@KM !g,f (GLd"Zq 专辑名称:Gravity At Last
aY^_+&&G 歌手姓名:Ayo
:hre|$@{a 唱片公司:Universal
7XE |5G 发行日期:2008年10月6日
82w='~y 专辑流派:Soul/Folk
hpftVEB 推荐指数:4星
/65ddt _m;#+`E 专辑介绍:
_z:7Dj# jU1 ([(?" At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
b)+;#m time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
beLT4~Z= to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
JXG%Cx!2} first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
C_SJ4Sh her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
&|;XLRHP} taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
LKCj@N dV vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
9M3XHj Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
~x:\xQti who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
T%{qwZc+mJ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
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dso6ZRx drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
PQ6.1} 2=P.$Kx At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
b`?$;5 Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
Q8]lz} talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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vuL;P"F4& Omar and Cody Chesnutt, and signed a contract with
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NY, Polydor Records.
{s ]yP_ l/(|rl#6 Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
>_R,^iH" her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
cV=0)'&<`_ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
*{_WM}G days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
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*@2+$fgz released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
^oykimYI- 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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}f/xMp-Y Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
MST\_s%[ performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
OrN~ Y#D 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
d&N[\5q and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
%jS#DVxBR Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
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2008 the singer started her second tour through the
m+jW+ United States and Canada.
3U.?Jbm-8 cx+li4v On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
7W7!X\0Y album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
|I0O|Zdv Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
wZAY0@pA is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
dn? #}^," includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
sKIpL(_I$ (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
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K #f*LV5 Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
BAJEn6f? composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
BGe&c,feIc will be released at the end of September 2008 by
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Universal Music France.
xs'vd:l.Pp j/C.='?% 曲目列表:
Msk^H7 Gtyy^tz[ 1. I Am Not Afraid
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8/tvS8I#y 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
6)@Y 41H]C 4. Love And Hate
xM#+jI 5. Get Out Of My Way
"b#L8kN 6. Better Days
BB>R=kt 7. Change
O|Z5SSlk 8. Piece Of Joy
"1#piJ 9. Lonely
3BSJ|o<"= 10. Sometimes
5Az4 < 11. What's This All About ?
O< \i{4}} 12. Mother
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