I _G;;GF @CUDD{1o 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
SP1oBR"3 歌手姓名：Ayo
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&}=,8Gt1G 发行日期：2008年10月6日
,Gx=e!-N5 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
q2i~<;Z)9 推荐指数：4星
;H|M)z#[Z >9|+F [Fc 专辑介绍：
lI<8)42yq -e\56%\~_ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
f#b[KB^Z,2 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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&>t1 A5 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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9Ua@- in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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0[Aa2H* drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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"'(4l 2. ]f?LQCTq<b Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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duCm+4,. days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
6G],t)<A'- organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
3-D!Z S& released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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>KJ]\`2>)c performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Z[VKB3Pb8 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
( Lp-3Xx and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Ge x^\gf Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
=zKp(_[D 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
kH'Cx^=c6h United States and Canada.
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}|d:(* album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
tkmW\ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
C+Z"0\{o is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
IO4 IaeM includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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yQ}~ aA#h composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
=Y BJ7.Y will be released at the end of September 2008 by
<j>@Fg#q Universal Music France.
wcOAyo5(n 3 R m$ 曲目列表：
$#!~K2$ +38t82%YWo 1. I Am Not Afraid
s-*XAn ot 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
+%yh@X6 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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g^idS:GtX5 5. Get Out Of My Way
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U{x'@/Ld 7. Change
sw&Qks? V 8. Piece Of Joy
;(sb^O 9. Lonely
0MOAd!N 10. Sometimes
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