gB]jLe @x_0AkZU 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
#{@qC2!2/ 歌手姓名:Ayo
z[0tM&pv 唱片公司:Universal
<aY>fg d/1 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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F[>Y8e<[ 推荐指数:4星
$.zd,}l@L D&G^|: G 专辑介绍:
J>1%*Tz ':]Hj8t_ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
>tm4Rg~y time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
PCnu?e3F to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
w|61dB first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
m|Sf'5fK her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
EF'8-* taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
5RyxVC0< vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
/ACau<U]t Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
hP$5>G(3 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
-?NAA]P5c@ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
=ba1::18 first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
|qpFR)l drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
.TNGiUzG Ey{p;;H At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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-#,4rN# talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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"G@(Cb*+T Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
ZtY?X- 4_ Polydor Records.
-FW^fGS+ ~/rKKc Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
8\p"V.o> her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
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ijKQ`}JA days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
-K/c~'%'* organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
p!K^Q3kO released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
BDLJDyf B 2007 in the United States and Japan.
g!^mewtd L. 8`5<ITw At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
#"fn; Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
H'Jz:6 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
|?TX^) 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
t+D= @"BZP and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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z>)lp$ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
2 a*+mw United States and Canada.
MeV*]* B qLL]%F On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
H~bbkql album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
=,8nfJ+x Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
,P=.x% is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
rp|A88Q/! includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
35 L\ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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h.kjJF Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
U5p 3b; composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
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^fmuBe}d{ Universal Music France.
$i1:--~2\ Rln\ 曲目列表:
syCT)}T6z }$LnjwM;, 1. I Am Not Afraid
p3e=~{v* 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
wCu!dxT|, 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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@U@O#+d'ZR 5. Get Out Of My Way
`26.+>Z7 6. Better Days
M*D@zb0ia 7. Change
UhJ!7Ws$ 8. Piece Of Joy
J"$U$.W= 9. Lonely
x=kJlGT 10. Sometimes
f,ZJFb98 11. What's This All About ?
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]dgi]R|` 13. Thank You