`)!)}PXl R2Lq,(@- 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
WSKG8JT^| 歌手姓名:Ayo
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9^)ochY3 发行日期:2008年10月6日
FK;\Nce& 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
&YDb/{|CIC 推荐指数:4星
p~DlZk" n-}.Yc 专辑介绍:
vUY?Eb[ \/. Of]YQ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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"u3 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
8pg?g'A~} her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
e}-uU7O taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
p$0;~1vH vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
gjk=`lU Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
j+88J who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
dPPe_% Ilr in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
XK{`x< first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
sbQmPV drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
hm&{l|u{RU n)8bkcZCp+ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
)U`H7\*) Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
fI t:eKHr talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
{uDL"~^\ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
u%JM0180 Polydor Records.
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7] Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
bv)E>%Yy her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
4;7<)&#h Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
/1gKc}rB2 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
pIqPIuy organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
8L|rj4z<# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
xEOR\(Z^ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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_14 Fx/9T2%= At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
_C)u#]t Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
iePpJ>( performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
+[zrU`!@ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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e!/ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
;#G>q o Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
C;OU2,c,T 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
BT2[@qH|qF United States and Canada.
aGr(djD }^pnwo9vV On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
.[+8D= album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
OV;Ho Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
{t;Q#Ou. is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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Ad+-/hxc (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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*J 7>6N:- Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
SrN0f0 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
[t: =%&B will be released at the end of September 2008 by
wpb6F ' Universal Music France.
t/u$Ts KVSy^-." 曲目列表:
ygd'Nh!@ ]zhFFq` 1. I Am Not Afraid
^pKC0E[% 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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;TEZD70r 4. Love And Hate
RIC'JLWQ 5. Get Out Of My Way
BYhPOg[ 6. Better Days
%_@8f|# ,M 7. Change
hkRv0q.' 8. Piece Of Joy
?:lOn(0& 9. Lonely
s><RL]+{G+ 10. Sometimes
H_o<!YxK 11. What's This All About ?
Q^Y>T&Q 12. Mother
>Djv8 0 13. Thank You