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H*f w ?)-6~p 4N 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
S?b&4\: 歌手姓名:Ayo
.4^+q9M 唱片公司:Universal
[tkx84M8 发行日期:2008年10月6日
%3qjgyLZ| 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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9[ 推荐指数:4星
5(ZOm|3ix IOZw[9](+ 专辑介绍:
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b /al56n At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
kMCP .D45; time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
fX`u"`o5 to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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2" first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
Y:;_R=M her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
9SsVJ<9,R taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
d[9{&YnH ! vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
`[5xncZ- Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
{.$7g8]I who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
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g7]S first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Pv5S k8 drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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`f}s<At At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
+8zACs{p Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
U\lbh;9G talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
N 62;@Z\7 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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a~- Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
AVQcD`V3B Polydor Records.
UCcr> G,!j P2S Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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%cn1d>M+I Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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SWC days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
O80Z7 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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gGvL6Fu 5Jo'h] At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
#a=]h}&1? Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
Db Qp(W0 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
2x<BU3 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
'S6zk wC] and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
mbbhz, Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
5V/&4$.U! 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
NW6;7nWb United States and Canada.
lVT*Ev{&. !QwB8yK@ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
y`zdI_!7 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
|.Vgk8oTl is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
v];YC6shx includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
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/E<Q_/'Z (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
9e`};DE Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
VQ('ejv}/ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
@xdtl{5G will be released at the end of September 2008 by
E|9`J00 Universal Music France.
#WG}"[ ,c @lDnD%vZ` 曲目列表:
l tNI+G X$;x2mz nM 1. I Am Not Afraid
]Y]]X[@ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
=M?+KbTJ3 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
EgG3XhfS 4. Love And Hate
00;SK!+$ 5. Get Out Of My Way
Ec<33i]h*p 6. Better Days
jX4$PfOhR 7. Change
^!^M Gzu 8. Piece Of Joy
t"Du 9. Lonely
,$t1LV;o= 10. Sometimes
g0B-<>E 11. What's This All About ?
[@qjy*5p 12. Mother
$A~aNI 13. Thank You