~G0\57;h +eiM6* /0 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
CiE 歌手姓名：Ayo
g\sW2qXEw 唱片公司：Universal
|7@[+ 发行日期：2008年10月6日
bMT1(edm 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
(1.E9+MquU 推荐指数：4星
j3j<01rq *5( h,s3& 专辑介绍：
JffjGf-o DDdMWH^o7 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
b "U{@ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
w eMC 9T)B to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
WfbG } %&J first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
=nQ"ye her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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o K;.|ja vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
r:h\{ DVf Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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p4m9@ \gn drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
5GD6%{\O {J`Zl1_q At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
//C3tW Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Wj2 s+L7, talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
*P4G}9B|9: her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
<0my,hAK Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
uyr 56 Polydor Records.
CXqU< a& )6?(K"T Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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0!v+ + Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
xf1@mi[a days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
MCN}p i organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
sF NB rL released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
\!HG kmd 2007 in the United States and Japan.
KiXXlaOs s7RAui At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
Xo[={2 _ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
^l\U6$3 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
<0,c{e 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
?C #=Q6 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
]Bo !v*12 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
wOH$S=Ba5, 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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JTu^p]os? ^8S'=Bk On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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GC( :}e | Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
O ][R "5d is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
=]r<xON%S includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
#DMt<1#: (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
Y{P0?` (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
{Lj]++`fB] Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
f?O?2 g composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Y`@:L' j will be released at the end of September 2008 by
'bN\8t\S Universal Music France.
BbA7X mSSDV0Pfn 曲目列表：
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+H0+om j 1. I Am Not Afraid
*QAcp` ;* 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
,v;P@R L|g 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
hS) X`M 4. Love And Hate
t!MGSB~ 5. Get Out Of My Way
uY]nqb 6. Better Days
Bob K>db 7. Change
U8_<?Hd 8. Piece Of Joy
)l}Gwd]h 9. Lonely
<Wgp$qt; 10. Sometimes
Yj+p^@{S2P 11. What's This All About ?
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U ~krv> I 13. Thank You
