knNhN=hG+ Fy4< 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
9^#zxmH) 歌手姓名:Ayo
J_y<0zF** 唱片公司:Universal
CrRQPgl+u 发行日期:2008年10月6日
o=QRgdPD 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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: 推荐指数:4星
)V9Mcr*Ce6 l`~a}y "n 专辑介绍:
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! fY)4]= L At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
:>AW@SoTp time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
qb>|n1F_ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
Tb!B!m first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
*783xEF>f her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
^5FJ}MMJf taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
+[X.-,yW vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
,N))=/ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
|2t7G9[n who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
VrAXOUJw6 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
A9fjMnw first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
RJ=c[nb drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
wM2)KM}$ =hOj8;2 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
x 1%J1?Fp Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
-6em*$k^ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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(:j+[3Ht Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
[`Qp;_K?t Polydor Records.
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f/IRO33 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
L8?Z!0D/h days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
w/^0tZ~ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
"x=@,*Bk released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
y ? {PoNI 2007 in the United States and Japan.
FgHB1x4; [6RV'7`Abj At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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:(S/$^ U performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
@tjZvRtZ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
56O<CgJF< Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
X"qbB4(I 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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d/\: ?O.6 r" On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
i}$N& Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
S#0|#Z5qD is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
9bzYADLI includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
u%gm+NneK (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
?:;hTY (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
O+8ApicjTc Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
P7BJ?x composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
\3y=0 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
|V~(mS747: Universal Music France.
7,&]1+n Ygkd~g 曲目列表:
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>I"] 1. I Am Not Afraid
Z+"E* 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
5x1jLPl' 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
^B"_b?b 4. Love And Hate
E{k%d39> 5. Get Out Of My Way
6!}m$Dvt~ 6. Better Days
Bc9|rl V, 7. Change
^) b7m 8. Piece Of Joy
M'!!EQo 9. Lonely
m?R+Z6c[ 10. Sometimes
~]_jKe4W 11. What's This All About ?
pg}DC0a 12. Mother
;ZqD60%\ 13. Thank You