(7_}UT@w- 7awh__@ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
e$ {Cf 歌手姓名:Ayo
~*Kk+w9H< 唱片公司:Universal
;HbAk`\1A 发行日期:2008年10月6日
^6(Nu|6\@ 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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推荐指数:4星
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专辑介绍:
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Zdc ~y.t amNW At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
>Kjl>bq time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
#.^A5`k to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
zLda+ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
+ =N#6#1 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
"MNI_C#{ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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85GU~. Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
C=>IJ'G who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
[uD G;We= in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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TKBW2 VHihC]ks, At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
TtKV5 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
3"HW{= talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
$\A=J her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
H%z9VJ*!0 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
waI:w, Polydor Records.
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sOUQd-!" her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
nWz7$O Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
;S.o`z1GI days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
|)}&:xA% organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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IX released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
z IT)Hs5 2007 in the United States and Japan.
;*}tbh3;. ev"f@y9Do At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
Z_.xglq{ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
L.tW]43K performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
rZSD)I 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
0c6Ea>S[ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
8.m9 =+)8 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
]w;!x7bU( 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
9 m`VIB United States and Canada.
|%l&H/ p]E \!/ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
"vL,c]D album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
C!z7sOu Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
eN{ewn#0. is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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(keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
1@W*fVn Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
&=S<StH composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
s i=m5$V will be released at the end of September 2008 by
?)V?6"fFP Universal Music France.
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i+ 曲目列表:
O=;}VZ<9 _my!YS5n 1. I Am Not Afraid
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3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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=jIP29+ 5. Get Out Of My Way
eOU v#F 6. Better Days
(29BS(|! 7. Change
6[~_;0 8. Piece Of Joy
d;FOmo4 9. Lonely
*mtS\J 10. Sometimes
eRm 9LOp 11. What's This All About ?
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12. Mother
wMvAm%}+ 13. Thank You