JxP= [>I n7"e 79 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
,*2%6t`N? 歌手姓名：Ayo
~a[]4\ m; 唱片公司：Universal
h 94SLj] 发行日期：2008年10月6日
*J!oV0# 1 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
Tv<iHHp 推荐指数：4星
. *>L D PKR0y%Ar 专辑介绍：
l/yLSGjM |v8 >22y At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
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E $/`7p8) to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
<\ ?ySto first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
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;=hl !CB taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
HGB96,o f9 vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
QY-P!JD Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
d#I'9O0& who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
.Q?cNSWU in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
Q 0,]Q ]_ first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
%H~q3|z drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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_,NL;66=[ Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
K4N~ApLB+ talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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x7t<F4 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
0LrTYrlj Polydor Records.
TRcY! ?Re @`f+* Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
Ii,e=RG> her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
gJ+MoAM" Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
Qa5<g o{ days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
]~U4; organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
.YYiUA-i9n released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
0F1 a 2007 in the United States and Japan.
!?D PI) /j0< x^m/ At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
U)=StpTT Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
8v8?D8\=| performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
-7fsfcGM$ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
:XxsD D Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
%{!*)V\ 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
0.'$U}#b United States and Canada.
8~YhT]R= kO{A]LnAH On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
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Q '/v-bd?o is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
VRQ'sn@ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
Opx"'HC@G (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
zO)A_s.6K (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
8 SFw| Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
f GS5{dti composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
zt,pV \| will be released at the end of September 2008 by
T6_Li B @ Universal Music France.
86+nFk (b!`klQ 曲目列表：
o m9zb&{tu {jV EstP 1. I Am Not Afraid
Km/#\$|} 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
c ow]qe6K 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
UB5X2uBv 4. Love And Hate
6KpG,%2L# 5. Get Out Of My Way
s01W_P .@R 6. Better Days
&i/QFO7y} 7. Change
)'pc 1I 8. Piece Of Joy
$d[ -f eU 9. Lonely
-( d ,AX 10. Sometimes
oJ<Wh @ 11. What's This All About ?
,vN0Jpf}\8 12. Mother
KPT@I3P 13. Thank You
