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w 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
lFcHE c 歌手姓名:Ayo
dxZn| Y 唱片公司:Universal
4Wa$>vz 发行日期:2008年10月6日
~Eik&5 z 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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cK 推荐指数:4星
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{&D$U'ye 专辑介绍:
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Mwtr#q} At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
F g):>];<9 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
N.]~%)K:{ to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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lWJYT<kt her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
B%tj-h(a taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
,-k?"|tQ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
"d~<{(:N^ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
=^*EM<WG) who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
l& sEdEA in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
%z[=T@ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
1B&XM^>/ drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
HpUJ_pZ o.|36#Fa At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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?/hS1yD; talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
32anmVnf her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
P92pQ_W Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
I~p*~mLh' Polydor Records.
Lr\(7r vmfFR Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
[4B(rra her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
zT/woiyB` Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
=c#mR" 1 days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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|FlB# released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
L.K| ]]u 2007 in the United States and Japan.
a5pM ~.] @ra JB' At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
~+BU@PHv Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
&+oJPpHi\ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
|na9I6 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
{(F}SF{ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Vi'7m3& Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
3|G~_'`RLt 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
9<P%?Q United States and Canada.
XknNb{. r .Q@]+&`|}i On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
g%m-*v* album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
3?h!nVI+2J Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
g3%x"SlIU is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
A93(} V7I includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
LSXsq} (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
5OOXCtIKf (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
D0S^Msk9L Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
~WV1t][ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
,1<6=vL will be released at the end of September 2008 by
.S=|ZP+ Universal Music France.
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1. I Am Not Afraid
g}9heR 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
]eFNR1<OP 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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69uDc 5. Get Out Of My Way
/Q#eP m 6. Better Days
l 8GAZ*+ 7. Change
4{6,Sx 8. Piece Of Joy
]:?hU^H]< 9. Lonely
i{Q,>Rt 10. Sometimes
juM~X5b 11. What's This All About ?
|Df`Aq(eYJ 12. Mother
PqyR,Bcx0 13. Thank You