Ayo带出的首张个人专辑【Joyful】,于2006年先行在欧洲上市,波兰和法国皆已创下白金唱片销售纪录,2007年正式站上国际舞台,交付横跨爵士/蓝调/流行各界之金牌传奇制作人Jay Newland(Norah Jones、Louis Amstrong、Chet Baker)坐镇操盘。首支主打单曲“Down On My Knees”,以轻柔手鼓与Acoustic吉他编织出最深情音线,唱着祈求再度挽回逝去爱恋的渴望,后段高亢激昂嗓音诠释令人动容;以民谣为架构同时宣泄淡淡法式香颂的“Without You”,是Ayo献给一生为家牺牲奉献的父亲之歌,声声唱出的感谢语词,勾起往日种种深刻画面;充满正面鼓励之作“Help Is Coming”,相信努力克服一切,不畏惧、不逃脱,总有一天成功会降临,包裹轻松摇摆的雷鬼调调,舒服享受随乐放宽心的自在;“And It’s Supposed To Be Love”在慵懒甜美的嗓音铺陈下,辅入轻松顺畅爵士风情,串入柔顺吉他声韵,增添此曲高雅动人之感;末曲“Neva Been”是Ayo在青少年学琴时的创作,以钢琴曼妙声调为基础,绽放香气扑鼻的迷人小调。藉此12首优质作品,彻底释放Ayo真诚微醺的动人音波。
Year: 2008
Genre: Soul, Jazz
Issued: France, Universal Music
About the film: a young pop recording of the concert - the singer Ayo, absorbed the echoes of the cultures of Europe, America and Africa. Ayo - the daughter of a Nigerian and a gypsy. In the language of the African Yoruba her name means "joy". It is these feelings and creates music Ayo. Ayo, a German national, lives between Paris and New York, two capitals that formed her musical 'I'. Very quickly the fame of talented and unusual girl began to spread among music lovers and now she gives recitals in the biggest venues in Europe. Her debut album Joyful in 2006 went double platinum in France, Germany and Poland.
Tracklist:
01. Without You
02. Letter by Letter
03. Only You
04. Africa
05. Help Is Coming
06. Girls
07. What Is Love
08. And It’s Supposed to Be Love
09. Watching You
10. Down on My Knees
11. Neva Been
12. Life Is Real
Bonus:
Life After the Olympia:
Paleo Festivalu
Byron Bay Blues 7 Roots Festival
KT Art Hall
Life According to Ayo
Video Clips:
Down On My Knees
And It'S Supposed To Be Love
Help Is Coming
Help Is Coming (internet version)
Life Is Real
Lead Sheets:
Help Is Coming
Life Is Real
Without You