[j0[c9.p[ >4X2uNbZS 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
K|Sq_/#+U 歌手姓名:Ayo
$CE dJ+0z 唱片公司:Universal
1X2j%qI& 发行日期:2008年10月6日
_cs(f<>oCO 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
\ZLi Y 推荐指数:4星
#h[>RtP: @-)?uYw:r 专辑介绍:
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` At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
A O:F*%Q u time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
H[~ D]RG}' to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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d-~V. her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
dBXiLrEbs taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
[~{F(Le vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
72sqt5C] Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
K<J,n!zc who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
$NVVurXa in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
YcobK#c first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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wb.yGfJ _aFe9+y At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
A2 +% Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
l}uZxKuYx talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
nEsD+}E? her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
jKml:)k Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
?kO.>o Polydor Records.
g5nJ0=9 B r#{ Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
*-9i<@|(U^ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
q2EDrZ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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zIrOMh organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
nc;eNB released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
WA(x]"" 2007 in the United States and Japan.
0 %~~IT}U Lm4`O% At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
J>A9]%M Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
dkw.o.e performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
'.bf88D 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
TTVmm{6 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
n*7^lAa2 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
bSsg` 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
`7=$I~` United States and Canada.
]<^2B?} ./F:]/Mt On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
[on_=N{W[ album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
1#=9DD$4 Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
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&+#5gii1i includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
4QA~@pBX^{ (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
l5T[6C Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
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composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
^bv^&V&IB will be released at the end of September 2008 by
q-`&C Universal Music France.
r:bJU1P1$s Z5vdH5?!r 曲目列表:
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-L_ 1. I Am Not Afraid
zGtJ@HbB 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
hW#^H5? 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
|6Q5bV 4. Love And Hate
01'>[h#_n 5. Get Out Of My Way
u#Ig!7iUu 6. Better Days
^)-[g 7. Change
JdS,s5Z> 8. Piece Of Joy
D./{f8 9. Lonely
%6 *c40 10. Sometimes
+Vk L?J 11. What's This All About ?
N0p6xg~ 12. Mother
~z:]rgX 13. Thank You