j;zM{qu_ ,CJ WO bn3 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
nkPh,X\N0 歌手姓名：Ayo
J4hL_iCQ 唱片公司：Universal
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发行日期：2008年10月6日
Cp\6W[2+B 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
poE0{HOU 推荐指数：4星
~g91Pr #<fRE"v:Q 专辑介绍：
p%ki>p )E| &$+ AXzn At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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x>K Or,f to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
$ Gf(38[w first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
1 C+13LE$U her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
xo^b&ktQd taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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Pr< Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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Q0sI (V# first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
hgG9m[?K drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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Nf!*<\E Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
b=C*W,Q_# Polydor Records.
zpn9,,~u , >a&"V^k Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
WCZjXDiwJ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
:U|1 xgB Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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IyUc organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
dFxIF;C>/ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
DeVv4D:}@ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
LH.]DVj uh0V FL*@ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
;?Tbnn Wn Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
LVM%"sd? performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
n` _{9R 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
,&A7iO and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
RMV/&85?y Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
Qp5VP@t 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
;+R&}[9,A) United States and Canada.
:LQYo '@yB g/d<Zfq<{ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
P= BZ+6DS album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
?>:g?. + Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
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/KaZH R. includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
5DU6rks% (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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/{ J4:N'B> Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
HVCe;eI composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
?=msH=N<l will be released at the end of September 2008 by
/U*C\ xMm Universal Music France.
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A@ 曲目列表：
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%?>G _yx>TE2e 1. I Am Not Afraid
*KF#'wi 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
e2Pcm_Ahv* 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
D /gw .XYL 4. Love And Hate
.hb:s,0mP 5. Get Out Of My Way
3pROf#M 6. Better Days
n38p !oS 7. Change
ub0.J#j@ 8. Piece Of Joy
?zMHP#i 9. Lonely
< NY^M! 10. Sometimes
H2 {+) 11. What's This All About ?
u~:y\/Y6 12. Mother
05#1w#i 13. Thank You
