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| Spirit | 
 enlarge | Artist: Leona Lewis
Label: J-Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  172 reviews
Sales Rank: 59
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 702554
UPC: 886970255424
EAN: 8869702554240
ASIN: B0012TBGYC
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Complete with original case, disc(s), and artwork. In stock and ships right now. 10% chance the case has small spider cracks in it.
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 Feel the Spirit!!! April 13, 2008
14 out of 25 found this review helpful
Leona Lewis is a breath of fresh air! In a day and age of "off-the- assembly-line, cliched and completely irrelevant hip-hop" chart dominance, this songbird is a welcome addition to the radio airwaves. A talented singer with a beautiful voice--what a novel idea!
Lewis, the winner of The X-Factor, Britain's version of Idol, has stormed the rest of the world, with her lead single becoming # 1 in several countries and the cd becoming the biggest selling debut in Britain's history. Now, she is set to invade the states and, after listening to her first effort, I am thoroughly convinced she will conquer us all!
The first single, "Bleeding Love", is a beautiful song, immediately pleasing to the ear and a song you will find yourself singing along to each time you hear it. The second track, "Better in Time", is probably my favorite song off the new cd. I'm hoping she releases it as a single in the future. Other worthy offerings from this debut effort are "I Will Be" and "I'm You"--both strong ballads giving Lewis the chance to show off her amazing singing range. A couple of more upbeat tunes "Forgive Me" and "Misses Glass" are also great songs that could get lots of air play. Lewis also tackles the Roberta Flack classic "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", with impressive results. "Take a Bow" sings of hurt by an uncaring and untrue lover, much like Rhianna's newest single of the same name but with much less venom-filled lyrics (Rhianna sings of her lover: "you are so dumb" and "you are so ugly when you cry"--lovely lyrics, don't you think?) Also included with this set of songs are two UK bonus tracks, "Footprints in the Sand" and "Here I Am".
Lewis who, because of her vocal range, is being compared to powerhouse vocalist, Mariah Carey. I hope that she, unlike Carey, remains true to her fans and focuses on good songs and singing and doesn't feel the need that Carey does to include the likes of O. B. D. and T-Pain into her singles, interjecting unnecessary rap elements to appease the record companies or appeal to top 40 radio. I also recommend two songs that are not on this version of her cd. The songs called "You Bring Me Down" and "The Best You Never Had" are great tracks that can be downloaded (on pay sites of course!) and will please any Leona Lewis fan! This is a really good pop cd and I highly recommended it!
Leona Lewis Debut Leaves The Listener Wanting More April 17, 2008
14 out of 22 found this review helpful
Leona Lewis' debut Spirit would be hard to miss for chart climbing or publicity. The 22-year old winner of Britain's The X-Factor is managed by American Idol's Simon Cowell, and both Cowell and legendary record producer Clive Davis are sharing production credits on Spirit.
But at the end of the day, the lady will have to have talent to succeed, and young Ms. Lewis does indeed have talent. Her voice has drawn comparison to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, which are unfair to all involved. Ms. Lewis is still in the process of proving herself, and Ms. Houston and Ms. Carey have done all of the proving necessary. However, Spirit shows that Ms. Lewis can stand on her own merits regardless of comparison. Her voice is sweet when it needs to be sweet and strong when it needs to be strong.
Spirit, one can hope, marks just the beginning of an illustrious career. Only time and good use of Ms. Lewis' talent will tell the tale
 Extremely overrated artist. April 16, 2008
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I find it extremely disappointing that someone needs only great promotion to break records with their music. Everyone out there is saying how great she is, so one expects her to be almost as good as Mariah. Hardly!! Just because everyone out there says how great she is, it doesn't mean it's the truth. People seem to go with the flow ALL THE TIME. I'm not saying she can't sing. But there are people out there who sing WAY better than her, and they are not being crowned the next Mariah or Whitney. I hope she doesn't last cause she doesn't deserve it.
LEONA, NOOOOO!!!! April 18, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
If you have heard Bleeding Heart, download the single and skip the album. I wish I had known better. Leona Lewis is a fantastic singer and having seen clips of her from The X factor, I was very excited to buy her CD. But sadly, it consist of a bunch of lame ballads with little personality or much of anything to set it apart. I look forward to her next CD, hopefully she will have some good writers/producers by then. This one was obviously put together in a hurry. Surely, there is much better to come.
 More dross from UgK April 23, 2008
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Anything that Cowell is involved with inevitably sours almost as soon as it ripens. This is yet another uninspiring effort to reach the deepest linings of the U.S music buying public's pockets. Competition winning has become the procedural 1st step to "stardom". But the stars that this process generates are about as real as the ceiling of a planaterium is to the night sky. This is not a unique musical achievement, it is just more of Cowell's perfidious dross, hacked out in the vetements of idolatry.
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