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h_z^rwn 专辑名称：Gravity At Last
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$\b Vu2&I 唱片公司：Universal
u]i%<Yy89 发行日期：2008年10月6日
,+I]\ZeO 专辑流派：Soul/Folk
e Z-fy,E 推荐指数：4星
Sw5:T ;%^{Zybh 专辑介绍：
S ?J(VJqE [IAk9B.\ At the age of six Ayo. played the violin for a short
J9DI( ` time, then turned to the piano and later taught herself
aw~h03R_Z to play the guitar. When she was about 15, she wrote her
$ #2<f 6 first song, which was about her mother, and which helped
%<[{zd1C- her to cope with her traumatic childhood. Her musical
j3T)gFP taste was influenced by her father's large selection of
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0Q?%B6g$m[ Hathaway, Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley. When her father,
b4bd^nrqV who worked part-time as a DJ while studying engineering
NA'45}fQ in Germany, discovered her singing talent he recorded a
RWo7_X O first demo tape with her in a studio and allowed her to
"kBV Hy drop out of school at the age of eighteen.
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j 4=iHnE; talent was noticed by a broader audience, and she gave
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!3k-' ),z& WlvT&W Shortly after giving birth to her son Nile, she recorded
_",(!( her first album Joyful in January 2006 in the New York
hB.8\-}QMq Sony studio. The whole disc was recorded in just five
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,;w ~ VZ4 organized by her producer Jay Newland. The album was
tR'RB@k J released in June 2006 in Europe and Korea and in November
?i #x13 2007 in the United States and Japan.
mKO~`Wq%@ h wXsfh | At the end of 2007 Ayo. started a concert tour through
| L Q%sV Germany and the United States. On her American tour she
zc)nDyn performed with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. On 10 January
Sj(>G; 2008 she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman,
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.p e3L7g Ferguson, performing her song Down on My Knees. In June
wQy~5+LE 2008 the singer started her second tour through the
B;=Z^$%T United States and Canada.
xtv%C >@ 8'C "F On 10 March 2008 Ayo. started recording on her second
]h`* w album Gravity At Last at the Compass Point Studios in
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rMIX{K)'f includes Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell
gk xHf m (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson
-|}?+W (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar/vocals) and Jermaine
fNAW4I I} Parrish (drums). The album with 13 tracks written and
*Lz'<=DLoW composed by the singer was recorded in only 5 days and
9kWI2cLzQt will be released at the end of September 2008 by
T\p>wiY2|F Universal Music France.
!$1qn sz QpQ 2hNf 曲目列表：
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*j&\5|^V 1. I Am Not Afraid
=TEe: %mN 2. Maybe (Ayo Blues)
Pf4zjc 3. Slow Slow (Run Run)
c3l(,5DtH 4. Love And Hate
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{9Qc\Ij 6. Better Days
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^kcuRJ0*$ 8. Piece Of Joy
Lct_6? 9. Lonely
1WqCezI 10. Sometimes
8iD7K@ 11. What's This All About ?
[-l> f P0 12. Mother
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