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Universal acclaim- based on 117 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 107 out of 117
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Mixed: 4 out of 117
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Negative: 6 out of 117
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Dec 10, 2011Yes the voice that brought you the magnificent bleeding love is also on all the other great tracks on this album. The ballards really are a thing of beauty, but she puts so much emotion into the more upbeat numbers that they too are excellent. An unmissable album for anyone who is a fan of female artists.
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Mar 27, 2012As far as modern female powerhouses go, I prefer Leona over Adele. Her voice has this silky, soothing quality to it, and the production of this record just heightens the overall emotion. One of my favorite albums.
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MikeM.Apr 10, 2008
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JanB.Apr 8, 2008A superb debut album from a really fresh new voice to the music scene. What's good about it in particular is it's a real grower, with repeated listens revealing the strengths of each individual track.
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PeteApr 8, 2008There are enough good songs on here, but the ballads/mid temps around the middle kinda blend into one. Saying that, she does have an amazing voice, and that's why this album gets a 7, no higher, no lower.
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JessieJamesApr 15, 2008Great debut album. everything is pretty good, though there are not many songs that allows leona to use her full range.
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SeanR.Apr 8, 2008It's a great album. Most of the songs are single-worthy.
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EvanS.Apr 8, 2008This album is amazing! So many great songs and Leona's voice is out of this world.
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DazApr 8, 2008An excellent albumn - 'Better in Time' in a simply amazing song and the others are all very catchy. An album you will listen to again and again.
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AkiraA.Apr 9, 2008The deluxe version is surely better than the UK one, especially in the order of songs. I believe Simon Cowell's right when saying Leona is the best discovery in a decade.
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JohnS.Apr 13, 2008
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Jul 29, 2014An outstanding and remarkable voice that weakens throughout the album because of excessively cloying lyrics that end up enclosing possible good material into unnecessary clichés.
Awards & Rankings
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Entertainment WeeklyHer lovelorn ballads achieve a dullness to which normally only Americans aspire. [14 Dec 2007, p.67]
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It's a highly polished, professional sounding debut, with Lewis hitting all the right notes even when she warbles up and down the scale.
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Though the 21-year-old's faithful, capable rendition of 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' proves that the timelessness of the song should remain unquestioned, the album's adult-skewed material sounds even more jarring next to two fresh new tracks, the bouncy and youthful 'Forgive Me' and urban club jam 'Misses Glass,' added for American consumption.