ay`A Gr _<m yM2z 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
^6i,PRScS 歌手姓名:Ayo
d6vls7J/4 唱片公司:Universal
Q=n2frW(T 发行日期:2008年10月6日
Lxqv 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
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Kk|4 gBd@4{y6C. 专辑介绍:
W0;MGBfb (_Ky'. At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
1!p7N$QR time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
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56 [+;* vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
k@Mt8Ln Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
\I+#M-V who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
p|RFpn2ygF in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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fA" VLQE drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
pZV=Co3!I MYMg/>f[ At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
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D5$|vv1 her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
'Fr"96C$ Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
h;JO"J@H Polydor Records.
zya2 O?s -4LckY=]1 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Gz kvj:(V her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
cTu"Tu\Qw Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
:>3/*"vx?G days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
*EllE+M{n organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
r31)Ed$ released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
U C..)9 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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:`<ME/"YE Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
o3,}X@p performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Dt glPo_( 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
[/GCy0jk and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
n?}7vz; Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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4"d'iY United States and Canada.
j:P(,M[ @G?R( On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
DTo P|P album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
<Oihwr@5< Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
I'e`?H t is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
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includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
4o,G[Cf_ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
k4+ Q$3" (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
Ux+UcBKm- Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
aU?HIIA composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
&\L\n}i- will be released at the end of September 2008 by
|h^]`= 3 Universal Music France.
>eucQ] ,HECHA_" 曲目列表:
N-YCOSUu K %.>o 1. I Am Not Afraid
++Fv )KY@ 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
/y[zOT6 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
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4. Love And Hate
?5<x$YI 5. Get Out Of My Way
M+GtUE~" 6. Better Days
F42?h:y8I 7. Change
^2\-zX!bt 8. Piece Of Joy
k<QZ_*x}G 9. Lonely
f?W" ^6Df 10. Sometimes
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11. What's This All About ?
*_H^]wNJG 12. Mother
aK?PK }@ 13. Thank You