Music Review: Leona Lewis Echo
One begins listening to this second album from the 2006 X Factor winner hoping its title isn’t prophetic – nobody needs an echo of Lewis’s soporific, saccharine debut, Spirit.
While her 2007 album remains the fastest-selling debut release from a British artist – it outsold the Spice Girls’ greatest hits compilation by two to one – [...]
Music Review: N-Dubz Against All Odds
The staunchly individualist lexicon of London yap-rap trio N-Dubz should serve to alienate all but the most fanatical admirer. But, with a glossary included in the accompanying booklet – which also highlights members’ on-tour must-haves and provides advice on how to mirror their look – their playful slang is swiftly assimilated.
While the repetition of the [...]
