m&oi8 P-6 ^D_/=4rz8 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
ixh47M 歌手姓名:Ayo
uH^PQ 唱片公司:Universal
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$| 发行日期:2008年10月6日
;#)mLsl 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
Ti;Ijcq8 推荐指数:4星
a>B[5I5 DrvtH+e 专辑介绍:
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po v)kEyX'K2d At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
>7U>Yh time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
[rOaM$3| to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
zN_:nY> first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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>Dg#9 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Qc{RaMwD vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
%im#ww L% Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
`wTlyS3[ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Y/8K;U| in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
[$(R#tZ+ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
n1:v HBM@\ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
g#K'6VK{ i(wgB\9i4 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
q cA`)j Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
]yX@'f talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
9<]a!:!^ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
m^\TUj Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
/=#~ Polydor Records.
PI?j_8 FFGqa& Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
nyT[^n her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
xwzT#DXGJ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
lg:y|@Y'' days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
?&h3P8 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
=ziy`#fm, released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
~HUZ#rUHm> 2007 in the United States and Japan.
JK~ m(oQ P-JfV 7(O8 At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
{rkn q_;0 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
8R69q: performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
oBlzHBn>0 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
8!h'j and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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2<&%N2 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
2Q$\KRE 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
f'dK73Xof United States and Canada.
td(M#a- VKLU0*2R On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
.)8 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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Inuc(_I is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
?Nl"sVCo includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
.Tm- g# (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
nY) .|\|i (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
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RJs Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
%N~CvN@T composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
VVrwOoCN will be released at the end of September 2008 by
udT xNl! Universal Music France.
6|;0ax4:P B$`lYDqaG 曲目列表:
`.k5v7!o 1BD6l2y 1. I Am Not Afraid
d0C8*ifFO 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
\kwe51MQ 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
gB CC 4. Love And Hate
Yn[x #DS 5. Get Out Of My Way
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s%dF~DSK 7. Change
6hbEO-( 8. Piece Of Joy
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g+Ph6W 10. Sometimes
,e ELRzjl 11. What's This All About ?
uU+s!C9r 12. Mother
O=O(3Pf> 13. Thank You