\C$e+qb~{ sAc1t` 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
/!0&b? 歌手姓名：Ayo
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KeZq 唱片公司：Universal
kKlNhP( 发行日期：2008年10月6日
OvT[JpV 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
9.(|r i 推荐指数：4星
MDytA0M XB!qPh . 专辑介绍：
L'Cd` .yVO A4,%l\di< At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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/%;J1 {O first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
jv.tg,c _6 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
]. rKfv: taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
jfK&CA vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
SAq .W"ri Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
[q%`q`EG who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
iA{q$>{8 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
O> ~@>/# first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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'1DY5`i{ oF$#7#0`;8 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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3!F^ vZ. talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
zwC ,,U her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
5 { (4 % Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
"y~*1kBu Polydor Records.
X~& 8^? 564L.^$@| Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
CN(-Jd.b her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
! $mY.uu Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
+w[ZMk days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
#C } + organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
I )yaR+l released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
} O+ xs3Uv 2007 in the United States and Japan.
iPl, KjGk m lc8q s At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
(hOD Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
Ql vP[Jtr performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
BPv+gx(>k 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
Q&P WW#D and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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|Aa^g Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
6h5g!GQD 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
! (lF#MG} United States and Canada.
qN1fWU#$ rD21:1s On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
ShL!7y*rT{ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
F (.`@OO Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
W8QP6 ^lY is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
R\ 8[6H includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
!X: TieyVu Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
Sr Nc composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
yCR8 c,'8 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
VDOC> Universal Music France.
l[_an tokn F|6"-*[RS 曲目列表：
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{ [xY-=-T*4 1. I Am Not Afraid
~q+AAWL 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
9 3D}0kp 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
5JaLE 5- 4. Love And Hate
Dq Y"N ] 5. Get Out Of My Way
l"JM%LV 6. Better Days
@ NDcO,] 7. Change
h-Y>>l>PW0 8. Piece Of Joy
zjA#8;h~w 9. Lonely
e8f 7*S8 10. Sometimes
/"="y'Wx 11. What's This All About ?
% S"z9@ 12. Mother
075IW"p' 13. Thank You
