Leona Lewis - Spirit

Leona_Lewis-Spirit-(US_Retail)-2008-VAG
ARTIST: Leona Lewis
TITLE: Spirit
LABEL: J Records/Sony BMG
GENRE: Pop
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 191 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 0h 52min 25sec totalSIZE: 71.71MB
RELEASE DATE: 2008-04-08
RIP DATE: 2008-04-09


TRACK LIST
01. Bleeding Love 4:23
02. Better In Time 3:55
03. I Will Be 4:00
04. Im You 3:48
05. Forgive Me 3:41
06. Misses Glass 3:41
07. Angel 4:15
08. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 4:27
09. Yesterday 3:55
10. Whatever It Takes 3:27
11. Take A Bow 3:54
12. Footprints In The Sand (UK Bonus Track) 4:09
13. Here I Am (UK Bonus Track) 4:50

RELEASE NOTES


The truest test of Simon Cowells power within the music industry circa 2008was not whether American Idol could produce a star in its seventh season orif its UK cousin The X Factor would have another success in its fifth season,it was whether he could turn Leona Lewis into the international superstar heso clearly believed she is. Lewis was the third winner of the X Factor - theCowell-driven replacement to Pop Idol in Britian, a replacement that came tobe because he wanted to own a significant piece of the show - and one of thekey differences between Factor and Idol is that the judges can mentor thecontestants and therefore have a stake in the outcome of the show, more thanthey do on Idol, where the judges merely comment. Rightly impressed by Lewismulti-octave voice - reminiscent of a warmer, earth-bound Mariah Carey -Cowell continued his mentorship after the conclusion of the show, making herthe first contestant in the whole Idol/Factor enterprise that he personallyshepherded through the major label process. He struck a deal with Clive Davis- the executive producer behind all the American Idol projects, the producerwho publicly bristled when Kelly Clarkson tried to take control of her careerthrough her original compositions - and the two launched a grand plan tobreak Lewis in her native UK first, then slowly roll her out in the US a fewmonths later, via an appearance on Oprah and a slightly resequenced andremixed version of her debut, Spirit.That US version drops the bonus track of Leonas version of A Moment LikeThis, her first hit single that is not so coincidentally a cover of Kellysfirst big single. If Kelly became a thorn in Davis side, Leona Lewis seemshappy, even eager, to play the major-label game, singing anything that comesher way, never lodging a complaint when she has to cut a couple R&B-flavoredtracks to appeal to the American market. These tunes - Misses Glass andForgive Me -- are just slightly glitzier than the rest of Spirit, surelybearing heavier rhythms but not to the extent that the beats obscure Lewissvoice, as the whole point of Spirit is to showcase her singing, particularlythose high glory notes that are all the rage on Idol/Factor. Unlike mostIdol/Factor alumni, Lewis can hit those big notes but make it seem easy,never straining her voice and building nicely to the climax. Unlike mostdivas, there is a human quality to her voice, as shes singing to the song,not singing to her voice. Then again, this was also true of Mariah Carey onher 1990 debut, which Spirit greatly resembles in how the handful ofR&B-oriented songs camouflages how this is almost entirely a stuffymiddle-of-the-road pop record. Not only that, but Spirit is so old-fashionedit sounds as if it could have been released in 1990 and compete with Careysdebut for the top of the charts her first single Bleeding Love opens witha crawling organ that recalls the muted gospel of Vision of Love, even ifthe skin-crawling lyric you cut me open and I keep bleeding love wouldnthave suited the Top 40 in 1990. That stultifying adult-contemporaryatmosphere may makes Spirit stilted but its also as savvy a move as youcould expected from Cowell: ever since Mariah has long ago abandoned AC forthe clubs, there is a gaping need for a vocalist like Leona Lewis, a singerthat can belt it out but is safe and tame, having no interest in the perks ofstardom that exist beyond the stage. And boy is Leona Lewis ever that - sheis blessed with a terrific voice but very little on-record personality,something the very professional, very inoffensive tunes emphasize. Thanks tothis collection of calculatedly commercial tracks - tunes crafted to appealto everyone yet no one in particular - Lewis merely comes across as the mosttalented and most willing singer to ever play Cowells game, so no wonder heloves her. But this also points out the big difference between how Cowell hastaken Leona Lewis under her wing and how Tommy Mottola watched over Mariah.Mottola married Carey, having both an emotional and financial stake in hercareer, but those mixed emotions helped obscure the machinery that drover hercareer. Cowell is only in it for the cash with Lewis, so the machinations aretoo apparent on this otherwise appealing debut. And thats too bad becauseSpirit surely reveals a singer that has a richer tonal quality than any divato come along in the past 15 years or so - if she had gotten the tunes tomatch her voices, this would have been both a killer record in addition tothe international blockbuster that it was so carefully crafted to be.Dont forget to support the artists! We did.

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