_cj=}!I H{,1-&>| 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
-gS9I^ 歌手姓名:Ayo
UcOP 0_/ 唱片公司:Universal
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| 发行日期:2008年10月6日
*w O~RnP 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
UZrEFpi 推荐指数:4星
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dcD#!v\0 sQkijo. At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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(=;'>*L( taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
*<y9.\zY< vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
p9u*l Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
A%HIfSzQBS who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
v[{7\Hha in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
-3v\ c~ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
O6)Po drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
*fIn<Cc 6w;`A9G[YI At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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,=4,eCS talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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+~aIT=i3 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
9T5 F0?qd Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
~ZSX84~@u days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
LQ4:SV'3 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
QOYMT( j released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
w9VwZow 2007 in the United States and Japan.
S`zu.8%5 [J}eNprg At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
8tQL$CbO Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
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1G5 AL2 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
qve'Gm) and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
{.AN4 Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
wn! =G~nB 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
uGb+ *tD United States and Canada.
@0P4pt;( Wq<oP On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
w)zJ $l album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
?{aJ#w Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
ou~$XZ7oi is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
_v 0iH includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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(guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
y,|2hrj/0E (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
#2ta8m), Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
Z^%a 1>` composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
-"JmQ Fha will be released at the end of September 2008 by
[O&}Qk Universal Music France.
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V;bi; 曲目列表:
~ E6e~ y.D+M$f 1. I Am Not Afraid
hN!;Tny 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
v9Ii8{ca| 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
?rQ .nN 4. Love And Hate
tB~#;:g 5. Get Out Of My Way
JfWkg`LqL 6. Better Days
axvZA:l 7. Change
WVpx 8. Piece Of Joy
s)]T"87H'_ 9. Lonely
/tj]^QspS 10. Sometimes
]goJ- & 11. What's This All About ?
8}:$=n4& 12. Mother
*1kFy_Gx 13. Thank You