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}} ''Echo'' is the second studio album by British singer and songwriter Leona Lewis. It was released from 9 November 2009 including 16 November in the United Kingdom, and 17 November 2009 in the United States. Its worldwide release was through Sony Music. Lewis worked with Ryan Tedder, Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, John Shanks, and Harvey Mason, Jr. amongst others to produce the follow-up to her debut album ''Spirit''. The album was preceded by the single "Happy", released on 15 September 2009. "I Got You" was released as the second single in February 2010. The song "My Hands" was used as the theme song for the video game ''Final Fantasy XIII''. The album achieved commercial success, peaking within the top twenty in nine countries, including debuting at number one in the UK with 161,000 copies sold in its first week. ==Background and production== As with Lewis's debut album, ''Spirit'', each of ''Echo''s producers were enlisted by her mentors Simon Cowell and Clive Davis.〔 Unlike her debut album where she travelled between cities, Lewis remained in Los Angeles for the recording of ''Echo'', which took nine months to produce. It contains ballads, racier tracks and dancefloor anthems. Lewis titled the album ''Echo'' "since an echo describes a big, organic sound,"〔 and it appealed to her love of fantasy as Echo was a nymph who, in Greek mythology, "pined away till only her voice remained." In August 2009 Lewis told her official website: "I'm in the midst of the recording process, working with incredible songwriters and producers, and my music has really evolved. It's so exciting to create something new."〔 She also said, "I'm actually more confident with this album than the last. I've taken more control this time and I feel more at ease with everything."〔 She told ''Variety'' magazine that she "wanted the album to have a little bit more of a live feel to it, with a little more live instrumentation," and described ''Echo'' as "more guitar-driven" compared to ''Spirit'', with a "harder edge" in an interview with ''Seventeen''.〔 Lewis worked with Ryan Tedder, producer of her second single "Bleeding Love", on the album's lead single "Happy", written by Lewis, Tedder and Evan Bogart, and "You Don't Care". Tedder commented, "I pushed () vocally more on this song than any song she's ever done. I mean, she did some stuff on "Happy" that's awesome, but this other song she takes it to another level."〔 The song "Lost Then Found" was also co-written by Tedder and Lewis along with Dan Muckala, Jess Cates and Lindy Robbins, and features Tedder's band OneRepublic. Another Tedder song, "Shadows", was written with AJ McLean for the Backstreet Boys. After it failed to make the Backstreet Boys' album, Cowell wanted it for Lewis but then decided it better suited Westlife. Justin Timberlake contributed production and backing vocals to several songs, including "Don't Let Me Down", written and produced with Timberlake's production team The Y's and recorded at Chalice Recording Studios.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chalice Studios ) 〕 Arnthor Birgisson worked with Lewis on the songs "My Hands" and "Heartbeat", which were written by Ina Wroldsen and Birgisson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leona Lewis )〕 "My Hands" features on ''Echo'', while "Heartbeat" is the B-side for the album's second single.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=I Got You () )〕 Max Martin and Birgisson worked with Lewis on the song "I Got You"〔 with Martin also contributing to the dance track "Outta My Head" written by Martin, Johan Karl Schuster and Kotecha.〔 〕 Schuster also produced the upbeat "Naked" along with Kristian Lundin. It was written by Lewis, Lundin and Kotecha. John Shanks produced two songs, a ballad and an uptempo song, one of which is "Broken", written by Shanks, Novel and Lewis.〔 Julian Bunetta worked with Lewis along with Andrew Frampton to produce "Brave", which was written by Frampton, Bunetta, Kotecha and Lewis.〔 Kevin Rudolf produced "Love Letter",〔 which he co-wrote with J. Kasher.〔 In September 2009, Lewis worked with Harvey Mason, Jr., Uriel Kadouch, Keith Ross, and Gavriel Aminov to produce "Can't Breathe".〔 The album also contains a cover of Oasis's "Stop Crying Your Heart Out", which was produced by Steve Robson.〔 Lewis also worked with several writers and producers on songs that failed to make the album. Toby Gad worked with Lewis〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toby Gad News 2009 )〕 including writing the song "Unreachable" with Lewis and Robbins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Songfile system )〕 Taio Cruz was hired by Cowell to write and produce tracks for the album, and Irish Indie band The Script agreed to write a song, however, it was submitted too late. Production and songwriting team Xenomania were reported to have written five songs for Lewis's second album, described by songwriter Miranda Cooper as "tragic songs with a twist." Ne-Yo wrote songs for the album, including "Can't Fight It".〔 Lewis expressed interest in working with Chris Martin of Coldplay to give the album a rockier edge, though a collaboration never came to light.〔 Several demos are said to be influenced by Coldplay, and Lewis collaborated with rock singer Aqualung. She was also reported to have worked with DJ Infamous, Claude Kelly, and Los Da Mystro. She worked with Timbaland in April 2009, and explained the reason for his tracks not appearing on ''Echo'': "I went in the studio with Timbaland and we vibed out. The thing is, on this album, there were a lot of people that I'd been with on the first album so I knew them and we kinda got into the vibe straight away. Obviously I'm still getting to know Timbaland, it's kind of a continuing and evolving relationship, so this time he's not on the album, but hopefully next time he will be". The album was released in two formats. In addition to the standard edition, albums downloaded from iTunes receive two live performance songs.〔 The two live songs, "Brave" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Echo (Deluxe Version) )〕 were recorded at a concert at London's Hackney Empire on 2 November 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Win tickets to see Leona Lewis perform live in London! )〕 In July 2010 it was reported by the ''Sunday Mirror'' that a deluxe edition is planned for release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Echo (Leona Lewis album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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