,\xeNUZd #|xK>; 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
5 o'V} 歌手姓名:Ayo
cea%M3 唱片公司:Universal
Q3'\Vj,S& 发行日期:2008年10月6日
rt^<=|Z 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
1-Sc@WXd 推荐指数:4星
$x)C_WZj? %\Z{~(&-v 专辑介绍:
a}c .]zm] $i7iv At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
YP5V~-O/ time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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!:'%'@uc first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
$2~I-[ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
#"jEc*&= taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
g!,>. vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
^0Cr- Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
8F9sKRq|rO who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
4en[!* in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
MR} GxI first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
-NGY+1 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
n3SCiSr %ZDo;l+<F6 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
F]:@?}8R Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
/{gCf talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
/4}{SE her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
A(S = Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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Polydor Records.
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TU Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
ZaIlo5 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
fo;Ftf0 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
E Z15 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
]2`PS<a2 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
-Jr6aai3+ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
^rO3B?_ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
0pYO-@E eo.y,U h At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
38ChS.( Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
@)owj^sA performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
@*`9!K% 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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xx{}g]% and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
|]kcgLqj Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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iCt1~U 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
z~i=\/~tZ United States and Canada.
;'CWAJK !$ItBn/_ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
} Wx#"6 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
?=}~]A5N Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
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4-E@>% is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
%eW[`uyV includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
A2LqBirkl (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
5v<X-8" (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
;<i `6e Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
c'ExZ)RJ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
n#8N{ya5x1 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
U>PF#@ C/ Universal Music France.
vs]#?3+ 1#9qP~#]'{ 曲目列表:
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1. I Am Not Afraid
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2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
f4eLnY 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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Hyx%FN= 5. Get Out Of My Way
.hd<,\nW 6. Better Days
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zJY5@^'7 7. Change
V bQ9o 8. Piece Of Joy
i]oSVXx4WC 9. Lonely
Hry*.s - 10. Sometimes
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n>|9(K8 11. What's This All About ?
?|Y/&/;%I 12. Mother
IWbW=0IsS 13. Thank You