&z "yls zg{ 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
yV5A VM o 歌手姓名：Ayo
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>L 唱片公司：Universal
mTZgvPJ! 发行日期：2008年10月6日
3qq 6X?y* 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
]39A1&af} 推荐指数：4星
}P"JP[#E\ 44_CT?t< 专辑介绍：
S-)%# vq *)2. At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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6dq*ncNin her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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vS|uN(a.P Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
|4s`;4c& who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
gr")J w7 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
:D'#CoBA first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
h[0,/`qb{ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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~$N%UQn?b# her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
c D+I MlT Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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T6|zT }cb organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
Uu9\;f released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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bmotR8d Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
wj/\ !V! performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
c<j2wKz 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
_-%A_5lCRE and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
/'IOi`d Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
B ~cQl 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
c~(+#a United States and Canada.
jR S0(8 *M5 =PQfb On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
.N8AkQ (Ok album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
bR@ e6.<i Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
S*6P=O* is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
SIjdwr!+ZZ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
A1:<-TF6^p (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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Qj? +R F6( Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
JS r& S[ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
kJq gY| will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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1u7Kc'.xc 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
`:!mPNW# 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
:}0y[qc3 4. Love And Hate
yTwv2l;U 5. Get Out Of My Way
V u0jNKUV 6. Better Days
.}S9C]d:a 7. Change
6U6,Wu 8. Piece Of Joy
lN#W 9. Lonely
"2q}G16K 10. Sometimes
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4;'o`K~* 13. Thank You
