Echo (Leona Lewis album)
Echo is the second studio album by English singer Leona Lewis. It was released in November 2009 by Syco.
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| Released | 9 November 2009 | |||
| Recorded | January–September 2009 | |||
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| Length | 59:03 | |||
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| Leona Lewis chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Echo | ||||
Information
The music on Echo is a mixture of Europop and R&B.[1] It also has a Cover version of the Oasis song "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" Two singles were released from the album. One of them was the R&B ballad "Happy". The album also features a duet with American pop rock group OneRepublic called "Lost Then Found".
Reviews
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (59/100)[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Billboard | (favorable)[3] |
| The Boston Globe | (favorable)[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[5] |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | (mixed)[7] |
| MusicOMH | |
| The New York Times | (favorable)[9] |
| The Observer | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant | |
| The Times | |
| Yahoo! Music UK | |
Echo met mixed to favourable reviews by critics.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Happy" | E. Kidd Bogart, Leona Lewis, Ryan Tedder | Tedder | 4:02 |
| 2. | "I Got You" | Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin | Arnthor | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Can't Breathe" | Gavriel Aminov, Uriel "Frenchie" Kadouch, Lundon J. Knighten, Lewis, Cheryline Lim, Michael Malih, Keith Ross | Kadouch, Vein, Harvey Mason, Jr.* | 4:14 |
| 4. | "Brave" | Julian Bunetta, Andrew Frampton, Kotecha, Lewis | Bunetta, Frampton | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Outta My Head" | Kotecha, Martin, Shellback | Max Martin, Shellback | 3:39 |
| 6. | "My Hands" | Birgisson, Ina Wroldsen | Arnthor | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Love Letter" | J. Kasher, Kevin Rudolf | Rudolf | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Broken" | Lewis, A. "Novel" Stevenson, John Shanks | Shanks | 4:03 |
| 9. | "Naked" | Kotecha, Lewis, Kristian Lundin | Lundin, Shellback | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" | Noel Gallagher | Steve Robson, Lewis | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Don't Let Me Down" | Mike Elizondo, James Fauntleroy, Lewis, Justin Timberlake, Robin Tadross | The Y's, Elizondo* | 4:36 |
| 12. | "Alive" | Danielle Brisebois, Lewis, Shanks | Shanks | 3:30 |
| 13. | "Lost Then Found" (with OneRepublic; includes the hidden track "Stone Hearts & Hand Grenades", which starts at 7:05 minutes after 3 minutes of silence) | Tedder, Jess Cates, Lewis, Lindy Robbins, Dan Muckala | Tedder, Brent Kutzle*, Noel Zancanella*, Muckala* | 11:09 |
Total length: |
58:41 | |||
| iTunes bonus track[15] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 14. | "Fly Here Now" (pre-order only) | Jeff Bhasker, Lewis | Jeff Bhasker | 3:40 | |||||
| iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks[16] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 15. | "Brave" (live at the Hackney Empire) | 5:55 | |||||||
| 16. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (live at the Hackney Empire) | Ewan MacColl | 4:39 | ||||||
| 17. | "Echo – The Reflection of Sound" (video) | 13:23 | |||||||
| 18. | "Fly Here Now" (pre-order track only) | Jeff Bhasker, Lewis | Jeff Bhasker | 3:40 | |||||
| Japanese limited edition[17] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 14. | "You Don't Care" | Lewis, Tedder, P. Travis | Ryan Tedder | 4:03 | |||||
| 15. | "Let It Rain" | Lewis, Shanks, Danielle Brisebois | John Shanks | 3:43 | |||||
| 16. | "Fly Here Now" | Jeff Bhasker, Lewis | Jeff Bhasker | 3:40 | |||||
| 17. | "Happy" (Jason Nevins radio mix) | Lewis, Tedder, Bogart | Tedder, Nevins | 4:24 | |||||
| North American standard listing | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Happy" | Lewis, Tedder, Bogart | Ryan Tedder | 4:01 | |||||
| 2. | "I Got You" | Martin, Birgisson, Kotecha | Arnthor Birgisson | 3:46 | |||||
| 3. | "Love Letter" | Rudolf, Kasher | Kevin Rudolf | 4:01 | |||||
| 4. | "Can't Breathe" | Lewis, Kadouch, Aminov, Lim, Ross, Malih, Knighten | Uriel Kadouch, Harvey Mason, Jr.* | 4:15 | |||||
| 5. | "You Don't Care" | Tedder, Lewis | Ryan Tedder | 4:03 | |||||
| 6. | "Outta My Head" | Martin, Schuster, Kotecha | Max Martin, Shellback | 3:40 | |||||
| 7. | "Brave" | Frampton, Bunetta, Kotecha, Lewis | Julian Bunetta, Andrew Frampton | 3:37 | |||||
| 8. | "My Hands" | Wroldsen, Birgisson | Arnthor Birgisson | 4:14 | |||||
| 9. | "Alive" | Lewis, Shanks, Brisebois | John Shanks | 3:30 | |||||
| 10. | "Don't Let Me Down" | Lewis, Timberlake, Tadross, Fauntleroy, Elizondo | The Y's, Mike Elizondo | 4:36 | |||||
| 11. | "Fly Here Now" | Jeff Bhasker, Lewis | Bhasker | 3:41 | |||||
| 12. | "Broken" | Lewis, Shanks, Novel | John Shanks | 4:04 | |||||
| 13. | "Lost Then Found" (with OneRepublic; includes the hidden track "Stone Hearts & Hand Grenades", which starts at 7:05 minutes after 3 minutes of silence) | Lewis, Tedder, Muckala, Cates, Robbins | Ryan Tedder | 11:08 | |||||
| North American iTunes bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 14. | "Naked" (pre-order only) | Lewis, Lundin, Kotecha | Kristian Lundin, Shellback | 3:49 | |||||
| North American iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 15. | "Brave" (live at the Hackney Empire) | ||||||||
| 16. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | MacColl | |||||||
| 17. | "Echo – The Reflection of Sound" (video) | 13:23 | |||||||
| 18. | "Naked" (pre-order track only) | Lewis, Lundin, Kotecha | Shellback | 3:49 | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Echo > Review". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Echo Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More". Metacritic.
- ↑ "Echo". Billboard.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis sticks to winning formula in 『Echo' – The Boston Globe". Boston Globe.
- ↑ Leah Greenblatt. "Echo". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ↑ Sullivan, Caroline. "Leona Lewis: Echo | CD review". The Guardian (London). https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/13/leona-lewis-echo.
- ↑ Richman, Simmy. "Album: Leona Lewis, Echo, (Syco/Sony)". The Independent (London). https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-leona-lewis-echo-sycosony-1825791.html.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis – Echo | album reviews". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ↑ "New CDs". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/arts/music/23choice.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=music.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis: Echo | The Observer". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/01/leona-lewis-echo-review.
- ↑ Rosen, Jody. "Echo : Leona Lewis : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis: Echo | Music Review". Slant Magazine.
- ↑ Cairns, Dan. "Leona Lewis: Echo". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6912477.ece.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis Echo Album Review, New album reviews and latest album releases on Yahoo! Music". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ↑ "Echo (Leona Lewis) standard". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ↑ "Echo (Leona Lewis)". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ↑ "Leona Lewis 未定". HMV.