>D #}B1(! o+Z9h1z%, 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
kweTK]mT 歌手姓名：Ayo
6x{ IY 唱片公司：Universal
Z!e q / 发行日期：2008年10月6日
gI3rF= 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
OFbg]{ub? 推荐指数：4星
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2:F At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
" ?,6{\y, time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
hyoZh Y to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
`{_PSzM first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
Rw 8o ] her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
I !O S&8:u taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
,?/<fxIY vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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Z?mg1 ;Q who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
mh]$g<*m in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
-=IM8Dny first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
8E[`H drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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F x&vD,|V! At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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[>Uu?Y Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
e6'O,\ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
TMsoQ82 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
i8. [d5 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
+cH(nZ* f Polydor Records.
-P&e4sV{ L{pg?#\yC Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
H-w|JH>g her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
< z)G& h@ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
Uk6 !Sb days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
)&Bv\Tfjt organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
o |iLBh$) released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
ulM&kw.4i 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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k;su,]_ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
- 5.%{Go$[ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
n# cN[C9 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
7`!( 8 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
V p{5Kxq and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
$ :wM'& M Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
UV.9 KcN. 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
UUqj?'Nv United States and Canada.
au* jMcq 7!;/w;C On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
^i\1c-/ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
09 s}@C Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
gw T,D.'Ut is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
V0i$"|F+ E includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
pN_!&#|+$ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
[C X?Tt (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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KL]!E ~i composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
'bPo 5V| will be released at the end of September 2008 by
RC%r7K f Universal Music France.
v19`7qgR( 2zu~#qU[)M 曲目列表：
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4R+gIA e~? ]F 0/ 1. I Am Not Afraid
J7o?h9 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
wP?q5r5 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
|0p'p$% 4. Love And Hate
cyg>h X{U 5. Get Out Of My Way
k5(yf~!c 6. Better Days
_<Yo2,1^ 7. Change
]5/U}Um 8. Piece Of Joy
F9r*ZyNlx 9. Lonely
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10. Sometimes
=lQ [%& 11. What's This All About ?
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mC(t;{ 13. Thank You
