/8xH$n&xoC _*s~`jn{H 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
1ZT^)/ G 歌手姓名：Ayo
UTZ776`S&X 唱片公司：Universal
Hm>-LOCcl 发行日期：2008年10月6日
a9[mZVMgUK 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
i= oTg 推荐指数：4星
m8'@UzB Y [W6Sc 专辑介绍：
i<%m Iq1L di 7A/ B At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
b -PSm=` time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
j!YNg*H to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
}@d>, 1DU first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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wGg0 hL taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
}FrEF\}]_7 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
^6 Yd} Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
{'NBp0i who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
^^%JoQ. in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
yahAD.Xuo@ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
H4t)+(:D ' Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Zr =ib talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
7 0_} S*T her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
Y?<)Dg .[ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
!X-9Ms}(d Polydor Records.
Ua %UbAt .}o~VT:!?Y Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
>w9sE8i her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
Q| ?'(J+ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
IXnb]q. days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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>,N%~ 69>/@< At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
Oukd_Ryf Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
?=<~^Lk performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
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P >(&glr| and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
)IHG6}< Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
Nb0Ik/:< 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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5 ,]ga[ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
=NadAyv album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
C0QM#"[ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
@OzMiN is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
Hfh!l2P includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
1RLym9JN (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
h Uh+JW (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
RND9D\ 7 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
V^WU8x composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
dN< , %}R will be released at the end of September 2008 by
sf$o(^P9\A Universal Music France.
#AShbl jm+ _g~2R#2Q 曲目列表：
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'F 1. I Am Not Afraid
7tRi"\[5 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
5X#E@3g5 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
R:M,tL-l 4. Love And Hate
V,Q4n%h1. 5. Get Out Of My Way
ziiwxx_ 6. Better Days
&kzj?xK=(j 7. Change
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(okv 8. Piece Of Joy
Hkege5{ 9. Lonely
##cnFQCB 10. Sometimes
ZIDbqQu 11. What's This All About ?
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2s\BY% XY 13. Thank You
