Spirit (Leona Lewis album)

2007 album by Leona Lewis

Spirit is the debut studio album by English singer Leona Lewis. It was released by Syco in November 2007 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was released everywhere else in early 2008.

Spirit
Studio album by
Released9 November 2007 (2007-11-09)
RecordedNovember 2006 – September 2007
Genre
Length53:39
Label
Producer
Leona Lewis chronology
Spirit
(2007)
Echo
(2009)
Singles from Spirit
  1. "A Moment Like This"
    Released: 17 December 2006
  2. "Bleeding Love"
    Released: 22 October 2007
  3. "Better in Time"/"Footprints in the Sand"
    Released: 9 March 2008
  4. "Forgive Me"
    Released: 8 September 2008
  5. "Run"
    Released: 30 November 2008
  6. "I Will Be"
    Released: 6 January 2009

Reviews

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(65/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     
BBC Musicmixed
Robert ChristgauB
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
The Guardian     
IGN          
The New York Timesmixed
Slant Magazine     
The Times     
Yahoo! Music UK          [3]

Spirit received generally positive to mixed reviews.

Track listing

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Standard listing
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Bleeding Love"  Ryan Tedder, Jesse McCartneyRyan Tedder 4:23
2. "Whatever It Takes"  Tony Reyes, Leona Lewis, Alonzo "Novel" StevensonDallas Austin, Novel 3:27
3. "Homeless"  Jörgen ElofssonSteve Mac 3:50
4. "Better in Time"  Jonathan Rotem, Andrea MartinJ. R. Rotem 3:54
5. "Yesterday"  Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Nina Woodford, Jordan Omley, Michael ManiThe Jam, The Runaways 3:54
6. "Take a Bow"  Watters, Biancaniello, Wayne Wilkins, TedderThe Runaways, Wayne Wilkins, Ryan Tedder 3:54
7. "I Will Be"  Max Martin, Avril Lavigne, Lukasz GottwaldDr. Luke 3:59
8. "Angel"  Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, Johntá AustinStarGate 4:14
9. "Here I Am"  Walter Afanasieff, Brett James, LewisWalter Afanasieff 4:52
10. "I'm You"  Shaffer Smith, Eric HudsonEric Hudson 3:48
11. "The Best You Never Had"  Billy Steinberg, Josh AlexanderBilly Steinberg, Josh Alexander 3:43
12. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"  Ewan MacCollWayne Wilkins, The Runaways 4:26
13. "Footprints in the Sand"  Richard Page, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Simon CowellSteve Mac 4:09

Deluxe edition

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References

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  1. "Spirit Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More". Metacritic.
  2. Willman, Chris (7 December 2007). "Spirit Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time division of Time Warner. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. Gennoe, Dan (19 November 2007). "Leona Lewis Spirit Album Review". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. "Spirit: Leona Lewis: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.com.
  5. "Spirit [Japan Bonus Tracks] – Leona Lewis". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Rovi Corporation.
  6. "Spirit [US] – Leona Lewis". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Rovi Corporation.

References

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