Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.It was with this sentence from Damon Albarn in 1993 that England invaded the stage previously dominated by Nirvana and Seattle grunge.
Britpop is deeply linked to politics and local identity and emerged just as Tony Blair and New Labour were entering the scene. English romanticism was once again becoming attractive compared to the American identity, which was considered too hollow in the UK. Bewitched by the psychedelic and funky revolutions of Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, the trumpet player made a radical change and, in passing, changed jazz too. But you can count the pioneers of the genre who are still alive on two fingers: Jerry Lee Lewis and Wanda Jackson. Theyre 84 and 82. Lewis was a wild rocker signed with Sun Records who made history by igniting his instrument and transforming church music, country and boogie-woogie into wicked rocknroll. Jackson was a country singer who had a brilliant career alongside Elvis. Going from Little Richard to Chuck Berry, not forgetting Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly and Hank Williams, Qobuz pays tribute to the precursors of rock. A handful of upbeat numbers including an unexpected foray into frothy high-speed electro pull Leona back from the brink of boring. 86 Jim Farber of the New York Daily News agreed, writing Echo has a sense of fun, and a youthful vim, rarely on display on Spirit. It was released on 9 November 2009 including 16 November in the United Kingdom, 2 and 17 November 2009 in the United States. Its worldwide release was through Sony Music. The album charted across the globe, including the US, UK, Canada, across Europe, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, with commercial success. 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. Lewis promoted the album along with her debut record on The Labyrinth, her debut headlining concert tour, starting in May 2010. Its so exciting to create something new. She also said, Im actually more confident with this album than the last. Ive 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, 10 and described Echo as more guitar-driven compared to Spirit, with a harder edge in an interview with Seventeen. I mean, she did some stuff on Happy thats 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 Tedders 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. The thing is, on this album, there were a lot of people that Id been with on the first album so I knew them and we kinda got into the vibe straight away. Obviously Im still getting to know Timbaland, its kind of a continuing and evolving relationship, so this time hes not on the album, but hopefully next time he will be. 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, 41 were recorded at a concert at Londons Hackney Empire on 2 November 2009. In July 2010 it was reported by the Sunday Mirror that a deluxe edition is planned for release. An investigation was launched by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), working with the record label and police to identify those responsible. Lewis confirmed during an interview with an Australian radio station that some of the songs that leaked would be included on the album. At the end of March 2010 it was reported that Syco Music had suffered once again from computer hackers who obtained 14 previously unreleased songs by Lewis and subsequently leaked them online. It was also revealed that Cowell had contacted the FBI regarding the matter, while British police were contacted to investigate the leak of Echo in November 2009 before it was officially released. It was later revealed in 2011 that songs recorded for Echo were targeted by the German hacker, Deniz A., also known as DJ Stolen. In July 2010, the Rasch law firm logged a criminal complaint against DJ Stolen for constantly placing hacked songs on the internet. Amongst those songs listed in the complaint was one called Pulse, described at the time as a new recording by Lewis. DJ Stolen was jailed for 18 months in June 2011. Each gown was made-to-measure in Westwoods central London atelier. They are created in gold lam and white satin, are fitted around a boned leotard and feature the designers signature cleavage-enhancing corset, with a crinoline -style skirt. One costume depicts Lewis as a mermaid, an idea that Lewis suggested. Lewis also wears Westwoods dresses in her music videos and during promotional events for the album and singles. Lewis performed an exclusive live show at the Hackney Empire in London on 2 November 2009, her first full UK show, 54 55 where she performed nine songs in total, including four from Echo. On 5 November 2009 she has also performed Happy at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 held in Berlin, Germany. Lewis performed again on The X Factor final, on 13 December, singing her rendition of Stop Crying Your Heart Out. Following this performance, the song charted at 29 in the UK singles charts from strong downloads. On 3 December 2009, Lewis performed Happy, I Got You and Stop Crying Your Heart Out, as well as two songs from Spirit, on the BBC Radio 2 show Live Sessions with Ken Bruce. She also performed I Got You and Stop Crying Your Heart Out on BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge. It reached number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 60 and number 15 on the Canadian Hot 100. In the Australian ARIA Singles Chart it reached number 26. In Billboard s Japan Hot 100 it reached number 7. Happy entered the UK chart at number 2 and was certified Silver (200,000). I Got You was released as the second and final single in the UK on 21 February 2010 and peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and number 3 on the UK RB Chart. The Observer s review of Echo gave the album three out of five stars, with reviewer Peter Robinson writing, Unusually for an X Factor graduate, there was actually something at risk if the second album didnt work, but Echo hits its target. A handful of upbeat numbers including an unexpected foray into frothy high-speed electro pull Leona back from the brink of boring. Jim Farber of the New York Daily News agreed, writing Echo has a sense of fun, and a youthful vim, rarely on display on Spirit.
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