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>U 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
0xMj=3'] 歌手姓名:Ayo
X.V[0$.; 唱片公司:Universal
VW<0Lt3 发行日期:2008年10月6日
eUBrzoCO 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
~ ?^/u8 推荐指数:4星
,hRN\Kt)p $>q@SJ1q 专辑介绍:
`JURQ:l)3^ Nneo{j At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
/'wF2UR to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
=RKSag& first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
f.xA_Y> her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
C+N k"l9 taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
Qa4MZj;$K vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
]A+o>#n}x Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
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qJv[MBjk3B in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
#wR;|pN first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
Zv!{{XO2; drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
'Jj=RAV` Q[u6|jRt At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
wkb$^mU Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
wCKj7y[ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
{/8Q)2*>0 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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k#S B[o`k]] Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
kOrl\_!z3 her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
=|U@ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
TzG]WsY_ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
@N.jB#nEb organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
>U!*y4 released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
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ccJM>9 &^.57] At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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5.0e~zlM- performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
elPE%' 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
L}k/9F.5 and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
K_&MoyJJ9f Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
=;L*<I 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
uGP(R=H United States and Canada.
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On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
iCQ>@P]nE album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
[2c{k Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
dK9Zg,DZL is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
)A8v];.]3 includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
Z;DCI-Wg (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
E/b"RUv}h (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
7/IlL Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
3iNkoBCg composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
P 7D!6q will be released at the end of September 2008 by
F7}-! Universal Music France.
,FSrn~-j9 ^+|De}`u 曲目列表:
lS5ny <i. apBH 1. I Am Not Afraid
~N0sJ% 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
V!/:53 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
8Cx^0 4. Love And Hate
9$*s8}| 5. Get Out Of My Way
7<\C?`q" 6. Better Days
dY!Z 7. Change
bn9;7`>. 8. Piece Of Joy
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9. Lonely
A;X=bj _&a 10. Sometimes
45 >XKr.% 11. What's This All About ?
Sv[ 5NZn0& 12. Mother
&(pjqV 13. Thank You