"q9~C #uD)0zdw 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
Gs_*/E7, 歌手姓名:Ayo
Lo|NE[b:G 唱片公司:Universal
;Ch+X$m9 发行日期:2008年10月6日
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S.Wh4kMUe 推荐指数:4星
PS_3Oq) gtaV6sD 专辑介绍:
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RsqRR`|X? her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
!q~X*ZKse taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
pgz:F#> vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
klK-,J Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
":UWowJO who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
2X qTyf< in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
_Hz~HoNU first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
]+}ZfHp drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
]~j_N^oZ1X G*P[z'K= At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
)CC?vV Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Hk<X talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
vh9kwJyT her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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90 Polydor Records.
k%EWkM)? m!HC -[< Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Nk lz_] her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
=&di4'` Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
b34zhZ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
2x7(}+eD organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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+G*"jI8W 2007 in the United States and Japan.
V+qFT3?- ~pHJ0g:t At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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w5u*hx Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
|Hx%f performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
~/^y.SsWM 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
BKa A=Bl and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
G"G{AS Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
=]=B}L` 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
Si#"Wn?| United States and Canada.
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+90u!r^v Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
2-B6IPeI is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
#^5a\XJb includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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0L!er%GM Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
4fu'QZ(} composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
WuBmdjZ will be released at the end of September 2008 by
!a' K & Universal Music France.
"sFW~Y mZ`1JO9 曲目列表:
' oBo| l'|E,N>X 1. I Am Not Afraid
]O6KKz 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
kxwNbxC 4. Love And Hate
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uQeqnGp 6. Better Days
m,\i 7. Change
99J+$A1 8. Piece Of Joy
CkRyzF 9. Lonely
5){tBK| 10. Sometimes
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~RcNZ\2y 12. Mother
VT'0DQ!NIq 13. Thank You