Echo (Sony)

THERE is no question that 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis has a powerful and distinct voice that has propelled her farther than most reality-TV singing-contest winners.

Sadly, her sophomore effort fails to reproduce the sparkle of her 2007 debut, Spirit. Lead single Happy, while emotionally charged, fails to keep one dazzled past the intensity of her soaring vocals.

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