Spirit (Leona Lewis album)
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Released | 9 November 2007 | |||
Recorded | December 2006 – September 2007 | |||
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Length | 53:39 | |||
Label | Syco | |||
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Spirit is the debut
After winning the third series of reality singing contest The X Factor in December 2006, Lewis began recording the album in Sweden, the United Kingdom and United States, working with a variety of writers and producers. Critics praised the album for creating a contemporary album using such a variety of producers, and for showcasing Lewis's voice. The release of the album marked Lewis as the first winner of a major television talent show in both the UK and US to be given a major global launch with a debut album.
The album debuted at number one in nine countries, including the United Kingdom, United States and Germany, and peaked in the top five in a further eight countries. It held the record for the biggest digital album sales in a week ever for a new artist. The album was the sixth biggest-selling of 2008 in the world, as according to the
Spirit spawned seven singles, including two from a re-release of the album. Lead international single "
Background
In December 2006, Lewis won the third series of British reality singing contest, The X Factor, her prize being a £1 million recording contract with
On 25 April 2007, a press release was sent out revealing that Simon Cowell and
Writing and recording
Lewis recorded the album in several locations the first being London, England, where she worked with
In Los Angeles, California, Lewis teamed up with
Lewis co-wrote "Here I Am" with
Music and lyrics
Commenting on the album's lyrics, Lewis said, "[They] reflect things that I'm really passionate about. I have to be able to put myself in the song for it to ring true to me. If it doesn't ring true to me, it's not going to be believable to anyone else."[45] Lewis described the album's style as "classic songs with a contemporary edge", containing R&B and "fresh pop" styles, ballads and "soulful up-tempo numbers".[1] It has an American style,[46] with some electronic 1980s sounds; however, the songs are not beat-driven or following the latest trends, but are songs that can be performed acoustically.[1]
Opening track "Bleeding Love" employs a
Singles
Syco managing director, Sonny Takhar, initially expected at least five singles to be released from the record, stating "every track is a potential single – we really are spoiled for choice."
"
"
"Run" was released as a download-only single in the UK and Ireland in November 2008, and later worldwide. Lewis first performed "Run" on the Live Lounge section of The Jo Whiley Show, where artists perform two songs: one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format.[84][85] After positive fan reaction Lewis decided to record a studio version for the re-release of her album.[86] Critics praised her version,[87][88] which spent two weeks atop the UK Singles chart, giving Lewis her third UK number one.[89] It also reached the number one spot in Austria and Ireland, and reached the top ten of Finland, Germany and Switzerland. The finale single "I Will Be" was released in January 2009,[90] only in North America; it peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 83 in Canada.
Release and promotion
The release of the album marked Lewis as the first winner of a major television talent show to be given a global launch with a debut album.[19] Spirit was re-released on 17 November 2008 in the UK following the release of "Forgive Me".[91] It also features "Misses Glass" from the American version of the album, and Lewis's cover of Snow Patrol's "Run".[92] In addition to the extra tracks, the deluxe featured a DVD containing all of Lewis's music videos to date except the video for "Run".[92] The deluxe edition was released on 3 February 2009 in the US, including two out of three of her b-sides as well as the single mix for "Run", which is 34 seconds shorter than the international album version. The accompanying DVD includes all of Lewis's music videos, with the exception of "A Moment Like This", along with a live video of "I Will Be".
On 24 September 2007, Lewis performed a special album launch party at the
In November 2009, dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland were confirmed for her debut concert tour, entitled The Labyrinth, supporting both Spirit and her second album Echo.[99]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100 [100] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
BBC Music | mixed[101] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+[103] |
The Guardian | [104] |
IGN | [105] |
MSN Music (Consumer Guide) | B[102] |
The New York Times | mixed[106] |
Slant Magazine | [107] |
The Times | [108] |
Yahoo! Music UK | [109] |
Spirit received positive reviews from most
In the mixed reviews critics generally praised Lewis's voice but criticised the music. Lyndsey Winship from BBC Music complimented Lewis's vocal ability but perceived a lack of "hooks, innovation and personality".[101] On Lewis's vocals Robert Christgau commented "The subtle flutter of her finest melismatics could give an open-minded person goose bumps. Her coarser melismatics, however, are the usual showoff BS and probably also a commercial prerequisite, like not having a harelip."[102] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine praised Lewis's voice but criticised the mixture of styles within the album.[107] The New York Times's Nate Chinen felt the album did not live up to the standards of lead single "Bleeding Love", but was successful in showcasing Lewis's vocal capabilities.[106] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian was disappointed, saying "[Lewis] has clearly invested every scrap of energy into these songs [...] but being able to belt 'em out is only half the story, and if there's a personality here, it's well hidden."[104] Victoria Segal of The Times praised Lewis's voice, but criticised the music, saying "[Lewis] has a powerful voice but on Spirit it seems to have paralysed her collaborators creatively. Instead of taking the opportunity to craft it into new and exciting shapes, it has been stuck in a big spotlit display case, revolving slowly and rather boringly on a velvet cushion of overstuffed balladry." She concluded by saying, "If Lewis is looking for the greatest love of all – public adoration – she will have to do better than this."[108]
Accolades
At the
Commercial performance
On 19 November 2007, Spirit debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number one with first-week sales of 375,872 copies, making it the fastest selling debut album in the UK,[4] beating Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) by 12,000 copies,[4] until the release of Susan Boyle's debut album I Dreamed a Dream in November 2009, which sold 410,000 copies in its first week.[127] It was the fourth fastest selling album of all time, behind Be Here Now (Oasis, 1997), X&Y (Coldplay, 2005) and Life for Rent (Dido, 2003).[4] The album remained at number one for seven weeks,[128] and reached one million sales after 29 days,[129][130] making it the fastest album to sell one million copies by a solo female in the UK.[5] Spirit was the second biggest selling album of 2007 in the UK, behind Back to Black (Amy Winehouse, 2006).[131] For each of the first seven weeks it sold over 100,000 copies, a record which was later equalled by JLS (JLS, 2009), and beaten by 21 (Adele, 2011), which sold over 100,000 copies for twelve weeks.[132][133] On 23 November 2008, the album returned to number one for a week, following the release of the deluxe version of the album.[134] In the UK Spirit was the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s,[11] and is the twentieth best-selling album of all time.[135] The album has been certified ten-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry,[68] with sales of 3.1 million by December 2014.[136] It is the 4th best selling album of the millennium in the UK, and as of November 2015 has sold 3,132,668 copies in the UK.[137]
Spirit entered the
In the US, Spirit debuted at number one on the
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " | StarGate | 4:14 | |
9. | "Here I Am" | Walter Afanasieff | 4:52 | |
10. | "I'm You" | Eric Hudson | 3:48 | |
11. | "The Best You Never Had" |
| 3:43 | |
12. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Ewan MacColl |
| 4:26 |
13. | "Footprints in the Sand" | Steve Mac | 4:09 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Forgive Me" | Akon | 3:39 |
| Steve Mac | 4:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Forgiveness" |
| 4:19 | |
16. | "You Bring Me Down" |
|
| 3:54 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Better in Time" (single mix) |
| Rotem | 3:52 |
13. | "Footprints in the Sand" (single mix) |
| Mac | 3:56 |
14. | "A Moment Like This" |
| Steve Mac | 4:17 |
15. | "Forgive Me" |
| Akon | 3:39 |
16. | "Misses Glass" |
| MaddScientist | 3:40 |
17. | "Run" | Steve Robson | 5:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Better in Time" (single mix) |
| Rotem | 3:52 |
13. | "Footprints in the Sand" (single mix) |
| Mac | 3:56 |
14. | "A Moment Like This" |
| Steve Mac | 4:17 |
15. | "Forgiveness" |
|
| 4:19 |
16. | "You Bring Me Down" |
|
| 3:54 |
17. | "Forgive Me" |
| Akon | 3:39 |
18. | "Misses Glass" |
| MaddScientist | 3:40 |
19. | "Run" |
| Robson | 5:12 |
No. | Title | Director | Length |
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1. | "Bleeding Love" (UK version) | Melina Matsoukas | 4:23 |
2. | "Bleeding Love" (US version) | Jessy Terrero | 4:38 |
3. | "Better in Time" | Sophie Muller | 3:58 |
4. | "Footprints in the Sand" | Sophie Muller | 3:59 |
5. | "Forgive Me" | Wayne Isham | 3:28 |
6. | "A Moment Like This" | JT | 4:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bleeding Love" |
| Tedder | 4:22 |
2. | "Better in Time" |
| Rotem | 3:54 |
3. | "I Will Be" |
| Dr. Luke | 3:58 |
4. | "I'm You" |
| Hudson | 3:47 |
5. | "Forgive Me" |
| Akon | |
6. | "Misses Glass" |
| MaddScientist | 3:40 |
7. | "Angel" |
| StarGate | 4:14 |
8. | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | MacColl |
| 4:25 |
9. | "Yesterday" |
|
| 3:53 |
10. | "Whatever It Takes" |
|
| 3:27 |
11. | "Take a Bow" |
|
| 3:53 |
12. | "Footprints in the Sand" |
| Mac | 4:07 |
13. | "Here I Am" |
| Afanasieff | 4:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins extended remix) |
| Tedder | 6:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
14. | "The Best You Never Had" |
|
| 3:42 |
15. | "You Bring Me Down" |
|
| 3:54 |
16. | "Bleeding Love" (US Version) (music video) | 4:38 | ||
17. | "Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins extended remix) (pre-order only) |
| Tedder | 6:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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2. | "Better in Time" (single mix) |
| Rotem | 3:52 |
12. | "Footprints in the Sand" (single mix) |
| Mac | 3:56 |
14. | "Myself" (with Novel) |
| Novel | 3:50 |
15. | "Run" (single mix) |
| Robson | 4:37 |
16. | "Forgiveness" |
|
| 4:20 |
17. | "Bleeding Love" (Jason Nevins rockin' radio mix) |
| Tedder | 3:41 |
No. | Title | Director | Length |
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1. | "Bleeding Love" (US version) | Jessy Terrero | 4:38 |
2. | "Bleeding Love" (UK version) | Melina Matsoukas | 4:22 |
3. | "Better in Time" | Sophie Muller | 3:57 |
4. | "Footprints in the Sand" | Sophie Muller | 3:52 |
5. | "Forgive Me" | Wayne Isham | 3:28 |
6. | "Run" | Jake Nava | 4:50 |
7. | "I Will Be" | Sophie Muller | 4:26 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Allmusic.[162]
Vocals
- Tawatha Agee – choir
- Ravaughn Brown – background vocals
- Robin Clark – choir
- Michelle Cobbs – choir
- Benny Diggs – choir
- Tavia Ivey – background vocals
- lead vocals, background vocals
- Tammy Lucas – choir
- Cindy Mizelle – choir
- Billy Porter – choir
- Vaneese Thomas – choir
- Fonzi Thornton – choir, vocal contractor
Musicians
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards
- Josh Alexander – guitar, keyboards
- Dave Arch – organ, piano
- Louis Biancaniello – keyboards
- Amy Chang – violin
- Jack Daley – bass
- Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – instrumentation
- Stephen Ferrera – drums
- Karen Freer – celli
- Eric Hudson – instrumentation
- Daniel Laufer – celli
- Chris Laws – drums
- Espen Lind – guitar
- Phillip Lowman – drums
- Steve Mac – keyboards, synthesizer
- Max Martin – piano
- John Paricelli – guitar
- Steve Pearce – bass
- William Pu – violin
- Tony Reyes – guitar
- J.R. Rotem– instrumentation
- Olga Shpitko – violin
- Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson– keyboards
- Ian Thomas – drums
- Wayne Wilkins – keyboards
- Steven Wolf – drums, percussion
Production
- John Adams – assistant
- Walter Afanasieff – arranger, producer, programming
- Josh Alexander – engineer, producer, programming
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Dave Arch – string arrangements
- Dallas Austin – producer
- Matt Beckley – producer
- Haydn Bendall – string engineer
- Tom Bender – assistant, mixing assistant
- Louis Biancaniello – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
- Chris Brooke – vocal engineer
- David Campbell– string arrangements
- David Channing – engineer
- Lloyd Cooper – assistant
- Simon Cowell – executive producer
- Clive Davis – executive producer
- Rich Davis – production co-ordination
- Craig Durrance – engineer
- Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – engineer
- Geoff Foster – string arrangements
- Chris Garcia – digital editing, engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Tyler Gordon – digital editing, programming
- Aniela Gottwald – assistant
- Tatiana Gottwald – engineer
- Keith Gretlein – engineer
- Mick Guzauski – mixing
- Janne Hansson – engineer
- Nate Hertweck – assistant
- Chris Holmes – engineer
- Eddie Horst – string arrangements
- Josh Houghkirk – assistant
- Eric Hudson – producer
- James Ingram – assistant
- Jaycen Joshua – mixing
- Rouble Kapoor – engineer
- Nik Karpen – assistant
- Chris Laws – digital editing, editing, engineer
- Carlton Lynn – engineer, mixing
- Doug McKean – engineer
- Steve Mac – arranger, producer
- Graham Marsh – producer, engineer
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Greg Ogan – engineer
- Leon Pendarvis – string arrangements, string conductor
- Dave Pensado – mixing
- Trent Privat – assistant
- Daniel Pursey – engineer
- Tim Roberts – assistant
- Scott Roewe – digital editing
- J.R. Rotem– arranger, producer
- Wesley Seidman – engineer
- Robert Smith – engineer
- Chris Soper – engineer
- Billy Steinberg – producer
- Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson – producer, programming
- Tim Sturges – assistant, assistant engineer
- Ren Swan – engineer, mixing
- Tom Syrowski – engineer
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Ryan Tedder – producer
- Aliaune "Akon" Thiam – producer
- Giorgio Tuinfort – producer
- Seth Waldmann – engineer
- Sam Watters – engineer, mixing, producer, vocal producer
- Josh Wilbur – engineer
- Wayne Wilkins – engineer, mixing, producer, programming
- Steven Wolf – producer
- Emily Wright – engineer, production co-ordination
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[219] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[220] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[221] | Gold | 15,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[222] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
France ( SNEP)[223]
|
Gold | 75,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[224] | 3× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[225] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ)[226] | Gold | 3,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[227] | 7× Platinum | 105,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[228] | Gold | 35,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[229] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[230] | Gold | 35,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[231] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[232] | Gold | 10,000* |
Portugal (AFP)[233] | Gold | 10,000^ |
Russia ( NFPF)[234]
|
Gold | 10,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[235] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[236] | 2× Platinum | 60,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[237] | 10× Platinum | 3,132,668[137] |
United States (RIAA)[238] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[239] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Standard edition | ||||
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
Ireland | 9 November 2007 | Syco Music | CD, digital download | 88697185262 |
United Kingdom[240] | 12 November 2007 | |||
Sweden[241] | 23 January 2008 | Sony BMG | 88697222432 | |
New Zealand[242] | 25 January 2008 | |||
Italy | ||||
Taiwan[243] | ||||
Germany[244] | ||||
Switzerland[245] | ||||
Korea[246] | 8803581113907 | |||
Australia[247] | 26 January 2008 | 88697222432 | ||
Hong Kong[248] | 28 January 2008 | |||
Greece[249] | ||||
Poland[250] | ||||
Singapore[251] | ||||
Spain[252] | 19 February 2008 | 886972224329 | ||
France[253] | 10 March 2008 | 88697222432 | ||
China[254] | 9787799427188A | |||
Mexico[255] | 24 March 2008 | 886972224329 | ||
United States[256] | 8 April 2008 | J Records | 88697025542 | |
Canada[257] | Sony BMG | |||
Japan[258] | 23 April 2008 | BMG Japan | CD / CD+DVD | BVCP24129 |
Brazil[259] | 24 April 2008 | Sony BMG | CD | 88697222432 |
Deluxe edition | ||||
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
Australia[260] | 8 November 2008 | Sony BMG | CD / CD+DVD | 88697359692 |
Europe | 14 November 2008 | |||
Latin America | ||||
United Kingdom[261] | 17 November 2008 | Syco Music | ||
Mexico[261] | Sony BMG | |||
Japan[262] | 19 November 2008 | BMG Japan | ||
United States[263] | 3 February 2009 | J Records | ||
Canada[263] | Sony BMG |
See also
- List of best-selling albums
- List of number-one albums of 2008 (Australia)
- List of number-one albums of 2008 (Canada)
- List of number-one albums of 2007 (Ireland)
- List of number-one albums of 2008 (New Zealand)
- List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s
- List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2008
- List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
- List of best-selling albums of the 2000s (century) in the United Kingdom
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