'p Z~3q F'|,(P 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
dI'C[.zp[ 歌手姓名：Ayo
)M^;6S
唱片公司：Universal
GTJ\APrH 发行日期：2008年10月6日
a?Q~C<k 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
tHhY1[A8m 推荐指数：4星
,cgC_ % yTbBYx9Bi
专辑介绍：
sM~C
P zMa | b@?]M At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
\k;raQR4t* time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
h1)p { 5}H to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
r!Mr\ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
nJ2l$J< her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
7B7I'{d taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
,9W 0fm \t vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
QHtpCNTVb Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
%NxNZe who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
,QG,tf? in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
TzX>d<x first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
bh+ R9~ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
*%8,G'"r? EHo"y.ODg At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
Qj3UO]> Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
lzxn} TO} talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
)03.6 Pvs her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
+S3'm s Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
%81tVhg Polydor Records.
;g W~+hW ^ 8mCr6$|% Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
l(&CO<4q? her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
P *%bG 4 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
8<_WtDg days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
Q jQJ
" organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
Dq-h`lh!D# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
=Oo*7|Z 2007 in the United States and Japan.
MJ92S( 4["}U
1sG At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
x /9`2X`~ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
0Fi7| performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
qBCZ)JEN#U 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
w#JF7; and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
lgnF\) Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
59EAqz[: 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
co~TQpy^ United States and Canada.
<( ^-o4Cl Nwu#,f=X On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
*b.>pY?2| album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
ShSh/0
Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
]v9<^! is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
HP?e?3.T includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
A:p0p^* (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
+}^}
<|W6 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
A\SbuRty Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
<|m"Q!f composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
9MGA#a will be released at the end of September 2008 by
;Y)?6^" Universal Music France.
]Mtb~^joG < rCl
曲目列表：
LoTq 2 / t( ZiQ<A 1. I Am Not Afraid
-`Z5# 8P 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
{N
_v4}) 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
Z0-W% W 4. Love And Hate
-@i2]o 5. Get Out Of My Way
/] R]7 6. Better Days
( zTr/ 7. Change
7dW9i7Aj 8. Piece Of Joy
JQ.ZAhv 9. Lonely
<' s1+^LC 10. Sometimes
wRLkO/Fw 11. What's This All About ?
K sHovv-A 12. Mother
?+dI/jB4X 13. Thank You
