Ha#>G<;n p#[.{ 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
p8Q1-T3v 歌手姓名:Ayo
b[7]F 唱片公司:Universal
dTtSUA|V7" 发行日期:2008年10月6日
5PW^j\G-f 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
rGkyGz8> 推荐指数:4星
s<Fl p Wl Sm 专辑介绍:
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@P"p+ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
}&e5$lB time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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$SE^S first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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!Uc T RI taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
d7i]FV vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
qCO/?kW Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
0;ji65 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
9/7u*>: in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Z/K{A` first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
sC ;+F*0g drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
?s _5&j7 M[uA@ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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HmwT~ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
D0q":WvE her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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yZ`wfj$Jj Polydor Records.
"nWw;-V}} ERt{H3eCcJ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
EZj9wd"u her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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)Wox Mmz days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
%[yJ4WL organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
9S -9.mvop released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
63A.@mL 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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:M{F$ h@h! ,; At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
2Gdd*=4z Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
@vB!u[{ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
N36_C;K-z 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
x=jK:3BF and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
""D 4s Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
m9A!D 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
Bw{I;rW{2 United States and Canada.
-GgA&dh 9M9?%N:ra On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
]cN1c} album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
-tNUMi' Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
MxGW(p is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
_,d~}_$`i includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
%!L9)(}" (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
))i }7chc (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
EU/8=JA1 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
gGS=cdlV composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
+t:0SRSt will be released at the end of September 2008 by
(@}!0[[^ Universal Music France.
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v<:R# 曲目列表:
O,A{3DAe0 ~3S~\0&| 1. I Am Not Afraid
4 N7^? 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
eNu7~3k} 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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a`XwR 4. Love And Hate
.-X8J t 5. Get Out Of My Way
CsifKHI 6. Better Days
AnvRxb.e 7. Change
C{XmVc. 8. Piece Of Joy
/[>sf[X\I9 9. Lonely
[ps*uva 10. Sometimes
Q?/o%`N 11. What's This All About ?
UEVG0qF 12. Mother
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E#Dt4 13. Thank You