\v.16o bH biFy*+| 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
F<y$Q0Z} 歌手姓名:Ayo
zMasA 唱片公司:Universal
Zn&S7a>7 发行日期:2008年10月6日
X]d[" 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
l%@>)%LA 推荐指数:4星
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+4U ?*:n T.nY>Q8 At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
{X$8yy2zC5 time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
!X721lNP to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
.z7%74p first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
j<w";I&Diz her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
Xi3:Ok6FZ taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
A\J|eSG'$ vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
!DFT}eu Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
yAOYe"d who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
@Q~Oc_z in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Et{4*+A first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
jeM % XI drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
n|5+HE4@ 4r5trquC At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
d7Lna^ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
O}\$E{- talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
8+m;zvDSU her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
$rFLhp} Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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XwK Polydor Records.
Kc~h a&b75.- Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
z$OKn#%T her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
_r0[ z Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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j8kax/*[ organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
MzLnD D^ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
W]cJP 2007 in the United States and Japan.
lrg3n[y-l e\%emp-> At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
|#^##^cF/ Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
|f+|OZY performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Lk{ES$ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
pj?wQ' and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
z^s/7Va[ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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QfjgBJo% United States and Canada.
-m*IpDi R B7?T5G On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
mZLrU<)Y album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
?g*#ld() Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
3B| ?{U~ is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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)i@j``P (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
It.G-( (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
fW^\G2Fk Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
NUH;\*]8s composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
,{=pFs2 will be released at the end of September 2008 by
KDD_WXGt~ Universal Music France.
zFVNb lt 74`9,f 曲目列表:
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RK%N:!fq= 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
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3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
LliOhr4 4. Love And Hate
5P{PBd}glp 5. Get Out Of My Way
owYf1=G 6. Better Days
+dd\_\ 7. Change
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8. Piece Of Joy
R:49Gn:F 9. Lonely
HmxA2 ~C 10. Sometimes
$RA8U:Q!1e 11. What's This All About ?
Nm;(M= 12. Mother
BK._cDR 13. Thank You