!(*mcYA*W pB|L%#.cW 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
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C 歌手姓名:Ayo
A)2vjM9}K 唱片公司:Universal
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发行日期:2008年10月6日
iH#~eg 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
V=VL@= 推荐指数:4星
k.rP}76 Z 7t 0=U 专辑介绍:
zawU RU,f|hB4 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
Dp6]!;kx time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
5znLpBX<N to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
@BbZ(cZ* first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
ZO2u[HSO> her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
j?i Ur2 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
8JAA?0L"' vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
X1]&j2WR Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
W'E!5T^ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
p.n]y=o.) in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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j2cLb drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
S6B(g_D| F8 ;M++ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
TYw0#ZXo Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
;9q3FuR talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
4;M her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
5@tpJ8E8$ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
tV9W4`Z2q Polydor Records.
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{:IOTy her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
q]0a8[]3 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
';+; days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
nSz Fs(]f organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
>Gk<[0U released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
>@[`, 2007 in the United States and Japan.
DdJxb{y7 z_*]joL At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
" 6~pTHT Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
U>(5J,G performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
*ys@'Ai? 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
5>t&)g and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
?Mp~^sgp' Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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2008 the singer started her second tour through the
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United States and Canada.
{0lY\#qcE :bE ^b On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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O4@Ki4f3A% Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
l#7,<@) is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
V-}d-Y includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
iv?'&IUfK (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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(keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
aj20, w Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
;8JJ#ED composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
D2[wv+#) will be released at the end of September 2008 by
@?!/Pl49R Universal Music France.
8d-; ;V 25l6@7q. 曲目列表:
_0)#-L>xKF PkLRQ} 1. I Am Not Afraid
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r%xp^j} 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
h76#HUBr! 4. Love And Hate
vYL{5,t {1 5. Get Out Of My Way
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Y`LZ/Tgk 8. Piece Of Joy
M`FsKK` 9. Lonely
*GfGyOS( 10. Sometimes
prlnK 11. What's This All About ?
GuV-[ 12. Mother
(gNI6;P;} 13. Thank You