J E7m5k Ta C5 Q!_x( 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
)c{>@WM~ 歌手姓名：Ayo
dpw- a4o} 唱片公司：Universal
(u} /( Ux 发行日期：2008年10月6日
tP7<WGHd/ 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
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推荐指数：4星
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[I 3 Nu8 dN)8r At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
HyVV,q^E time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
{0Y6jk> I to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
w9G|)UDib first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
%DYh<U4N her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
C| ~ A]wc= taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
!>n!Q*\(Ov vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
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Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
M|mfkIk0MB who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
q.`< q in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
e;"J,7@ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
{zvaZY|K" drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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)#Y\" ={sjoMW At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
YM:sLeQ~c Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
kpIn_Ea talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
Z% ]K,9K her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
jez0 A Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
H.ksI;, Polydor Records.
mn?F;= qE 3 ai[ r Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
1 >j,v+ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
*k62Qz3 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
! 6%?VJB|b days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
fq6Obh=A# organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
e^>>" tr released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
;+E]F8G9r 2007 in the United States and Japan.
'7sf)0\:<p # dUKG8-HJ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
mG&A_/e!9 Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
eV |N@ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
"dX~J3$ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
>X$JeME3 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
r6Yd"~ n 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
ly17FLJ]. United States and Canada.
/B@{w-N a31e.3 6g On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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S@HC$ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
uI7n {4W*x is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
!HDb{f includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
YQ G< Q (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
,SR7DiYg (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
U.Mfu9}#: Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
iAu/ t composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
#XDgvX > will be released at the end of September 2008 by
K> $f#^ Universal Music France.
hT X [W%K Bdt6 w(`^ 曲目列表：
'6dVe 2V "CJ~BJI% 1. I Am Not Afraid
kWXLn cE 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
VO|ECB2e 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
w+ R/>a( ] 4. Love And Hate
"#r)NYq`"| 5. Get Out Of My Way
S\).0g oOW 6. Better Days
U"k$qZ[ 7. Change
sE% $]Jp 8. Piece Of Joy
XGx[Ny_A2 9. Lonely
Ik0g(-d 10. Sometimes
;|5-{+2 U% 11. What's This All About ?
$9,&BW_* 12. Mother
P } sr 13. Thank You
