{6wXDZxv V@TA~'$| 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
2Vu?Y 歌手姓名:Ayo
3Co1bY: 唱片公司:Universal
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, 发行日期:2008年10月6日
C dPQhv)m 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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推荐指数:4星
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M"u=)CT 专辑介绍:
E}a.qM' 7!FiPH~kM At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
^P/OHuDL time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
GC3d7 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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;X0uA? her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
(nuTfmt> vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
g2'K3e?.% Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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0/fZDQH /d Ua At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
{.o4U0+ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
b].U/=Hs talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
o8%o68py her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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6aD3?8LN Polydor Records.
IDh`*F -HuIz6 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
6U%d3"T her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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sdYZ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
*H=h7ESq days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
';D>Z?l organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
}S13]Kk?= released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
'%*hs8s 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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LuJ ,lFzL3'_0x At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
gf4Hq&Rf Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
j/E(*Hv performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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57' 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
<dBz]W and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
=_Z.x&fi Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
f6Y-ss;' 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
zqI|VH United States and Canada.
4@a/k[, [<f9EeziB On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
"EWq{l_I5$ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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3k8.5W is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
s(L!]d.S$y includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
pB%oFWqK (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
/@DJf\`vM (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
mfDt_Iq Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
[?2?7>D8 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
g^i\7' will be released at the end of September 2008 by
9]/:B8k Universal Music France.
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0}9j l 曲目列表:
7s}F`fjKP hOdU% 1. I Am Not Afraid
1$m{)Io2( 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
}XCh>LvX 4. Love And Hate
%?S[{ 4A& 5. Get Out Of My Way
'CG% PjCO 6. Better Days
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E?Qg'|+_ 8. Piece Of Joy
V*@&<x"E 9. Lonely
s)sT\crP@ 10. Sometimes
`)BZk[64 11. What's This All About ?
sc rss 12. Mother
ZA'0q 13. Thank You