s7a\L=#p( JGGss5 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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歌手姓名:Ayo
eR8h4M~O 唱片公司:Universal
|JuXOcr4 发行日期:2008年10月6日
5-=mtvA: 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
)ae/+Q8 推荐指数:4星
olK%TM[Y }1X,~y] 专辑介绍:
X1tAV>k5'L //V?rs At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
(nvSB}? time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
;}^Pfm8 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
Dugr{Y/0 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
BR"*-$u0; her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
)WKe,:C taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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B.= vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
lFI"U^xC Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
.i[Tp6'%, who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
W!GgtQw{F in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
]%shs first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Z{u*vUC& drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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X At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
Fv#ToT:QXe Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
0~an\4nh talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
gt}/C4| her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
*K-,<hJ#L Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
rpDH>Hzq Polydor Records.
D&Ngg)_Mq 7<-D_$SrU Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
b$.N8W% her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
O6k[1C Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
HYW+,ts' days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
V`@@ufU} organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
j_p.KF'[? released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
8.]dThaq 2007 in the United States and Japan.
vP88%I; r&Za*TD^ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
N \A)P Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
5vg@zH\z performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
{_ewc/~ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
Q$Vxm+ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
A+;]# 1y(D Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
fwXk{P/ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
O{SU,"!y United States and Canada.
63-`3R?; Hdj0! bUx On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
!Y`nKC(=z album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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&7J{MU Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
TZ-n)rC)v is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
B\Rq0N]' M includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
YR~g&E#U^ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
s~M!yuH (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
t2tH%%Rs Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
BC!l)2 composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
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y(6&90cr Universal Music France.
/Hx%gKU /M B0%6m 曲目列表:
N#]f?6*R <NT /+>:2 1. I Am Not Afraid
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>|2JN<& 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
OuS{ve 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
IExQ}I 4. Love And Hate
Es[?yft2Q< 5. Get Out Of My Way
*R1x^t+) 6. Better Days
\!z=x#!O$ 7. Change
B'atwgI0 8. Piece Of Joy
YgdoQBQ 9. Lonely
!4I?59 10. Sometimes
M8S4D&vpD4 11. What's This All About ?
mxGvhkj 12. Mother
>:Q:+R;3o 13. Thank You