["L?t ^*G ?,%N? 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
z0Zl' 歌手姓名:Ayo
, JZ@qmQ, 唱片公司:Universal
um8ZhXq 发行日期:2008年10月6日
R*&3i$S 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
;QEGr|( 推荐指数:4星
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D1g1"^~g 专辑介绍:
1}ToR= (U.&[B At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
O0$ijJa| time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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Q to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
*M`[YG19!e first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
q?0goL her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Ppp&3h[dW) taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
&Y#9~$V= vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
HE,wEKp Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
}Ql;% 7 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Ahwu'mgnC in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
)7`~U"r first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
0>?mF]M drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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(6A{6_p At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
rpXw 8 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
rvfl~<G* talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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CNN?8/u!@ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
kU^@R<Fo Polydor Records.
LnyA 5T Q@j:b]Y9 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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rBF<z7 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
#F6ak,9S4 Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
-OW$ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
0yZw`|Zh[ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
34l=U? released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
LaIif_fie^ 2007 in the United States and Japan.
){(cRB $ gSv<.fD" At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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W ][IHy< performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Pb`sn5; 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
#,9|Hr% and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
W UV Q_<i+ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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mP} 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
6x7=0}' United States and Canada.
g!QumRF aOuon0 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
]f c:CR album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
(l^lS=x Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
:Oj+Tc9A is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
u,]yd* includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
df)1}/*L (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
BA5= D>T- (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
y7Ub~qU Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
-|T^ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
Af%?WZlOq will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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Universal Music France.
?t"PawBWE Y\=:j7' 曲目列表:
3k(?`4JJ %2+]3h>g 1. I Am Not Afraid
@rF\6I 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
h=tY 5]8 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
E}GSii%S 4. Love And Hate
.edZKmC6 5. Get Out Of My Way
G@'0vYb# 6. Better Days
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tv{.iM|V c 8. Piece Of Joy
kr/h^e 9. Lonely
_aGdC8%[ 10. Sometimes
{+EPE2X=C 11. What's This All About ?
{V&7JZl,/ 12. Mother
c%dy$mkqgK 13. Thank You