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It's hard to miss the declaration of independence within the title of I Am, Leona Lewis' first album recorded outside the confines of Simon Cowell's Syco Music. Separating from the machine that turned her into a star, Lewis seizes this fourth album as a vehicle to redefine her sound, ditching much (but not all) of the glassy gauze of "Bleeding Love" and throwing herself into a buoyant bounce somewhat inspired by the reigning British diva of the late 2010s, Adele. Lewis is canny, though. She may often trade in the same Tamla/Motown rhythms that define new millennial neo-soul -- a sound that also surfaced on her ebullient 2013 seasonal affair, Christmas, With Love -- but she and her team of producers (often led by Toby Gad but featuring several other musicians) are keenly aware of various club and EDM trends, so they're given a digital sparkle that entices, not blinds. Similarly, the slower showcases for her volcanic voice seem somewhat built to scale, opting for modulated melodrama over a full-force gale. Such a measured production means I Am appeals on a pure sonic level, eclipsing the often monolithic glare of Spirit and Glassheart, but the songs here, largely co-written by Lewis and Gad with other collaborators, are her strongest compositions, sharply crafted and passionate enough to earn the elemental allusions apparent on the opening "Thunder" and "Fire Under My Feet." If I Am does indeed open a new chapter for Leona Lewis, this album suggests it will be more intriguing than the first: she's learned how to harness her natural skills and has broadened her palette, a combination that results in her best album yet.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Miller, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Diane Warren, ComposerLyricist - Helen Paterson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Bailey, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Chappell, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hilary Skewes, Strings Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Graham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jake Rea, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Tanner, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lizzie Ball, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Harwood, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Clarissa Farran, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Beatrix Lovejoy, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Campbell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ciaran McCabe, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Beilby, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Martyn Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Helen Paterson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eg White, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Chappell, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Cohen, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hilary Skewes, Strings Contractor, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Max Baillie, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Francis White, ComposerLyricist - Bea Lovejoy, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Janice Graham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Boyd, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wez Clarke, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hannah Dawson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Clarissa Farran, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kristian Larsen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Meghan Cassidy, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Marije Johnston, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANNE PREVEN, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Wilkins, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Anyaeji, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Lewey Melchor, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - James Eliot, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Kohn, ComposerLyricist - Tom Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Peter Kelleher, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - TMS, Producer, Co-Producer - Wez Clarke, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaded, Producer, Additional Producer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANNE PREVEN, ComposerLyricist - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Lunn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Naughty Boy, Producer - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shahid Khan, ComposerLyricist - Jonny Coffer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Lunn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kelli-Leigh Henry-Davila, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis White, ComposerLyricist - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Lunn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toby GAD, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dick Beetham, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leona Lewis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adam Lunn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Althea Edwards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Ramikie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Darek Cobbs, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandyn Phillips, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Edwin Carranza, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
It's hard to miss the declaration of independence within the title of I Am, Leona Lewis' first album recorded outside the confines of Simon Cowell's Syco Music. Separating from the machine that turned her into a star, Lewis seizes this fourth album as a vehicle to redefine her sound, ditching much (but not all) of the glassy gauze of "Bleeding Love" and throwing herself into a buoyant bounce somewhat inspired by the reigning British diva of the late 2010s, Adele. Lewis is canny, though. She may often trade in the same Tamla/Motown rhythms that define new millennial neo-soul -- a sound that also surfaced on her ebullient 2013 seasonal affair, Christmas, With Love -- but she and her team of producers (often led by Toby Gad but featuring several other musicians) are keenly aware of various club and EDM trends, so they're given a digital sparkle that entices, not blinds. Similarly, the slower showcases for her volcanic voice seem somewhat built to scale, opting for modulated melodrama over a full-force gale. Such a measured production means I Am appeals on a pure sonic level, eclipsing the often monolithic glare of Spirit and Glassheart, but the songs here, largely co-written by Lewis and Gad with other collaborators, are her strongest compositions, sharply crafted and passionate enough to earn the elemental allusions apparent on the opening "Thunder" and "Fire Under My Feet." If I Am does indeed open a new chapter for Leona Lewis, this album suggests it will be more intriguing than the first: she's learned how to harness her natural skills and has broadened her palette, a combination that results in her best album yet.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:22
- Main artists: Leona Lewis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license in the United States to Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings Inc. ℗ 2015 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, under exclusive license in the United States to Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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