
+!Q*ie+q 2007 in the United States and Japan.
_v[gJ(F TKp2C5bX At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
)g?ox{Hol Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
]JR2Av performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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F%f)oq`B and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
_lDNYpv Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
m[CyvcF*u 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
B.C:06E5 United States and Canada.
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IISdC(5 Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
Q@1SqK#-DQ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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e3mFO+ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
i}e/!IVR3 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
LGK&&srJs Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
?bPW*A82{q composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Y(u`K=* will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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VAo`R9^D# 2bOl`{x 曲目列表:
aoQ$"PF9 ejia4(Cd 1. I Am Not Afraid
;F_P<b 2 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
\.'[!GE *c 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
0|<9eD\I= 4. Love And Hate
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b<%c ]z 6. Better Days
O!t=,F1j 7. Change
S5kD|kJ 8. Piece Of Joy
LzxO=+=9!q 9. Lonely
8|(],NyEJ 10. Sometimes
~{GTL_w 11. What's This All About ?
:p%#U$S4 12. Mother
AhkDLm+ 13. Thank You