7 `}z 7nk )3 AT=b 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
X`b5h}c 歌手姓名：Ayo
d#\n)eGr 唱片公司：Universal
~-+Zu< 发行日期：2008年10月6日
~ #CCRUhM 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
[XXN0+ / 推荐指数：4星
DtZm|~)a 4_<Uk 专辑介绍：
+mQSlEo o1Ln7r. At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
2XHk}M| time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
_ LNPB$P to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
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a"}#HvB+ her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
[Jo TWouNU taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
OX4D' vinyl albums which included Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Donny
Q8y|:tb$Y Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
W1 Qc1T8 who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
Gq/6{eRo\ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
)_cv}. xe first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
\BXVWE| drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
4- _lf(# i j_@3a)[NY At twenty-one Ayo. moved to London and later lived in
'hO;sL Paris and New York. During her time in Paris her musical
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~aAJn IO her first solo concerts, opened 2002 for soul singers
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;bZ*6-\!- Polydor Records.
j#t8Krd] " /;6@M=6u Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
BWdc^ her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
,$ zl w\ Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
d`uO7jlm days under live conditions, with a group of musicians
KTjlWxD organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
l/zC##1+. released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
917 0bmr 2007 in the United States and Japan.
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$?J+dB performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
dP7Vs a+ 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
m+2`" 1IE[ and on January 26, 2008 the Late Late Show with Craig
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F}`lLA Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
w&yGYH g 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
1Dya?}3 United States and Canada.
30 [#%_* o )w 2K&Zr0 On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
EEs-& album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
] @)!:<+ Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas. She
#CA%]*l*F is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her band
]osx. includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
^+%tlX_+. (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
%8bzs?QI (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
tpa^k Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
)nNCB=YF! composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
aM{@1m Bm will be released at the end of September 2008 by
cZe'!CQS Universal Music France.
F)/~p&H tE]5@b,R 曲目列表：
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tw'hh@7-Y 1. I Am Not Afraid
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2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
H(15vlOD 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
/ R_ u\?k( 4. Love And Hate
PwW^y#96 5. Get Out Of My Way
$D QD$ 6. Better Days
v"u7~Dw# 1 7. Change
rDVgk6 8. Piece Of Joy
w]};0v&\~s 9. Lonely
WP0 #i~3* 10. Sometimes
? k{|Lk 11. What's This All About ?
M#OH Y * 12. Mother
Bv^+d\*1 13. Thank You
