!o`riQLs> ) 7C+hQe 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
d`UK mj 歌手姓名：Ayo
z3c7 唱片公司：Universal
WF_ v>g:g 发行日期：2008年10月6日
gNJdP!(t 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
x7xMSy 推荐指数：4星
s:K'I7_#@ ?bAv{1dvT= 专辑介绍：
[sNvCE$\] m[CyvcF*u At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
B.C:06E5 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
$0gGRCCG; to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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Hqtv`3g her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
]D&U} n taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Wn{MY=5Y vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
8VtRRtl Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
O\SH;y,N who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
sXmP<c in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
=9h!K:,k first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
]!]B7|JFJ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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3 a|pk4M Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
a!EW[|[Q talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
6zi 5 #2 3 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
(tyky&$! Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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E{P94Ph v OdpHF~(Y/ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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yWORiXm her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
n[B[hAT Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
0NK|3]p days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
6RG63+G organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
FJ{/EloF released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
b0/YX@ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
zwU1(?]I{ .4ZOm'ko{ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
(I`l v=R"j Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
*\@RBJGF performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
CG95ScrX 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
peH jKK and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
*$5p,m6G Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
R58NTPm 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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EDuH+/:n {kBsiSvsA; On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
cU-A 1W album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
PD^G$LT Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
UCXRF is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
p/88mMr includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
B;S'l|-? (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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E_S.. (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
w3 kkam" Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
in5e * composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
RO|8NC<oj will be released at the end of September 2008 by
xXc>YTK' Universal Music France.
?68~ g<d, 7#W]Qj 曲目列表：
{bADMj1 Qwt0~9n( 1. I Am Not Afraid
b;{"@b,Y 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
6)p8BUft 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
S>>wf:\ c 4. Love And Hate
/G|v.#2/g 5. Get Out Of My Way
)[J @s= 6. Better Days
j!y9E~Zz 7. Change
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8. Piece Of Joy
AorY#oq 9. Lonely
/ Y od 10. Sometimes
i]N<xcF9N* 11. What's This All About ?
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<O;f 12. Mother
x=IZ0@p 13. Thank You
