Leona Lewis - Spirit
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Artist: Leona LewisBrand: Columbia
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2008-01-07
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: J-Records
Product features:
- LEWIS LEONA SPIRIT (U.S. VERSION)
- Bleeding Love
- Better In Time
- I Will Be
- I'm You
- Forgive Me
- Misses Glass
- Angel
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Yesterday
- Whatever It Takes
- Take A Bow
- Footprints In The Sand (UK bonus cut)
- Here I Am (UK bonus cut)
Free Music Notes for Spirit
Free Music Review: The best new artist in over a decade-Brilliant!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I haven't written a review in quite a long time. In fact, I usually write reviews for movies instead but this CD deserves everyone's attention. I was driving home listening to the radio 3 months back. On the radio came Bleeding Love. I instantly kept the station there because of the amazing voice I was hearing. A voice unlike any other. When I got home, I searched the internet for a song called Bleeding Love & found it was by Leona Lewis. I said to myself, I've heard of her. I knew she was on X-Factor, Britian's equivalent to American Idol but never heard any of her performances so I went on You Tube and starting watching her performances. That's when I knew she was it. She is the most naturally gifted live singer ever. I'm a big fan of Celine Dion & Olivia Newton-John because I feel their voices are pure & they are both such gifted natural singers but Leona even beats them. I'm not a Mariah Carey fan. I do like a few of her songs but I feel she shrieks sometimes & that turns me off. When I watched her performances of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I Have Nothing, I Will Always Love You, Without You, Summertime, All By Myself, and Without You-I was simply overtaken. I ordered her CD Spirit from the UK & found the best CD in years. I instantly made copies & passed them to my friends, coworkers, everyone I knew to let them enjoy the music as well. Finally this CD is released in the US. If the US misses the boat on this one I will be greatly disappointed. Every song is absolutely melodic on both the UK and US versions so you really need both. First, I will cover the US version.
Bleeding Love - Absolutely wonderful & smart lead single. Already a number one hit here & all over the world. This song is the biggest selling single of 2007 in the UK. Terribly sad song lyrically but beautiful no less. Co written by Jesse McCartney, can't get over that. Even though it's a ballad, still has a great beat.
Better in Time - 2nd single in the UK. Already hit number two there. Very catchy & melodic mid tempo ballad also a fan favorite. Another sad song that's beautiful and has a very internationally understood message. Guessing it will be a single in the US as well.
I Will Be - Another instant classic. Again melodic & beautiful. Again a sad song to tug at the heartstrings that probably everyone can relate to.
I'm You - A very self-examining song that really makes you think about oneself when you follow the lyrics. Another power ballad, another beautiful addition.
Forgive Me - A new track for the US edition. Upbeat ditty produced by Akon is a smart contender for a single. Absolutely excellent, catchy fun tune. More light-hearted that most of the CD will let Leona shine in a different way. One of my faves, though I have many. One of the reasons to buy the US version of Spirit.
Misses Glass - the other new track is also an upbeat dream. Not quite as excellent as Forgive Me but still a contender for a single. I think this CD could have ten singles. This one sounds like a fun, lighthearted ditty but quite a sad song lyrically.
Angel - Another fave. this one is a mid-tempo ballad but not a tearjerker. This one is a positive love song so I believe a smart single choice. She shines quite well on her sad songs but on her happy songs she does as well. Another jem.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Okay my favorite singer of all-time is Sam Harris. I believe he is the best male singer naturally ever. The female equivalent is Leona & now they both have done this fantastic song. I think Leona's version is better than Celine Dion's (though I love hers as well) but it's a tie for her version & Sam Harris' version. Leona's is breathtaking & surpasses the original, but I don't feel it should be a single.
Yesterday - Also this beautiful mid-tempo ballad is a break up song, it has a more positive overtone in Leona's approach. The message states that no one can take away her memories of the relationship. Another excellent song with a universal message. Possible single contender.
Whatever it Takes - mid-tempo upbeat ditty is another excellent track. this one has a great positive overtone & message that appeals to a mass audience. Another possible & smart contender for a single.
Take a Bow - For sure one of my faves. I believe this should be the 2nd or 3rd single. I love this song more that Better in Time but because that's already a UK hit, that might be her next single. I love this one so much. Passionate, intense, and heartwrenching song appeals to a wide audience and has mass appeal. It has been compared to Justin Timberlake Cry Me a River but this song to me is so much more. The music, lyrics, vocal, arrangement, everything comes together so beautifully much like Bleeding Love does. A must for a single.
Footprints in the Sand - This song is also a single with Better in Time in the UK. This beautiful ballad really shows off her chops & should also be a single here in the US. Much like the great 90's ballads of Whitney this song showcases her talent so much & is another fave on the CD. Co-written by Simon Cowell, he does have a heart if he wrote this. Breathtaking.
Here I Am - Another slow ballad that shows off Leona's vocal perfection. Simply beautiful lyrically and vocally. Another possible single later in the game.
OK-now the UK version tracks NOT on the US edition.
Homeless - I can't believe this isn't on the US version. I want this to be a single as much as Take a Bow & Footprints in the Sand. This heartbreaking ballad is absolutely beautiful in all aspects. It's an incredibly sad song that whoever decided on the US tracks missed the boat by not including this masterpiece.
The Best You Never Had - Another fave of mine. I'm also disappointed this wasn't included. There was enough room on the CD for more tracks so I'm confused. Anyway they should have included these 2 before I Will Be & I'm You in my opinion though it's tough to cut any of the tracks.
A Moment Like This - Surpasses Kelly Clarkson by miles. So beautiful. She won X-Factor with this song. This song has the world record for the most downloads in the first 30 minutes. It's also available as a single with 2 live X-Factor songs Summertime & Sorry Seem to Be the Hardest Word so I'd recommend the single as well. This also should be on the US version but can understand why it was cut.
Also available Bleeding Love CD single with Forgiveness. Forgiveness is another excellent ballad worth the purchase. And Better in Time / Footprints in the Sand single has You Bring Me Down an excellent mid-tempo upbeat track that could be a single in it's own right. Absolutely wonderful.
Well that's it. This should be the top selling debut CD of all-time. It's the fastest selling debut CD of all-time in the UK. Hopefully here as well. She's the first UK solo female to hit number one of the singles chart for 21 years. The last one is another one of my favorites Kim Wilde. She deserves international success including the US. She's number 2 with this release on Amazon, let's make her number one everywhere. She should outsell Mariah, Madonna (whom I also love), and everyone else out there.
Spirit Poster
UK singer and songwriter Leona Lewis will release her debut album, Spirit, in America on April 8, 2008. For the first time, Clive Davis and Simon Cowell teamed up to sign Lewis to J Records/SyCo Music (Cowell's joint venture with Sony BMG), and are both actively involved in the recording process for Spirit. Lewis, a 22-year-old London native and winner of the hit TV show the X Factor, a British talent show, has broken all-time sales records there with Spirit entering the album chart at Number One and becoming Britain's fastest-selling debut ever. Spirit has scanned more than two million copies worldwide since its release in November. In addition, Spirit's lead-off single "Bleeding Love" -- co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan "Alias" Tedder -- was the U.K.'s best-selling single of 2007, claiming the Number One spot for seven weeks. Ushering in 2008, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Leona is currently in the studio recording two brand new tracks for the U.S. release of Spirit - "Forgive Me" by singer/songwriter superstar Akon and "Misses Glass" from the cutting edge producer/writers Madd Scientist and Rock City. Spirit is a mix of fresh pop and R&B, filled with "songs with a contemporary edge," as Lewis puts it, ranging from soulful up-tempo numbers ("I'm You," "The Best You Never Had," and "Whatever It Takes," which Lewis co-wrote) to ballads ("Better in Time," "I Will Be," and "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" -- a song that Roberta Flack made famous). Tracks were written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, including Tedder, singer/songwriters Akon and Ne-Yo, songwriters Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg, and songwriter/producers Dallas Austin, Stargate, J.R. Rotem, and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald -- all of whom have worked with some of the biggest names in pop. In addition to gracing the covers of UK fashion publications like Harper's Bazaar, US media are touting Leona as the artist to watch in 2008: People Magazine labels her "the UK's hottest star in an "Introducing" piece," Vogue presents her in their "People Are Talking About - The Vogue 25 Cultural Highlights of 2008" and Entertainment Weekly declares her one of "8 To Watch in 2008."Winner of Britain?s "The X-Factor," Leona Lewis debuts with a mix of pop and R&B. She is blessed with a vocal range that?s so versatile, in songs like "Better In Time," that one may immediately compare her to Mariah Carey or Beyoncé Knowles, especially in "The First Time I Ever Saw You." It?s not Lewis?s fault that her voice doesn?t distinguish her from these stars, but her producer, Simon Cowell (American Idol), plays it safe, and doesn?t add anything new to what Tommy Mottola achieved with Mariah decades ago. That?s not to say that the album is bad, but let?s just hope Leona Lewis?s sophomore effort shakes things up a bit more. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español
) Ganadora del concurso de talento británico "The X-Factor," Leona Lewis debuta con una mezcla de pop y R&B aderezada de una tesitura de voz que en sus momentos más agudos ("Better In Time") no deja de recordar a Mariah Carey, o que en sus notas graves ("The First Time I Ever Saw You"), pareciera ser Beyoncé Knowles. No es su culpa que su voz no tenga distinción, pero su productor, Simon Cowell (American Idol), juega a lo seguro y no propone nada que Tommy Mottola no haya logrado décadas atrás con Mariah y que decenas de seguidores han intentado hacer sin cambiar el mundo de la música. Eso no quiere decir que el disco de Leona Lewis sea malo, pero por favor, esperemos que en su próximo disco proponga. --Ernesto Sánchez (People en Español )
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