i'm still MAD at trouble it was clearly a career-ending move, considering happy was moderately successful here so she'd already navigated around the whole one-era wonder thing the UK has with females
i was never entirely sold on come alive being a single though
Yeah but what they did with I Am is even worse. I Got You and Another Love Song have single written all over the place and she goes and releases Thunder. Girl... If you wanted a ballad, you could've released You Knew Me When. Thunder is kinda generic and bland... it doesn't stand out all.
Yeeess, Ladders and Power are great songs. In my opinion:
1- Another Love Song
2- Power
3- I Got You
4- Ladders
5- Fire Under My Feet
6- You Knew Me When
At least 6/12 had single potential. It's such a waste the era ended so quickly...
Thunder was the wrong song to use as a lead single for the US. Another Love Song should've been that song. Heck, even Fire Under My Feet would have been better.
There has been countless bad decisions in Leona's career, it's sad.