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7|5 1~S''[ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
AbB+<0 歌手姓名:Ayo
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9QaY 唱片公司:Universal
X\5EF7:S 发行日期:2008年10月6日
[@0Hmd7 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
[pSQ8zdF" 推荐指数:4星
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nbBox,zW _3{8Zg At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
3u'@anre time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
BLb'7`t to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
*enT2Q first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
@e+qe9A| her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
:!fU+2$`^( taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
aL/7xa vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
;JX2ebx Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
LGWQBEXw who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
nz Klue in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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Pk:b:(4 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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XW*d\vDun Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
q ;e/gP2 talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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]"i^VVw Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
($[@'?Z1 Polydor Records.
cB2~W%H Pa/2]) w Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
^;;gPhhWV her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
kj`h{Wc[) Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
8e_9u@p+w days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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VB~Do?]*k% released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
B &)wJG 2007 in the United States and Japan.
8VMD304 /+f3jy:d At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
=]-D_$S~ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
t8Giv89{ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
ZV`o:Gd 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
^/7Y3n!|3 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
0V'XE1h Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
2bTM0- 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
gm}zF%B" United States and Canada.
A )xfO- i$z*~SuM# On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
D=~3N Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
bYy7Ul6] is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
:JzJ(q/ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
kDWvjT (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
,/..f!bp (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
jn>RE Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
ljjnqQ% composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
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jNP%BNd1f Universal Music France.
{_X&{dZLX >~\CiV4^ 曲目列表:
<_-8)abK /@]@Tz@' 1. I Am Not Afraid
RU,!F99'1 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
m/NXifi8l 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
xu*dPG)v 4. Love And Hate
/` 4B-Y4M4 5. Get Out Of My Way
be~'}`> 6. Better Days
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M}`G}* 8. Piece Of Joy
`Qo}4nuRs 9. Lonely
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10. Sometimes
U,GY']J 11. What's This All About ?
[O"9OW'2!B 12. Mother
&DX&*Xq2 13. Thank You