S$muV9z2= u$<FKp;I 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
b2p<!? 歌手姓名：Ayo
]V.9jlXF 唱片公司：Universal
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?Dkc' 发行日期：2008年10月6日
nR"k % $ 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
6LvUi|~"< 推荐指数：4星
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q @af# B LMcvK\9 专辑介绍：
WYa DN:kZf @ Cqg 2 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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f<kL}B+,Og to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
cJE2z2uW0 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
ap;UxWqx her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
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WQ"ZQ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
M6DyOe< Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
ZU "y < who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Zjo9c{\ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
* ?KQ\ Y first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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luC',QJB "?avb`YU' At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
V?Nl% M[b Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
%o{vD&7\ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
8q tNK> D her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
1bj75/i<6 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
53(m9YLk Polydor Records.
IOmIkx&`GP KCC S7l/ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
+d'h20 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
4 6e;UUf!d days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
pr;L~$JW organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
{[Yv@CpN released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
y>~Ke UC 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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f~KYL At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
PDpIU.=!0 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
VVe >} performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Dri1A% 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
zBjqYqZ<+ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
}]n&" =Zk- Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
!P:hf/l[B 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
O-&n5 United States and Canada.
-Xd/-,zPY g~V{Ca;} On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
r/{VL3}F_e album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
2{#quXN9 Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
?Rl*5GRW is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
i_ =P!%, includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
vb70~k (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
-)$)< k (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
)FHaJ*&d Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
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\T [*|"RFZ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
goHr# @ Universal Music France.
>?tcL * >c1mwZS ; 曲目列表：
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po 1. I Am Not Afraid
^ #Wf 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
\?C(fp R 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
'+}hVfN 4. Love And Hate
\dfq& oyU\ 5. Get Out Of My Way
.:lzT"QXI 6. Better Days
^iI^) 7. Change
x/4lD}Pw] 8. Piece Of Joy
{?j|]j 9. Lonely
qrdA?V V 10. Sometimes
I&cb5j]C 11. What's This All About ?
nrf%/L 12. Mother
e~-D k .i 13. Thank You
