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█ 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 total █
█ SIZE: 71.71MB █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2008-04-08 ▐▌
█ RIP DATE: 2008-04-09 █
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█ 01. Bleeding Love 4:23
█ 02. Better In Time 3:55
█ 03. I Will Be 4:00
█ 04. I'm 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

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█ Not dupe of the previous release. Props to them for getting it out.Different
█ tracklisting, bonus tracks dont appear in any other release. Past 3 months,
█ enjoy!
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█ The truest test of Simon Cowell's power within the music industry circa 2008
█ was not whether American Idol could produce a star in its seventh season or
█ if 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 he
█ so clearly believed she is. Lewis was the third winner of the X Factor - the
█ Cowell-driven replacement to Pop Idol in Britian, a replacement that came to
█ be because he wanted to own a significant piece of the show - and one of the
█ key differences between Factor and Idol is that the judges can mentor the
█ contestants and therefore have a stake in the outcome of the show, more than
█ they do on Idol, where the judges merely comment. Rightly impressed by Lewis'
█ multi-octave voice - reminiscent of a warmer, earth-bound Mariah Carey -
█ Cowell continued his mentorship after the conclusion of the show, making her
█ the first contestant in the whole Idol/Factor enterprise that he personally
█ shepherded through the major label process. He struck a deal with Clive Davis
█ - the executive producer behind all the American Idol projects, the producer
█ who publicly bristled when Kelly Clarkson tried to take control of her career
█ through her original compositions - and the two launched a grand plan to
█ break Lewis in her native UK first, then slowly roll her out in the US a few
█ months later, via an appearance on Oprah and a slightly resequenced and
█ remixed version of her debut, Spirit.
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█ That US version drops the bonus track of Leona's version of "A Moment Like
█ This," her first hit single that is not so coincidentally a cover of Kelly's
█ first big single. If Kelly became a thorn in Davis' side, Leona Lewis seems
█ happy, even eager, to play the major-label game, singing anything that comes
█ her way, never lodging a complaint when she has to cut a couple R&B-flavored
█ tracks to appeal to the American market. These tunes - "Misses Glass" and
█ "Forgive Me" -- are just slightly glitzier than the rest of Spirit, surely
█ bearing heavier rhythms but not to the extent that the beats obscure Lewis's
█ voice, as the whole point of Spirit is to showcase her singing, particularly
█ those high glory notes that are all the rage on Idol/Factor. Unlike most
█ Idol/Factor alumni, Lewis can hit those big notes but make it seem easy,
█ never straining her voice and building nicely to the climax. Unlike most
█ divas, there is a human quality to her voice, as she's singing to the song,
█ not singing to her voice. Then again, this was also true of Mariah Carey on
█ her 1990 debut, which Spirit greatly resembles in how the handful of
█ R&B-oriented songs camouflages how this is almost entirely a stuffy
█ middle-of-the-road pop record. Not only that, but Spirit is so old-fashioned
█ it sounds as if it could have been released in 1990 and compete with Carey's
█ debut for the top of the charts; her first single "Bleeding Love" opens with
█ a crawling organ that recalls the muted gospel of "Vision of Love," even if
█ the skin-crawling lyric "you cut me open and I keep bleeding love" wouldn't
█ have suited the Top 40 in 1990. That stultifying adult-contemporary
█ atmosphere may makes Spirit stilted but it's also as savvy a move as you
█ could expected from Cowell: ever since Mariah has long ago abandoned AC for
█ the clubs, there is a gaping need for a vocalist like Leona Lewis, a singer
█ that can belt it out but is safe and tame, having no interest in the perks of
█ stardom that exist beyond the stage. And boy is Leona Lewis ever that - she
█ is blessed with a terrific voice but very little on-record personality,
█ something the very professional, very inoffensive tunes emphasize. Thanks to
█ this collection of calculatedly commercial tracks - tunes crafted to appeal
█ to everyone yet no one in particular - Lewis merely comes across as the most
█ talented and most willing singer to ever play Cowell's game, so no wonder he
█ loves her. But this also points out the big difference between how Cowell has
█ taken Leona Lewis under her wing and how Tommy Mottola watched over Mariah.
█ Mottola married Carey, having both an emotional and financial stake in her
█ career, but those mixed emotions helped obscure the machinery that drover her
█ career. Cowell is only in it for the cash with Lewis, so the machinations are
█ too apparent on this otherwise appealing debut. And that's too bad because
█ Spirit surely reveals a singer that has a richer tonal quality than any diva
█ to come along in the past 15 years or so - if she had gotten the tunes to
█ match her voices, this would have been both a killer record in addition to
█ the international blockbuster that it was so carefully crafted to be.
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█ Don't forget to support the artists! We did.

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