Leona Lewis: Echo | CD review

(Syco)Leona Lewis and her millions of sales are a good thing for the British music industry, but not necessarily for British music. The idea that we finally have a homegrown Kelly Clarkson/Jordin Sparks is hardly cause for celebration if it means the next generation of UK female singers believes her ponderous, heavily ornamented style is what they should be emulating. Echo's 13 tracks, which were co-written by Justin Timberlake, One Republic's Ryan Tedder and other costly names, follow the formu...

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