t==\D? Rt wz>[CXpi_ 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
U|Uc| 6 歌手姓名：Ayo
L_q3m-x0h 唱片公司：Universal
hQeG#KQ 发行日期：2008年10月6日
R>B6@|}? 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
-""(>$b 2 推荐指数：4星
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"c+$GS 专辑介绍：
u82(`+B :eIQF7- At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
{DZ xK( time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
_& r1 9pY to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
O l; DJV first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
:!JQ<kV her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
\h?6/@3ob taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
5A+@xhRf vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
ueEf>0 Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
&ET$ca`j# who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
dDa&:L in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
0U8'dYf first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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@w;$M]o1 R_b4S%jhx At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
M 5$JBnN Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
^6J*:(eM talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
Q%524%f$ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
F\^\,hy Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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i8[ 2.vmZ aKP Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
11c\C Iu her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
: 76zRF Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
USa a #s4' days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
5H 1N]v+ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
P@D\5}*6 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
bGkLa/?S 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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T 2_iH=u performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
qHT73_R 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
GFju:8P? and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
I9m9`4BK Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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;&'ryYrex United States and Canada.
Gpi_p 5=I"bnIU On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
x6*y$D^B album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
\&~YFjB Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
, &n"# is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
S^ D7} includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
3SI0etVr (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
g* `xEb= ' (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
"Q:h[)a Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
h-RhmQA=Iz composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
'E bjn> " will be released at the end of September 2008 by
L62%s[ Universal Music France.
A\W) uwyN D _ 1O4/ 曲目列表：
@WJ\W `P C|2|OTtQ 1. I Am Not Afraid
NqGSoOjIO2 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
Go^TTL 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
E m^Dg9 4. Love And Hate
3o0ZS^#eB 5. Get Out Of My Way
$rTb'8 6. Better Days
X;2LK!x;y 7. Change
w^("Pg` 8. Piece Of Joy
C J7S5 9. Lonely
@rA V;D % 10. Sometimes
>]&Ow9- 11. What's This All About ?
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5pC}ZgEa< 13. Thank You
