Here is what I
thought of Leona Lewis' new album, “ Christmas, With Love.”
Remember – all scores are out of a possible 10 points.
“One More
Sleep” - What a fun Christmas
song! Leona is serving holiday cheer with this original song and I am
loving it! This sure put me in the holiday mood despite the warm
weather we are having! (Keep in mind I live in St. Louis and when I
post this it could totally be snowing.) This track is totally DQW.
(Drag Queen Worthy) Score: 10
“Winter
Wonderland” - I think the mix
is off on this one. There is something grand about the arrangement,
but the backing music seemed to overpower Leona's vocals. Score:
5
“White
Christmas” - A gorgeous,
pared down version of a holiday classic. I love how Leona is serving
emotional realness with her soulful vocals. Score: 9
“Your
Hallelujah” - Clearly this is
supposed to be the showpiece of the album, but I was rather bored.
Nothing moved me – maybe I just have a cold dead heart. Score:
4
“Christmas
(Baby Please Come Home) – Seeing
how this is one of my favorite holiday songs I expect a lot from
whomever covers it. I just wish Leona would have given as much of an
effort throughout the whole song as she did at the end. Score:
6
“Mr. Right” -
Meh. A blah song that really
doesn't go anywhere and sounds strangely similar to the first track
of this album. Filler. Next. Score: 5
“O Holy Night”
- Yes ma'am. This is what I was
talking about when I was dogging “Your Hallelujah.” Emotional
realness. Loved this song from start to finish. Now this is how you
do “O Holy Night.” Score: 10
“I Wish It
Could Be Christmas Everyday” - I
liked the energy of the main part of the song, but the first 45
seconds has to go. I deem this high energy track DQW. Score:
8
“Ave Maria” -
Is this the most beautiful song
ever written? I think it might be. Leona does an amazing job on this
as she almost brought a tear to my eye. That said, whenever I hear
this song, I think two things: 1) I hope gangsters don't break into
my home and shoot up the place in slow motion and 2) I always wish
when someone is singing this song halfway through they would break
into that similar musical number from The
Fifth Element. Score:
10
“Silent Night”
- An acapella version of this
holiday standard. This should be the jingle for Lunesta cause I sure
did go to sleep. Beautiful, but boring. Score: 5
Average Track
Score: 7.2 Would I recommend
this to my friends? Probably.
There is enough good material to make up for the boring stuff.
Escalader,
Jim
@draglover
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