rgVRF44X{ 53:~a 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
jvB[bS`<H 歌手姓名:Ayo
.m]}Ba}J$ 唱片公司:Universal
[o<hQ`& 发行日期:2008年10月6日
q|<B9Jk 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
$!*>5".A 推荐指数:4星
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专辑介绍:
Dq<la+VlO n!z!fh At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
S#M8}+ZD, time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
b$DiDm to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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A+/5TW first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
#s c!H4 her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
62HA[cr&) taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
a5#G48'X vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
!=:>y WQ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
id:,\iJ who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
3l?|+sU>O in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
SvSO?H!- first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
zTcz+3x drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
"BSY1?k{ /GGyM]k3 At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
A:(|"<lA Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
q?7''xk7 talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
eV*QUjS~ her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
,<L4tp+y0 Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
16/ V5 Polydor Records.
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<)TIj6 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
gg#9I(pX her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
%J1'>nI!q Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
R7Qj<, days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
3yRvs;nWS organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
t/t6o& released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
legWY)4D; 2007 in the United States and Japan.
%EU_OS(u.{ y0p=E^QM At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
4|_xz;i Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
7=N%$]DKZ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
9mHCms 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
"}_J"% and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
Kc[^Pu Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
z+.G>0M 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
o+hp#e United States and Canada.
=*'yGB[x) =b$g_+ On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
4-[U[JJc album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
CL2zZk{u_ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
5)f 'wVe is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
7a9">:~ includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
TkTGYh (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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n (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
L$c 1<7LU Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
}2LG9B% composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
g.Ur~5r will be released at the end of September 2008 by
G$YF0Nc Universal Music France.
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O]q4 曲目列表:
;gEEdx'&T a?Fz&BE 1. I Am Not Afraid
}6LcimQyK 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
rY Puo 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
6$PQ$ 4. Love And Hate
zz3{+1w] 5. Get Out Of My Way
|oeg'T 6. Better Days
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vKoQ!7g 8. Piece Of Joy
T:'<:*pD 9. Lonely
s;<]gaonB_ 10. Sometimes
4%v-)HGh 11. What's This All About ?
l-IA Q!d 12. Mother
BThrv$D} 13. Thank You