tRu j}n+x e~P4>3 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
tQWjNP ~ 歌手姓名：Ayo
8_:j.(n 唱片公司：Universal
k;V (rf ` 发行日期：2008年10月6日
)1, U~+JFU 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
V ah&)&n 推荐指数：4星
U!O" f K'\Jnn 专辑介绍：
>i!y[F v9"|VhZ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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Rv)*Wo!L taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
%n@ ^$&,&; vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
Y?#a UQc Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
u8r<B4k who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
>1 %|T drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
/CXQ&nwY9= <IO@Qj1* At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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f<y-{.VnN$ Mi)h<lY Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
8D G P A her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
y&L Lx[8 ^ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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}U ue}VOA organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
J;*2[o.N released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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2007 in the United States and Japan.
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^TEFKx}PX At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
h!J|4Q a Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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p735i`8 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
$[0\ Th 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
Go)}%[@w United States and Canada.
>ud u~ ijACfl{!:t On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
N{#9gr3zi album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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U etI 4` is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
)nlFyWXh. includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
${{[g16X Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
M' nzoRk composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
%$'Z"njO& will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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z:oi @q n{(, r' 曲目列表：
tQE<'94A :Z.P0= 1. I Am Not Afraid
zNM*xP gS 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
4m!w<c0NL 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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d >O/Zal 5. Get Out Of My Way
89UR w9 6. Better Days
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7. Change
Nz>xilU' 8. Piece Of Joy
8&SW Q 9. Lonely
PkcvUJV 10. Sometimes
7U:{= +oLR 11. What's This All About ?
M44$E4a20 12. Mother
qOflvf 13. Thank You
