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Leona working with an executive producer for the first time: Fraser T Smith. The pair first met ten years previously when Leona was unknown and recording demos, working hard for that first big break. A decade later and Leona stepped back into the vocal booth in front of Fraser as a global superstar.
Sharing a vision and a passion for everything this album should be, Glassheart is an accomplished and passionate follow up to Leona’s previous two studio albums; Sprit and Echo. From the anguished epic opener of "Trouble", the sheer breathtaking beauty of "Fireflies" and the heartbreaking honesty of "Un Love Me", Glassheart is an intimate, inspired album that sees Leona opening up and laying her emotions bare. Along with tracks like "Fingerprint" and "When It Hurts" this album cements her position as one of the greatest vocalists of her generation. In May of this year Leona previewed the edgy "Come Alive" showcasing a different sound and energy that can also be heard on tracks "Glassheart" and "Shake You Up". Another stand out moment is the moody "I To You", an epic and sinister ballad set against a lush sound-bed of strings. Leona's worked alongside some of the best songwriters and producers around, including: Emeli Sande, Naughty Boy, Craze and Hoax, Ina Wroldsen, Bonnie McKee, Kelly Sheehan, Ryan Tedder, Autumn Rowe and Rodney Jerkins. Fraser came on board last year following a recording session that Leona felt exactly captured the spirit and subtleties of Glassheart. He was able to weave a creative thread though the project and help Leona create a bespoke album. Speaking about Fraser’s involvement Leona said, “He’s captured everything so beautifully. He’s so musical and sensitive to what I need as a vocalist.”
Sharing a vision and a passion for everything this album should be, Glassheart is an accomplished and passionate follow up to Leona’s previous two studio albums; Sprit and Echo. From the anguished epic opener of "Trouble", the sheer breathtaking beauty of "Fireflies" and the heartbreaking honesty of "Un Love Me", Glassheart is an intimate, inspired album that sees Leona opening up and laying her emotions bare. Along with tracks like "Fingerprint" and "When It Hurts" this album cements her position as one of the greatest vocalists of her generation. In May of this year Leona previewed the edgy "Come Alive" showcasing a different sound and energy that can also be heard on tracks "Glassheart" and "Shake You Up". Another stand out moment is the moody "I To You", an epic and sinister ballad set against a lush sound-bed of strings. Leona's worked alongside some of the best songwriters and producers around, including: Emeli Sande, Naughty Boy, Craze and Hoax, Ina Wroldsen, Bonnie McKee, Kelly Sheehan, Ryan Tedder, Autumn Rowe and Rodney Jerkins. Fraser came on board last year following a recording session that Leona felt exactly captured the spirit and subtleties of Glassheart. He was able to weave a creative thread though the project and help Leona create a bespoke album. Speaking about Fraser’s involvement Leona said, “He’s captured everything so beautifully. He’s so musical and sensitive to what I need as a vocalist.”
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DISC 11. TROUBLE2. UN LOVE ME3. LOVEBIRD4. COME ALIVE5. FIREFLIES6. I TO YOU7. SHAKE YOU UP8. STOP THE CLOCKS9. FAVOURITE SCAR10. WHEN IT HURTS11. GLASSHEART12. FINGERPRINT13. TROUBLE
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By Billy
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
After waiting 3 years since Echo, Leona is finally back and stronger than ever! This album has a darker and more experimental feel to it. With ventures into a more electronic sound and even dub-step, this album is definitely different to her previous efforts, Echo and Spirit. However, saying that, Lewis pulls it off well. With her voice soaring over the heavy, beat-driven, dub-step influenced "Come Alive", she proves she can excel at fitting in to current trends, while adding her own flare. Continuing with this style is the sublime "Glassheart", the title track. More upbeat than "Come Alive", it brings Leona to new levels in the Dance/Pop world.
Despite this new direction, the classic Leona we know and love is not gone! With the mid-tempos "Un Love Me" and "Lovebird", both reminiscent of "Better In Time" and "I Got You", she is able to bind her new direction with flavours from the past, keeping the album fresh, but not foreign to her fans. With the addition of the sombre "I To You", haunting "Fingerprint" and beautiful "Fireflies" as well, Leona manages to incoperate what she is known best for, her ballads. Each with a different feel, but all propelled by Leona's vocals, these 3 songs will not disappoint and are definite highlights of the album.
Moving on to the other uptempos, 80s influenced "Shake You Up" and the Rihanna-esque "Favourite Scar", fans will be pleasantly surprised at the attitude given in these songs and unable to stop themselves from grooving to them! "Stop The Clocks", seperating the two previously mentioned songs, offers a laid-back Spirit-esque interlude between the two uptempos and places perfectly in the album. While the midtempo ballad "When It Hurts" is very reminiscent of Echo and meshes well with the overall sound of the album.... Read more ›
Despite this new direction, the classic Leona we know and love is not gone! With the mid-tempos "Un Love Me" and "Lovebird", both reminiscent of "Better In Time" and "I Got You", she is able to bind her new direction with flavours from the past, keeping the album fresh, but not foreign to her fans. With the addition of the sombre "I To You", haunting "Fingerprint" and beautiful "Fireflies" as well, Leona manages to incoperate what she is known best for, her ballads. Each with a different feel, but all propelled by Leona's vocals, these 3 songs will not disappoint and are definite highlights of the album.
Moving on to the other uptempos, 80s influenced "Shake You Up" and the Rihanna-esque "Favourite Scar", fans will be pleasantly surprised at the attitude given in these songs and unable to stop themselves from grooving to them! "Stop The Clocks", seperating the two previously mentioned songs, offers a laid-back Spirit-esque interlude between the two uptempos and places perfectly in the album. While the midtempo ballad "When It Hurts" is very reminiscent of Echo and meshes well with the overall sound of the album.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By tomatokake
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Leona (who doesn't, right?), but, honestly and sadly, I didn't love Echo so much. I was initially really drawn to her beautiful performances such as FIrst Time I Saw Your Face and Somewhere with Il Divo, so I was not so sure about the more main stream music she produced in Echo and the way she sang them. But Glassheart, I don't know what it is, I really really like all the songs, even though she included few ballad. The variety of music on this album is so wide and you never get bored listening to it. She took some risks and great music was born as a result. And I hope the same producer will produce her next album. oh, don't forget to check out her performance of Let The Sun Shine on YouTube. It's so beautiful. You can get that song on the BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge CD.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Sam
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Leona Lewis has a phenomenal voice, anyone who watched the series of X Factor on which she appeared, or has seen her perform on TV shows since or indeed has seen her perform live can confirm this. I was lucky enough to attend Leona's first and to date only UK tour and she was incredible. So it was with eager anticipation I waited for the release Glassheart (and boy have we been made to wait!). I enjoyed 'Collide' and was disappointed by the widely held perception that it flopped. By contrast I was sceptical about 'Trouble' and I have to admit it is only after repeated listens that the track has really grown on me. I really feel this was the wrong choice of lead single and this has been borne out by its somewhat mediocre chart placing. Here are my thoughts on the rest of the album:
1. Trouble- At first I found this quite dull, however it has now grown on me and the ethereal sounding verses contrasted by the dramatic drums and powerful chorus mean that this really is an album highlight. That said I do feel because of its 'grower' status it shouldn't have been the track to lead the album. 9/10
2. Un Love Me- A very typical Leona track, this would have been right at home on Echo. It's mid-tempo pop in which Leona asks a lover quite simply to 'un love her', despite its clear grammatical flaws a thoroughly decent second track. 8/10
3. Lovebird- I had heard quite a few positive reviews in relation to this track, however in my opinion it's just OK. The chorus feels quite clicheed both lyrically and melodically. Definitely an album track. 6.5/10
4. Come Alive- This is the first sign that this isn't going to be quite the same album we have come to expect from Leona. 'I don't mind if it rains' Leona sings with angst in her voice in the opening lines.... Read more ›
1. Trouble- At first I found this quite dull, however it has now grown on me and the ethereal sounding verses contrasted by the dramatic drums and powerful chorus mean that this really is an album highlight. That said I do feel because of its 'grower' status it shouldn't have been the track to lead the album. 9/10
2. Un Love Me- A very typical Leona track, this would have been right at home on Echo. It's mid-tempo pop in which Leona asks a lover quite simply to 'un love her', despite its clear grammatical flaws a thoroughly decent second track. 8/10
3. Lovebird- I had heard quite a few positive reviews in relation to this track, however in my opinion it's just OK. The chorus feels quite clicheed both lyrically and melodically. Definitely an album track. 6.5/10
4. Come Alive- This is the first sign that this isn't going to be quite the same album we have come to expect from Leona. 'I don't mind if it rains' Leona sings with angst in her voice in the opening lines.... Read more ›
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is very different to the other two. This is what I love about her. She is so versatile she can do absolutely anything.
All songs have meaning and they are all special in their own ways.
I can't fault her, I will support everything she does in the future. I just wish she was noticed more compared to other artists.
All songs have meaning and they are all special in their own ways.
I can't fault her, I will support everything she does in the future. I just wish she was noticed more compared to other artists.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Fjireland
Format:Audio CD
Another Leona Lewis album, another epic disappointment.
There is no denying from day one on the X Factor, Leona Lewis stood out with those amazing pipes of hers. There was always something captivating about how emotionally connected she made you feel to the lyrics of whatever she was singing. Her voice just seemed to connect with raw emotion .
And since her recording career has started, there have been a few epic successes- Bleeding Love, Run most notably.
But this is album three now, and there is something very wrong with where her career is going and has been since Spirit. That album and her career internationally was propelled by Bleeding Love and how fantastic that song was. That album was saved and given an extra breath of life with the repackage and cover of Run included. Run was spine-tingling.
But the whole Echo album was a dismal foray into dance pop in an unconvincing manner. And here is Glassheart repeating the same mistakes..
I don't know who is to blame, I suspect Leona wants to try to be edgy and current and the label want her to do safe cover songs or ballads... this album was delayed after the flop that was Collide. She should have taken heed and chucked stuff like Glassheart and Shake You Up. It doesn't work, People don't want her doing dance pop, she cant pull it off convincingly, she should stick to more live instrument based music and , dare I say, yes, ballads. They are her strength. Give her a good ballad, and she makes you feel every word.
This album is another mish-mash of poorly conceived and executed below-par pop songs and lifeless ballads.
Her label need to chuck the dance songs, and find her better writing partners and search out better songs for her.... Read more ›
There is no denying from day one on the X Factor, Leona Lewis stood out with those amazing pipes of hers. There was always something captivating about how emotionally connected she made you feel to the lyrics of whatever she was singing. Her voice just seemed to connect with raw emotion .
And since her recording career has started, there have been a few epic successes- Bleeding Love, Run most notably.
But this is album three now, and there is something very wrong with where her career is going and has been since Spirit. That album and her career internationally was propelled by Bleeding Love and how fantastic that song was. That album was saved and given an extra breath of life with the repackage and cover of Run included. Run was spine-tingling.
But the whole Echo album was a dismal foray into dance pop in an unconvincing manner. And here is Glassheart repeating the same mistakes..
I don't know who is to blame, I suspect Leona wants to try to be edgy and current and the label want her to do safe cover songs or ballads... this album was delayed after the flop that was Collide. She should have taken heed and chucked stuff like Glassheart and Shake You Up. It doesn't work, People don't want her doing dance pop, she cant pull it off convincingly, she should stick to more live instrument based music and , dare I say, yes, ballads. They are her strength. Give her a good ballad, and she makes you feel every word.
This album is another mish-mash of poorly conceived and executed below-par pop songs and lifeless ballads.
Her label need to chuck the dance songs, and find her better writing partners and search out better songs for her.... Read more ›
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Believe me you are missing out this CD is fantastic Leona Lewis is up there with the other great music artist's please try it you will not be dissapointed I rate it 100%... Read more
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I love Leona Lewis. I think she is amazing and this CD is really good could listen to it all day :) and it came really quickly.
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Excellent buy in a very very good price....No problem at all.Very happy having this excellent copy from such a wonderfull singer
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I bought this album in the sale and I am so happy that I did. This album is absolutely amazing, each song is beautifully sung and her voice is just stunning. Read more
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Her best so far
I have liked Leona since x factor and have her other albums but I think this is the best so far. Recommended
Published 2 months ago by Lily
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Great album
Lived up to expectations. Very good! Leona is a great singer a has a fantastic range and sings with passion
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Frequent buyer ways liked Leona
Have aways liked Leona, this did not disappoint, she continues to perfom really well in a very competitive market, well donel
Published 2 months ago by BroadThinker
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quality - songs a little sad/angst
Leonas voice is pure quality but I prefer other artists at the moment. I wish I had ordered the delux. It arrived in mint condition and on time
Published 3 months ago by RetailTherapy
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MUST HAVE!!
I heard that her album had not done as well as she had hoped but trust me when I say that if you listened to this from start to finish it WILL become your most favoure album that... Read more
Published 3 months ago by ChrisM
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