Of all the talent-show turns unearthed in the past decade, Leona Lewis is the only one to have parlayed the opportunity, when it knocked, into a significant international career; and judging by this safe, careful follow-up to the multi-platinum Spirit, she\'s not taking any unnecessary chances that might prematurely derail that career. She might admirably refer to the original Greek myth – in which an unrequited lover pines away till just her voice remained – in explaining the album\'s title, but one doesn\'t have to be a complete cynic to place a more prosaic interpretation on Echo, so closely does it stick to its predecessor\'s formula.
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