&w0=/G/T=~ ^0Q*o1W 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
YZ l%JX 歌手姓名：Ayo
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lc-|Q#$3$ 发行日期：2008年10月6日
X t =bc 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
md"%S-a_dT 推荐指数：4星
G 7]wg>* Bx- ,"Z \ 专辑介绍：
gN( hv.nQ \NU [DHrMP At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
7Ca\ (82 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
rbPs~C-[ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
H4NEB1 TO> first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
=on!&M her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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v{ n}%akc vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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A= UIN! who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
UwkX [u in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
V^I /nuy first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
q}$ =bR1+ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
]? (F'& n-3j$x1Ne At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
C-u/{ C P Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
ATM:As:<@ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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rs Uw(K^ Polydor Records.
* g4Cy 8$ ]A$^ l, Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
$sF#Na4^ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
e[m hbFf- Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
\t# 9zn> days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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4> VZk^%b# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
yVHl T 2007 in the United States and Japan.
QX.6~*m1 %K'* P56 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
no NF;zT Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
AH'4H."o/9 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
NK9WrUj) 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
=8p+-8M[d and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
gkML .u Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
](>7h _2B 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
WG/J4H`Od United States and Canada.
<ytKf<a%e Mp"ci+Iu On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
}<ONx g6Kb album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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0j!ke1C&C is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
$Cd ;0gd v includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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? ZHE8 (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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hL bT\J`I composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
`JWYPsWk will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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j%Z{.>mJ NQ!N"C3u 曲目列表：
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1. I Am Not Afraid
0uIV6LI 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
2r}uE\GN 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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iCnUnR{ 5. Get Out Of My Way
6"Lsui?? 6. Better Days
?FV7|)f 7. Change
#Emff VtY 8. Piece Of Joy
Uty(sDtu 9. Lonely
Q ;X HHk 10. Sometimes
O<dZA=Oez 11. What's This All About ?
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12. Mother
>[XOMKgQ]( 13. Thank You
