s(Bi& C\ *`'%tp"'+ 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
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<1 歌手姓名：Ayo
"dOY_@kg 唱片公司：Universal
HcS^3^Y 发行日期：2008年10月6日
jN>UW} ? 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
]=<@G.[= 推荐指数：4星
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>`d 专辑介绍：
8Kkr1}!wd m?G+#k;K At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
O' U,|A time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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G )|HFcE first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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(cZ* her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
58U[r )/ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
)X$n'E vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
4>`w9 Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
d}J#wT who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
|q)Q <%VS' in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
aJ;R8(*;\ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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4%y} drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
_Fy:3, ( N Z9,9 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
gipRVd*TA Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
\9Zfu4WR talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
R$`T"C" her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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, Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
{'aqOlw3<j Polydor Records.
vB4qJ{f f\w4F'^tj Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
XaSl6 CH her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
:PkSX*E[q Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
K JZY.7 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
5|z[%x~f organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
e{S`iO released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
;yrcH+I$_ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
WG4|Jf Y C,. {y`s' At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
36UW oo Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
X)5O@"4 ? performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
[C\?}.+v 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
5OE?;PJ( and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
P~>nlm82] Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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> .>5% United States and Canada.
-ZJ :< :D-vE7 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
`r LMMYD= album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
{+}L c$O#C is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
kp"cHJNx includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
yB[ LO( i (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
qILr +zH (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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3OV Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
qpCi61lTDJ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
rR;Om1 -, will be released at the end of September 2008 by
=wc[ r?7 Universal Music France.
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$f 曲目列表：
'(*D3ysU r&;AG@N/ 1. I Am Not Afraid
VtFh1FDI\ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
S?$T=[yY) 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
)qe o`4+y 4. Love And Hate
['j,S<Bu~ 5. Get Out Of My Way
PX'%)5:q;i 6. Better Days
~46ed3eGzi 7. Change
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" OtLJ 9. Lonely
54&2SU$kx 10. Sometimes
o,I642R~ 11. What's This All About ?
Zx0c6d!B 12. Mother
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