[k6I#v<& -&5YRfr! 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
<e2l@@#oy 歌手姓名：Ayo
1 ~zjsi 唱片公司：Universal
lT|Gkm<G 发行日期：2008年10月6日
ITn% 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
1[!v{F%] 推荐指数：4星
zw>L0gC )XN_|zCk 专辑介绍：
4E39]vb vk92j? At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
b6N[t _, time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
p{g4`o to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
8:,($a/KF taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
kFn/dQ4| vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
V*giF` gq Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
O[ Vet/^) who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Muo E~K2 in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
<\^0!v first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
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rAH!%~ ("9bV8:@B At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
yQK{ +w Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
tVAi0`DV talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
heVk CM : her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
'ToE Y3 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
4)S99|1 Polydor Records.
zjpZ] $ srGOIK . Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
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yLnQ9BXB& days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
t6 DSZ^Zq organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
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q+?<cjVg 2007 in the United States and Japan.
VdlT+'HF DB/~Z At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
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7 Sx|n}a-3 performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
@J[@Pu O 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
:@((' X(". and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
ldA_mj{ Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
h d3 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
aM}9ZurI United States and Canada.
V8^la'_j ~ :ASv>m On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
FK _ ZE> album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
\SWTP1 Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
nip 6|dN is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
)1 s5vNVa includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
)?F &`+ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
e\%,\ uV} (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
d:%b Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
K./qu^+k composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
;TAj;Tf]H will be released at the end of September 2008 by
\|HEe{nA Universal Music France.
*~#I5s\s! ]auvtm- [ 曲目列表：
b] 5weS-< AV5={KK 1. I Am Not Afraid
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%K6veB{M 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
c1#0o) q*7 4. Love And Hate
}`uyOgGg* 5. Get Out Of My Way
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yHe L&H 8. Piece Of Joy
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{L-^J`> G 10. Sometimes
&<A,\ M 11. What's This All About ?
L&p R# 12. Mother
qSY\a\.< 13. Thank You
