Gravity At Last

Gravity At Last (2008)

1. I Am Not Afraid 3:35
2. Maybe (Ayo Blues) 3:28
3. Slow Slow (Run Run) 3:29
4. Love And Hate 3:45
5. Get Out Of My Way 2:46
6. Better Days 3:32
7. Change 3:11
8. Piece Of Joy 3:38
9. Lonely 4:15
10. Sometimes 3:36
11. What's This All About? 3:21
12. Mother 5:29
13. Thank You 4:06
14. Sometimes - Home Acoustic Version 3:01 (or Get Out of My Way Home Acoustic Version)
15. Welcome to My World 3:54 (only on MP3 release with PDF booklet)

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All songs written and composed by AYO, published by OGUN MUSIC, administered by Universal Music Publishing France for the world excluding North America and Japan.

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• Gravity At Last on Wikipedia
• Wikipedia: List of French number-one hits of 2008

Photo: Marc Baptiste

• Co-produced by Ayọ and Jay Newland
• Ayọ (text and compositions, lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars)
• Larry Campbell (acoustic, electric and National resonator guitars, citern, pedal steel guitar, mandolin and violin)
• Sherrod "Licspiffy" Barnes (electric, acoustic and baritone guitars and backing vocals)
• Lucky Peterson (Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, clavinet, piano)
• Keith Christopherson (bass)
• Jermaine Parrish (drums)
• Don Harris (trumpet)
• Ozzie Melendez (trombone)
• John Scarpulla (tenor saxophone)
• Neile Symonette (percussions)
• Jerry Lawson (vocals)
• Dave Eggar (cello)
• The Compass Point Horns
  • Jawara Adams (trumpet)
  • Tino "Sheep" Richardson (tenor Saxophone)
• Engineered by Jay Newland and Andy Manganello
• Mixed by Jay Newland
• Executive Producer: Jean-Philippe Allard (assisted by Farida Bachir)
• Recorded March 2008 Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Island of New Providence, The Bahamas

Charts Country Peak Weeks/Date Charts Belgium 18 8 ultratop Cyprus 4 13.9.-18.9.08 Musical Paradise: TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS France 1 5.10-11.10.08 Charts in France France 1 28.9-4.10.08 Top Albums téléchargés France 1 7 lescharts.com France 1 7 France Albums Top 150 France 1 11.10.08 iTunes Store Top 10 Albums Germany 35 4 WOM Album Top 50 Greece 3 6 Top 50* Italy 46 1 (week 44) Italy Albums Top 50 Luxembourg 2 11.10.08 iTunes Store Top 10 Albums Poland 6 9 OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart Switzerland 10 8 swisscharts Switzerland 10 8 Swiss Albums Top 100 Switzerland 3 11.10.08 iTunes Store Top 10 Albums European Hit Radio 16 20.10.08 EUROPEAN ALBUMS TOP 40 MP3Fiesta 22 EuroTop MP3Fiesta 50 MP3FiestaTop

RTL Les playlists Reviews Tangled Magazine (Australia) 2 out of 5 Now-on.at (Austria) Sanft ist ihr Kampf: Das zweite Album der deutschen Soulpopreggae-Poetin. 5 out of 7 Citysearch.com (Australia) First Impressions: Ayo Continues To Uplift Adventures of an Audio Diva blog

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The making of Gravity At Last Interview with Ayo. on France24

Background: "An album was not enough to talk about my life, my experiences, my views. In this new album I talk about what shocks me in the world, policies and corruption. But there are new topics such as 'Love, my father, my mother, my son. My music allows me to express many things that hurt me and I can not speak, it helps me very much, it's a real therapy, as for the first disc, but my therapy is not finished." Ayo. says (Source: Ayo: une tournée aux États-Unis et un nouvel album (France-Amérique.com) French original: "Un album ne suffisait pas pour parler de ma vie, de mes expériences, de mes opinions. Dans ce nouvel album je parle de ce qui me choque dans le monde, des politiques et de la corruption. Mais il y a de nouveau sujets comme l’amour, mon père, ma mère, mon fils. Ma musique me permet d’exprimer beaucoup de choses qui me font mal et dont je n’arrive pas à parler, cela m’aide beaucoup, c’est une véritable thérapie, comme pour le premier disque, mais ma thérapie n’est pas finie!") Gravity At Last (Polydor/Universal Music France, is co-produced by Jay Newland) and contains 13 songs (recorded in analog technology) written and composed by Ayo. herself. The first single of the disc Slow Slow (Run Run) will soon be available over the airwaves and in stores. The album was recorded like the first one within just five days under live conditions. (Listen to an excerpt) Ayo. and her band started on the 10th of March to record her second album at the Compass Point Studios in Nassau on the Island of New Providence, The Bahamas (the recording studio was founded 1977 by Chris Blackwell the founder of Island Records). Ayo. is co-producing the album with Jay Newland. Her crew consists of Andy Manganello (engineer), Keith Christopherson (bass), Larry Campbell (guitars and other string instruments), Lucky Peterson (keyboards), Sherrod Barnes (guitar / vocals) and Jermaine Parrish (drums). (see NEWS) Images published in her MySpace album (see also Photos) more Ayọ performs a new cut off her upcoming album on 14.04.2008 at the Hiro Ballroom: Video from mefeedia.com

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Releases CD Universal 060075310379 (UMG) / EAN 0600753103791 CD Polydor 060075311204 (UMG) / EAN 0600753112045

Release dates OpenDisk: 8. September 2008 France: 29. September 2008 Germany: 10. October 2008 UK: 23. March 2009 (Wrasse Records)

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