RfwTqw4@ ^ F~e?^s 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
UG>OL2m>5 歌手姓名：Ayo
v) q6 唱片公司：Universal
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A&o% 发行日期：2008年10月6日
@:xO5L}Io 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
`R ^g[0 w' 推荐指数：4星
S~F:%@,* 5e,Dk0d 专辑介绍：
|b/J$.R r<O^uz?Di At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
*ma/_rjK time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
9,'5~+7 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
?4Z0)%6 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
IO xj$ ?%l her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Vrz !.X~ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
tT yu, %/m Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
A EnS_Q who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
"`"j2{9|e! in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
i&>,aiH @ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Xx|&%b{{r drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
z[v5hhI)4 vt mO At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
9z O3KT2 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
,mYoxEB kl talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
v
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].dTEzL9X Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
:/%Vpdd@ Polydor Records.
T KLy38 q 8=u.T Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
-t6d`p;dR her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
0dkM72p Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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.4!N #' organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
f e37T@ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
{C]M]b*F6( 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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}aNi O85 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
;@d %<yMf@ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
6>=>Yj performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
4nl>&AV 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
g=Qga09 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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(IW Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
k) v[/#I 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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Ix"c<1 I jm-0]ugY&` On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
l IFt/ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
<Z m ,q} Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
}uHc7gTBF7 is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
=|U2 }U; includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
ZHC sv]l (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
G' Q7(c (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
3yKI2en " Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
9uS 7G * composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
oo Z-T>$ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
owMH Universal Music France.
_).'SU)> ,#wVqBEk 曲目列表：
YQ]H3GA s3+O=5 1. I Am Not Afraid
{-Y_8@& 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
34oL l#q* 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
!GIs mqVY 4. Love And Hate
D+SpSO7yg 5. Get Out Of My Way
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?UfZ VyHv+ 7. Change
& 16bZw 8. Piece Of Joy
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\W}EyA 10. Sometimes
+uLo~GdbE 11. What's This All About ?
kH&ZP AI 12. Mother
%UQ{'JW?K 13. Thank You
