lrv3fPIW GH+r ?2< 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
LG<J;&41~S 歌手姓名：Ayo
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唱片公司：Universal
~ vJ,`? 发行日期：2008年10月6日
\D e{9 v 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
n}'=yItVL1 推荐指数：4星
>N]7IU[ - ~NQ72wph{ 专辑介绍：
)xbHCoU, +n#V[~~8AI At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
i (iXD time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
l y(>8 F to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
A S\F{ !O first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
|962G1. her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Vm3 v-= 6 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
,QcF|~n vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
gREzZ+([ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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{vuZ{I Ja in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
KTP8?Q"n0 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
w)Q0_2p. drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
<-[wd.M_ )rekY; At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
<$X3Hye Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
R: #k% }W talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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h&-- ,A > Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
i70w rW#k days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
9 D7+[`r(- organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
1(|'WyD released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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PK0%g$0 *XT/KxLa7 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
FQqI<6; Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
4<k9?)~(J performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
/+@p7FqlE 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
MM (xk and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
X4 A<[&F/ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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Bh;7C@dq United States and Canada.
@JyK|.b#0 vSi.txV2 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
Q0& H #xgt album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
cVv;Jn Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
yF"1#{*y is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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Jo@|"cE= (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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HbXPok Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
][?G/*k composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
\lZf< f will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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K':K{e e> 1. I Am Not Afraid
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3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
S"OR% 4. Love And Hate
]3K hgK%c8 5. Get Out Of My Way
CS==A57I 6. Better Days
S$ Q8>u6Wk 7. Change
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%jJ>x3$F 9. Lonely
9hOJvQ2U] 10. Sometimes
1@QZnF5 [ 11. What's This All About ?
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ev#;t@^ 13. Thank You
