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Posted by: April 13th May 2015, 04:43 PM
Thanks to everyone who submitted votes in the Underrated Tracks Rate. I've counted and verified everyone's votes and the countdown has been compiled.
The tracks which are in contention to become your most underrated are...
Can't Breathe
Come Alive
Fly Here Now
Glassheart
How Everything You Are
I To You
Lost Then Found (featuring OneRepublic)
Love Letter
Mr Right
My Hands
Naked
Outta My Head
Scene of the Crime
Shake You Up
Stay
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Strangers
Take a Bow
The results will begin tonight at 8:30pm and I hope to finish them all tonight. Feel free to make your final predictions and wishes below...
Posted by: April 13th May 2015, 07:39 PM
18. Fly Here Now (5.83)
The lowest placer in the final is "Fly Here Now" - the first of many tracks from 'Echo' to appear in the countdown. Fly Here Now was a pre-order only track in the UK, however, it was included as part of the North America tracklisting too. It's a pretty weak song, imo, and definitely the weakest song to have made the final. So I'm not surprised and saddened that it finished in last place.
'Lovers'
09 | pes and Acidburn
'Haters'
00 | Casa
Posted by: April 13th May 2015, 07:43 PM
17. Shake You Up (6.64)
Darkchild penned "Shake You Up" from 'Glassheart' is next out and quite a big ahead of Fly Here Now. I think there might be a few people disappointed by this, since it received a few high scores as well as low scores. I think it's quite average, and certainly a lot worse than many of Darkchild's other hits. It's nice to hear Leona on a different style of track and works well on Glassheart as an album track.
'Lovers'
11 | Envoirment
'Haters'
03 | Liam, Davidson
Posted by: Envoirment 13th May 2015, 08:47 PM
Sad to see "Shake You Up" so criminally low!
Posted by: IsThisHappiness 13th May 2015, 08:49 PM
Not Shake You Up being so low D:
Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 13th May 2015, 09:05 PM
Love letter to win please 
Posted by: April 15th May 2015, 07:54 PM
16. I To You (6.75)
It's another 'Glassheart' album track up next! Like most of the album, it's another different sounding song for Leona and it was great to see her experiment a little more. This is very much album track material though, imo.
'Lovers'
10 | *Tim
'Haters'
01 | pes
Posted by: April 15th May 2015, 07:59 PM
15. Strangers (7.19)
As we enter the top 15, we have the first song to pass 07 in the average and also the first unreleased track to appear in the countdown AND the first of two Ryan Tedder/OneRepublic features to appear. I know this is quite loved by the fanbase, but I think it's quite average. For an unreleased track which didn't make the final cut it's strong in that sense. But I think this is the right position for this song to finish.
'Lovers'
10 | Johnkm
'Haters'
04 | SceneofSIXCrimes
Posted by: Envoirment 17th May 2015, 04:13 PM
You seem to have linked to "I To You" in your strangers segment April!
"I To You" is really nice, but rightfully placed. I really liked "Strangers" when it first leaked and feel that it had a lot of potential for just a demo!
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 05:54 PM
14. Love Letter (7.28)
PerchedT now for an iconek Ultraviolence meltdown and let her comment on this song. 
Don't disappoint me UV. Personally, I'm surprised this finished so low. It's one of the best songs on 'Echo' for me and definitely single worthy.
'Lovers'
11 | Ultraviolence1989
'Haters'
01 | Mike Sugafan
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 05:57 PM
13. Mr Right (7.31)
The only festive Leona song to appear in the countdown is this little festive gem. It's hard not to bop along with this, it's so feel-good and perfect for Christmas. It would've made a great follow-up single to One More Sleep if they decided to push another single. Personally, it's grown on me massively over time. Shame it didn't make the top 10.
'Lovers'
10 | April
'Haters'
04 | *Tim
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 06:00 PM
12. How Everything You Are (8.06)
A gorgeous unreleased ballad - "How Everything You Are" next up. It's also the first song to pass the 08 mark in its average. I think this is around the right position for this, "Stay" is definitely the better of the two and rightfully is ahead in this countdown.
'Lovers'
11 | SceneofSIXCrimes, Ariella, hopehere
'Haters'
05 | Davidson
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 06:04 PM
11. Stop Crying Your Heart Out (8.08)
Finishing narrowly ahead and just missing out on the top 10 is Leona's cover of Oasis classic "Stop Crying Your Heart Out". The song appears on 'Echo' and she also performed it on the X Factor Final in 2009 which caused it to chart in the top 40. It's a really great cover and interpretation of the song.
'Lovers'
10 | Ultraviolence1989, pes, Mike Sugafan, Johnkm
'Haters'
04 | Casa
Posted by: Envoirment 28th May 2015, 06:11 PM
"Mr Right" is a jam. Wanted it to be a bit higher though!
"Love Letter" has such a nice vibe/feel to it.
"Stop Crying Your Heart out" is nice, but I feel they tried to recreate "Run" with it and comes off a bit disingenuous imo. I really do love Leona's voice on it though!
"How Everything You Are" is such a great song considering it's just a demo!!! 
So innocent/sincere and Leona's voice sounds fantastic on it. Love the rawness.
Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 28th May 2015, 06:22 PM
How the hell is love letter so low!!! Tbh I only prefer run, bleeding love, happy, footprints in the sand and one more sleep from her discography. Unfortunately I was expecting it to be so low so sorry but no breakdown from me (especially knowing the breakdown could be like my 2nd forever is over breakdown which was a just beyond awful post!).
Shame though as love letter has such an amazing vibe to it and is such a standout 
Also devastated to see stop crying your heart out so low, such a beautiful song 
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 08:25 PM
10. Scene of the Crime (8.11)
Just edging into the top 10 is the unreleased track "Scene of the Crime". This is perhaps one of her biggest 'should've been released' moments when considering some of the other tracks on the album. The song even has its own name sake poster! 
'Lovers'
10 | SceneofSIXCrimes, Acidburn
'Haters'
06 | Nick F1, Ariella, hopehere
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 08:29 PM
09. Stay (8.22)
Comfortably finishing in the top 10 is my favourite of Leona's unreleased batch "Stay". I know some find it a little bland, but I think it's just so beautiful. One of Leona's most touching songs and I'm gutted it wasn't included released on an album.
'Lovers'
11 | IsThisHappiness
'Haters'
06 | Nick F1, Mike Sugafan, Davidson
Posted by: April 28th May 2015, 08:37 PM
08. My Hands (8.25)
Two 'Echo' album tracks received the same average vote and My Hands is the lower of the two because it received less 11s. This is certainly one of the strongest from the album and it's quite hard to pick since 'Echo' is a very consistently solid album.
'Lovers'
10 | IsThisHappiness, Adam92, Ariella, hopehere, Casa
'Haters'
05 | Ultraviolence1989, Nick F1
which means...
07. Naked (8.25) - RECEIVED MORE 11s
Thanks to receiving 2 11s, Naked finishes higher in this countdown. Unbelievably, we still have THREE 'Echo' album tracks still to come in this countdown. With so many in the top 10, will one top the countdown?
'Lovers'
11 | Jonjo, Davidson
'Haters'
03.5 | Mike Sugafan
Posted by: April 29th May 2015, 09:46 PM
06. Lost Then Found (8.28)
And we have another two 'Echo' album tracks next and both receiving the same number of votes. The first is Leona's collaboration with OneRepublic (the second to appear in the countdown) and is definitely one of the highlights from 'Echo'. It's classically Ryan Tedder and classically Leona.
'Lovers'
10 | Jonjo, April, Johnkm, Adam92
'Haters'
05 | Ultraviolence1989
which means...
05. Outta My Head (8.28) - RECEIVED MORE 11s
The second is "Outta My Head" which is often cited by fans as the 'Echo' lead single which never happened. It certainly deserved to smash and I imagine the era would have happened very differently with this as lead single. Outta My Head crashing out means only ONE 'Echo' album tracks remains in the countdown (compared to one 'Spirit' track and two 'Glassheart' tracks).
'Lovers'
11 | Liam, Johnkm, Acidburn, Adam92
'Haters'
05 | IsThisHappiness
Posted by: Jonjo 30th May 2015, 02:40 AM
Them 4 should have been top 5 alone with 'Can't Breathe' 
We should have had an all 'Echo' top 5. But 'Take A Bow' is very deserving to be there too! I can't remember what else is left to come. I think TAB has this sewn up now that 'Outta My Head' is out (and much lower than I'd anticipated it being, I assumed top 3 was a shoe-in for it, if it wasn't gonna win!).
EDIT: Oh is the top 4:
'Can't Breathe'
'Come Alive'
'Glassheart'
'Take A Bow'
? That's a very solid top 4 in all honesty. I would like it to be...
01. 'Can't Breathe'
02. 'Take A Bow'
03. 'Come Alive'
04. 'Glassheart'
But I think it will be...
01. 'Take A Bow'
02. 'Glassheart'
03. 'Come Alive'
04. 'Can't Breathe'.
Posted by: Envoirment 30th May 2015, 05:13 PM
"Scene of The Crime" is great! Would have been a nice tempo change had it been on Echo. I think it's amazing for a demo!
"Stay" is lovely.
"My Hands" is Epic *_* I still haven't finished my copy of Final Fantasy 13 to hear it in the game though. 
"Naked" is sooooo amazing. It's criminal it was left off the US version of the album.
"Lost Then Found" is nice but I don't really see myself playing it much anymore. I tend to skip it.
"Outta My Head" is a JAM. Still listen to it as my song to walk to. 
Can't wait to see the top 4
Posted by: April 2nd June 2015, 10:51 AM
04. Can't Breathe (8.72)
Despite having so many tracks in the top 10, the final one from 'Echo' has now dropped out at #4. "Can't Breathe" is a clear fan favourite from the album and according to you guys it's her fourth most underrated track. I probably disagree with the general consensus of the song finishing so high up, it's good but I wouldn't have placed it this high. Although it missed the top 3, it has earned the accolade of highest 'Echo' track
'Lovers'
10 | Jonjo, pes, Envoirment, Johnkm, Acidburn, IsThisHappiness
'Haters'
06 | *Tim
Posted by: April 2nd June 2015, 11:01 AM
03. Come Alive (8.89)
The smash hit that never happened "Come Alive" was set to be released as the lead single from 'Glassheart' after she previewed the song at Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2012. However, it somehow got overlooked and ended up being one of her biggest 'shoulda been a single' moments. I'm slightly disappointed it finished behind "Glassheart" because this has aged much better and still feels very fresh and euphoric. This now means there won't be a 'Glassheart' top 2!
'Lovers'
11 | April
10 | Jonjo, Liam, *Tim, Mike Sugafan, Acidburn, Adam92
'Haters'
06 | NickF1
Posted by: April 4th June 2015, 07:22 PM
02. Glassheart (9.36)
The second smash hit that never happened from 'Glassheart' "Glassheart" is also the first song to pass 9 as an average and is quite a bit ahead of "Come Alive" to finish at #2 comfortably. Clearly it's massively loved here on Buzzjack and I think it would've been massively loved by the general public too if it had been released as a single.
'Lovers'
11 | pes, *Tim
10 | Ultraviolence1989, April, Liam, Envoirment, Acidburn, Adam92, Ariella, hopehere
'Haters'
06 | Johnkm
Posted by: April 4th June 2015, 07:27 PM
01. Take a Bow (9.58)
And finally your #1 most underrated track from Leona Lewis is "Take a Bow" from 'Spirit'. The song finishes fairly comfortably at the top with an amazing 9.58 average (!!). This R&B sound was typical of Leona during the 'Spirit' era and this is perhaps her most R&B track to date. It's timelessly brilliant and a very worthy winner.
'Lovers'
11 | NickF1, Mike Sugafan
10 | Ultraviolence1989, Jonjo, April, *Tim, Davidson, Acidburn, Adam92, Ariella,
'Haters'
07 | pes
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Full countdown
01 Take a Bow
02 Glassheart
03 Come Alive
04 Can't Breathe
05 Outta My Head
06 Lost Then Found
07 Naked
08 My Hands
09 Stay
10 Scene of the Crime
11 Stop Crying Your Heart Out
12 How Everything You Are
13 Mr Right
14 Love Letter
15 Strangers
16 I To You
17 Shake You Up
18 Fly Here Now
Posted by: Acidburn 4th June 2015, 07:34 PM
What a fantastic winner and definitely well deserved and ranks as one of the best tracks on her amazing debut album. "Glassheart" another firm fave of mine and really should have been the album's 2nd single following "Come Alive" which are both amazing.
Also only discovered Scene Of A Crime because of this and now I love it, the entire top 10 is fantastic thanks for this, always love going back to Leona's stuff and having a good listen.
Posted by: Envoirment 4th June 2015, 10:46 PM
"Can't Breathe" is so amazing and vocally wow *_* Her tour performances of it were amazing.
"Come Alive" is such a huge song sonically and vocally. Love it. So sad it never saw the light of day as a single.
"Glassheart" would have been such a SMASH! URGH.
"Take A Bow" should've been released as well, such a great song. So many missed oppotunities.
Amazing countdown though, thanks April, really enjoyed it!!
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