Track Listing

1. Bleeding Love
2. Better In Time
3. I Will Be
4. I'm You
5. Forgive Me
6. Misses Glass
7. Angel
8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
9. Yesterday
10. Whatever It Takes
11. Take A Bow
12. Footprints In The Sand (UK bonus cut)
13. Here I Am (UK bonus cut)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-08
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
UK singer and songwriter Leona Lewis will release her debut album, Spirit, in America on April 8, 2008. For the first time, Clive Davis and Simon Cowell teamed up to sign Lewis to J Records/SyCo Music (Cowell's joint venture with Sony BMG), and are both actively involved in the recording process for Spirit. Lewis, a 22-year-old London native and winner of the hit TV show the X Factor, a British talent show, has broken all-time sales records there with Spirit entering the album chart at Number One and becoming Britain's fastest-selling debut ever. Spirit has scanned more than two million copies worldwide since its release in November. In addition, Spirit's lead-off single "Bleeding Love" -- co-written and produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan "Alias" Tedder -- was the U.K.'s best-selling single of 2007, claiming the Number One spot for seven weeks. Ushering in 2008, Leona received four prestigious Brit Award nominations, the UK equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Leona is currently in the studio recording two brand new tracks for the U.S. release of Spirit - "Forgive Me" by singer/songwriter superstar Akon and "Misses Glass" from the cutting edge producer/writers Madd Scientist and Rock City. Spirit is a mix of fresh pop and R&B, filled with "songs with a contemporary edge," as Lewis puts it, ranging from soulful up-tempo numbers ("I'm You," "The Best You Never Had," and "Whatever It Takes," which Lewis co-wrote) to ballads ("Better in Time," "I Will Be," and "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" -- a song that Roberta Flack made famous). Tracks were written and produced by an array of top-notch hit-makers, including Tedder, singer/songwriters Akon and Ne-Yo, songwriters Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg, and songwriter/producers Dallas Austin, Stargate, J.R. Rotem, and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald -- all of whom have worked with some of the biggest names in pop. In addition to gracing the covers of UK fashion publications like Harper's Bazaar, US media are touting Leona as the artist to watch in 2008: People Magazine labels her "the UK's hottest star in an "Introducing" piece," Vogue presents her in their "People Are Talking About - The Vogue 25 Cultural Highlights of 2008" and Entertainment Weekly declares her one of "8 To Watch in 2008."

Customer Reviews

BLEEDING LOVE...
Leona's voice is amazing! There are some great songs on this album, and some not so great songs. personally i like about 4 of them....might save a lot money by just buying the top song on itunes....

LEONA CAN SING
I LOVE HER VOICE!! ITS STRONG! This album has hit number one on the charts. This album is a fresh mix of pop and R&B, and songs with a contemporary edge. This album is totally her. Each song is about something either what she through or with someone. The lyrics reflect what she is passionate about. This album has hit platinum.

Could Be a Lot Better
I had high hopes for this CD. After hearing Duffy's "Rockferry" and "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse, and after LOVING the single "Bleeding Love", I thought this album would be in the same league with those I mentioned. Alas, not so. "Bleeding Love" is truly an exceptional track, and by that I mean the lyrics, the melody, the arrangement AND the performance. But the other tracks do not measure up to it. It's not Leona's fault, it's the material. Leona fares better on the ballads. She has a good, strong voice, and she can put across real emotion successfully. But the lighter, made-for-Top 40 (?) tracks, are rather dull to me. They're not awful, just not memorable. They remind me of Mariah's current sound, which I loathe. I believe Leona should think really hard when she chooses the material for her next album. The charts are full of lightweights already. What we need is more authenticity.