?`SBGN; \7(OFT\u: 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
.6i +_B| 歌手姓名:Ayo
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" 唱片公司:Universal
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Aq 发行日期:2008年10月6日
[!#;QQ&M 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
m`,h nDp 推荐指数:4星
(>om.FM Nu; 9 专辑介绍:
oFu( J ns[h_g!j; At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
\D! I"mr time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
rIj B{X{Z first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
A^pRHbRq her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
U&gl$/4U@ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Ed"p|5~ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
]@msjz' Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
p#dYNed]' who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Or()AzwE@ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
,5|@vW2@u first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
A6F/w drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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>~: At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
sGJZG Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
M0MvOO*ad talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
Nu%MXu+ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Polydor Records.
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$ 9C1\?)"D^e Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
l9$"zEC her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
i"y @Aj!7 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
:AC( \ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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52 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
flU?6\_UC 2007 in the United States and Japan.
2o`L^^ , *Z!Bd8 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
Dn.%+im-u Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
E"Y[k8-:2/ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Ivc/g, 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
"[\TL#/ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
k!wEPi] Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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+@yTcz United States and Canada.
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8R RZ:='; On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
&B ^LaRg album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
`CEHl &w Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
#;>v,Jo is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
]KRw[}z includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
hdH}4W (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
Eg#WR&Uq" (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
ksli-Px Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
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FG?b3 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
0\yA6`}! will be released at the end of September 2008 by
l>jNBxB|/A Universal Music France.
N/N~>7f um1xSf1Xv 曲目列表:
A#Jx6T`a -|&&lxrwh 1. I Am Not Afraid
b*"%E,? 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
+T]D\];D 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
.OSFLY#[? 4. Love And Hate
IX 2 dic' 5. Get Out Of My Way
:^992]EBEj 6. Better Days
GA"zO, 7. Change
h2m@Q={ 8. Piece Of Joy
XlU`jv+ 9. Lonely
IkJ-*vI6 10. Sometimes
18gApRa 11. What's This All About ?
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["5 12. Mother
X< p KAO\ 13. Thank You