![]() ![]() Still, theres no doubt Lewis is a real talent. Songs like “Bleeding Love” (produced by Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney) are technically flawless, but youre left thinking is this all the sass and sparkle a bonafide Hackney gal can muster? “The Best You Never Had”, the Ne-Yo produced “I’m You” and many other songs here follow this play-it-safe formula, while the albums ballads–“Footprints in the Sand”, for example–are so bland even Whitney and Mariah would wince. It carries memorable melodies, some classic song-writing and, of course, Lewis seriously potent voice (shes been compared to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey already). You couldnt exactly call “Spirit” a bad album. Instead, her mentor Simon Cowell (and team) have coaxed Lewis into the studio with some of Americas biggest talents–Dallas Austin, Jam & Lewis–and come up with an album of weak originals. Not only is she pretty and endowed with a wonderfully elastic (four-octave) vocal range–shes also a committed vegetarian and one of the few X Factor/TV talent show winners not to immediately try to capitalise on her success with an album of weak covers. Leona Louise Lewis is something of an anomaly. ![]()
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