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Old 25-12-2013, 22:19
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Which album do you think is better?
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Old 25-12-2013, 22:22
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Personally, Echo. IMO Glassheart didn't have much standout tracks, and although it deserved to do better than it did, it wasn't as good as her previous two.
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Old 25-12-2013, 22:23
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Glassheart.
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Old 25-12-2013, 22:25
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Glassheart would get my vote too. Echo has its moments but Glassheart had more stand-out songs like the title track, Come Alive and Sugar.
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Old 25-12-2013, 22:43
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I like both as they show different sides to her as an artist
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Old 25-12-2013, 22:55
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Some of the people who were complaining about Leona on the other thread have suddenly emerged here

Back to topic, I prefer Glassheart but I also prefer Happy, I Got You, Alive and Naked from Echo.
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Old 25-12-2013, 23:44
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Echo, I always skip most of the tracks on Glassheart.
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Old 26-12-2013, 00:04
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Glassheart > all of her albums
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Old 26-12-2013, 00:56
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I personally prefer Echo, just so many great tracks and incredible vocals.

Though I think Glassheart had more potential to do well because, in my opinion, it had some great radio songs, unfortunately they weren't released.
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Old 26-12-2013, 04:14
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Echo. I love that whole album, whereas I only like some of Glassheart.
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Old 26-12-2013, 16:40
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A hard one
Echo had a few standout tracks that shit on alot of Glassheart, but Glassheart is the better album overall
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Old 26-12-2013, 20:20
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both had good songs and album fillers Leona has yet to make a classic album spirit was good but not perfect.
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Old 26-12-2013, 23:41
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I like the variety of Glassheart. But Echo has some really impressive vocal moments. I think Leona put so much heart into Glassheart though. I mean the delays severely affected the sales but they did make it a really good album too.
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Old 27-12-2013, 01:56
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Each have their own appeal.

Echo had the ballads that Glassheart lacked and Glassheart had the uptempos that Echo lacked.

edit: Glassheart is stronger though as an overall album.
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Old 27-12-2013, 09:07
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Echo was a good follow up, but like the above person said it was all ballads. I mean I Got You and Brave? Were just alittle up tempo but nothing to stop me from falling asleep. Annoyed she didn't release Glassheart as a single. It was the stand out of Glassheart.
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Old 27-12-2013, 09:50
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I love both of them as they are very different but amazing in their own way. Both obviously have stunning vocals (Its leona, Duh!) But Echo is very ballad driven whilst Glassheart has more up tempo and mid tempo tracks. I always felt that Echo has a film soundtrack theme to it with dramatic lyrics and melodies whilst Glassheart has a more laid back electro inspired style with more constrained vocals from Leona. Both deserved much more success than they received!
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Old 28-12-2013, 18:22
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I love both but it has to be Echo. I changed my mind to Glassheart for a while, but this recent Christmas era has made me realise I really want the original Leona back, and Glassheart struck me as being an experiment of some kinds. Still love it though!

Echo
Glassheart
Spirit
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Old 28-12-2013, 20:04
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I get frustrated by her management team....


single releases should have been

Spirit:

Bleeding Love
Homeless
Better In Time
Take A Bow
Here I Am

deluxe/platinum edition: Run

Echo:

I See You
Don't Let Me Down
Happy
Brave

Glassheart:

Favourite Scar
Glassheart
Come Alive

I think Leona would be seen as a very different artist to the position that she is in now
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Old 29-12-2013, 13:06
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It's hard to choose but I listen to Glassheart more as an album. So Glassheart it is.
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Old 29-12-2013, 16:03
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Echo for me. Echo seems like a solid body of work that belongs together whereas Glassheart is inconsistent and a bit all over the place.

The singles for these should have been:

Echo:
1)Alive
2)Broken
3)Love Letter
4)Lost Then Found (ft One Republic)
5)My Hands
- I See You should have gotten added to the album and given lead single and soundtrack treatment. It could have been her biggest hit and one of the biggest soundtracks ever.

Glassheart:
1)Glassheart
2)Come Alive
3)Unlove Me
4)Fingerprint
5)When It Hurts/I To You


Of course I don't think they'd all be hits but they'd definitely sell the album which is the main purpose of a single. It's embarrassing how wrongly she and her team got the single choices - especially for Glassheart.
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Old 29-12-2013, 19:52
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Glassheart. It's her best album, imho, and I will be forever disgusted that it flopped.
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Old 03-01-2014, 01:18
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Everytime I think about Glassheart which flopped, it makes me really angry as there were really good songs on that album.
Trouble and Lovebird should have NEVER been released as singles and instead Leona should have released:
1st Single: Glassheart
2nd Single: Favourite Scar
3rd Single: I to You
4th Single: Fireflies
5th Single: Come Alive

All these songs (especially Glassheart and Come Alive) could have shown a different side to Leona and for people to hear her experimenting genres like Dubstep, Dance etc. rather than the ballads she normally makes.
Leona shouldn't have given up on Glassheart so soon after Lovebird flopped, she should released Glassheart as a single because that would have been the only song that could have saved the album.
I also don't know why SyCo didn't think before they chose the singles but I'm not surprised because Simon Cowell is busy putting all his attention on Crap Direction.
Leona should move to another record label.
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