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Reviews of: Spirit - The Deluxe Edition [CD+DVD]by Leona Lewis
Reviews A rehash of an already weak album First off, Leona lewis is someone I truly respect and admire. I supported her through the X Factor in 2006. From the moment she first performed on the live shows that year, it was obvious she had something special. Her raw vocal talent was and remains undoubted. As a person, you can tell the shy, humble and polite young lady we watched on tv was genuine. Today, after massive success worldwide, she remains a humble and soft-spoken young lady. You can tell she truly loves to sing and it's not about being famous for her like it is for so many of the reality tv contestants these days. All this aside, I hate to admit, I for one was (last year) and still am gutted by how poor her debut album really is. It might be continuing to sell by the truckload thanks to the success of Bleeding Love, general media hype and now the excellent Run but it's inevitable when album number two comes, I sense then the backlash will hit. I'm sure a lot of people are buying the album and finding it way too formulaic and samey.... One mid-tempo ballad after another. Apart from Bleeding Love, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Whatever it Takes on the original album released last year, I never listened to the rest much. The odd time, I tried but none of the tracks grew on me. They simply smack of formulaic album filler.... Tracks like yesterday, angel, the best you never had, take a bow, I'm you, here I am.... Well they all sound so samey and unoriginal, bog standard modern American r and b. What reflects so badly on this album is the fact that after just two singles- Bleeding Love and Better In Time, Leona's label basically realised that despite another 12 album tracks to chose from, they couldn't find anything special enough to release as a single that could be a hit... so they do what greedy record labels do best... re-release the album with new singles tacked on with varying success.... Forgive Me- they mightn't have bothered, although it shows a more fun and uptempo side of Leona, it's not a great pop song... it hardly set the charts alight either. Misses Glass- another album filler track, why did they bother? There was enough filler tracks before.. Run- Well what can I say, this track gives me hope for what Leona could do yet in her career. Spine-tingling, a modern masterpiece, so moving and convincing... just like she used to be on tv. Wouldn't this more mature sound be perfect for Leona as opposed to all the trendy-but-dull/ repetitive mid-tempo r and b ballads this album mostly consists of. A number one hit and so well deserved too. It just goes to show that it aint Leona's fault this album is so bad, it's the rubbish songs she has been given to work with... Simon Cowell needs to pull his finger out, just because he got Leona working with hip songwriters like Ne-yo, Ryan Tedder etc on this album, it doesn't mean they have given her great stuff to work with... Bleeding Love, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Whatever it Takes and Run are the only really good tracks on this album... But Run does give me hope that Leona can steer her music out of this rnb mid-tempo ballad rut she is in now... maybe her label will see now that a more adult contemporary, soft rock sound would serve Leona best. 2009-01-04 I have this at last ! YAY ! essential purchase! Yay! This arrived this morning. I had previously attempted to get Leona Lewis's 'spirit' but satanic rituals were not powerful enough to cope with a 'deluxe edition' spirit found in a woman who has coped with being so hideous. 2009-01-04 back atcha......... I purchased the original release of this cd on its first day of release, and must admit it was the most disappointing cd that i ever purchased, after all the hype and all that jazz - however after hearing Forgive Me, and the mega-selling download Run which i am a fan of from Snow Patrol - i decided to buy this deluxe edition, and the cd hit me straight in the face. I took to it straight away, and the voice that i voted for every week on X-Factor was back. From start to finish this cd is glorious, i don't think UK has a female singer quite like Leona. Admittedly i am a huge Mariah Carey fan, so i really wanted to slate this cd but i just cant, the voice is stunning, and Run will go down to classic status, or should do anyway - 1 extra bonus track Misses Glasses, kinds of passes without recognition. This album will please everybody i am sure, and ending on a high note of Leona's debut it includes 6, yes 6 Top 5 singles!!!! 2008-12-12 Superb Leona`s voice is extremely brilliant and she is the best X-Factor winner there will ever be - where are the others? Can`t even remember their names! Leona is HUGE. Her cover of `Run` is so brilliantly sung and it`s miles better than the original, it`s a masterpiece and I hope it stays at No.1 for Xmas. This whole album is EXCELLENT and you have the DVD to enjoy too. Awesome! 2008-12-12 Excellent I bought this album when it was first released and I have to admit it was played non stop. The girl has an amazing voice so it was no suprise she made it huge everywhere. When I heard they were rereleasing Spirit I was quite dissapointed that she wasn't doing another album and was determined not to buy it until I heard run. The vocals on that song alone make this album a must even if you have the other copy. I always liked Leona but she has matured beyond belief and this album is fantastic. She sounds so good and all the extra features and different versions of the songs on the album make it a total must buy if your a fan or even if your just hearing her for the first time. 2008-12-11 |
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