[Qy]henK ]j*o&6cQf 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
o80pmy7@ 歌手姓名：Ayo
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K 唱片公司：Universal
o1Mb HBb 发行日期：2008年10月6日
NxNR;wz>l 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
LAw X9q` 推荐指数：4星
L]9!-E o4Fh`?d} 专辑介绍：
$msT,$NJ \VHi At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
>gFF>L> time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
!aa^kcEjnL to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
}O2hhh_ first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
~W5 fJd0 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
~S|Vd taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
j V:U% vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
8 f,jC+( Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
gD=s~DgN) who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
RK'3b/T in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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D: JGd$` drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
hx)Ed `U2PlCf | At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
/nb(F h|{T Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
~Ufcy{x# talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
kt [#@M!} her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
6 Y&OG >_\ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
F__DPEAc_ Polydor Records.
i`2Q;Az_P6 7X|&:V.s| Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
4 I:Jb;k> her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
8k_,Hni Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
"^_p>C)T days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
tjDVU7um organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
m|24)%Vj;= released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
KT?vs5jg$& 2007 in the United States and Japan.
"~]9}KM}3W E'XF n' At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
bn<&Xe Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
ywq{9)vq performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
5? c4aAn 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
D-ug$ZRg and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
7dPA>5"XD Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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VrF]X# \) United States and Canada.
@sfV hWG EHzU`('?[ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
N:L<ySJ7 album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
xBB:b\ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
gl]{mUZz} is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
v{JCEb&wN includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
M_9|YjwS (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
=b`>ggw# (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
1O(fI|gcO Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
}[ AIE[ composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
~e%*hZNo will be released at the end of September 2008 by
7acAU{Rr Universal Music France.
>#!n"i; gkBat(Uc 曲目列表：
t$\]6R U ^4s#nf:} 1. I Am Not Afraid
> ^<qke 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
gu wnYS 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
tp 5]n`3rD 4. Love And Hate
Yn J=&21 5. Get Out Of My Way
B Am{Gb 6. Better Days
&]#D`u 7. Change
e#_xDR: 8. Piece Of Joy
F>^k<E?,C 9. Lonely
U,Z(h 10. Sometimes
Lg Bs<2 11. What's This All About ?
/x$ jd )C 12. Mother
N66jFRA;x 13. Thank You
