Track Listing

1. Story Of My Life
2. Shining
3. The Years Move On
4. Love Is All I Need
5. It's OK
6. The Crying
7. Some Say
8. Caught In The Moment
9. Hanging
10. Fall And I Will Catch You
11. Sometimes I Wonder

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5783 in Music
• Released on: 2004-05-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Don't be fooled by Kristian Leontiou's picture on the cover of Some Day Soon. In spite of appearances, the music on this 22-year-old singer-songwriter's debut album is geared more towards the coffee table than the skate park. No surprise then that he was discovered by the same label as Dido--his sound is not a million miles away from hers, with layers of electronic beats and synths underlaying his hearfelt and earnest lyrics, sung in a breathy, R&B whine. This is hardly the stuff expected of such a young man, so it's perhaps fortunate that he's aiming above his demographic (why else would someone, at the tender age of 22, title a song "The Story of My Life"?). Some Day Soon's mood is sombre and melancholy, reflected in song titles such as "It's OK" and "The Crying" and lyrics like "Show me where the answers live / Show me where the truth forgives" ("Some Say"). Too often, his songs lack any bite, and it can all sound a bit immature or self-indulgent. Generally, though, Some Day Soon is a competent debut, and shows off this young North Londoner's potential as both a singer and a songwriter. --Ted Kord

CD Description
Debut album from Wembley-raised artist whose mainstream pophas been compared to that of Dido and David Gray. Many of the tracks on this release were written in collaboration withhusband and wife team Pete Wilkinson and Sarah Erasmus. Thedebut single, 'Story Of My Life', is included.

Customer Reviews

Amazing...a debut to be proud of!
How refreshing to find a performer as young as Kristian Leontiou actually participating in writing the songs that he sings and being concerned with the quality and integrity of his work, rather than being just another fame-hungry, inanely grinning wannabe in yet another tragic boyband, desperate to be liked. How nice to find a (proper) CD which is great from start to finish, is a perfect length-not overly long and not full of filler-with fantastic sound quality, and which is reasonably priced.
I'd never heard of Kristian Leontiou until I saw him on TV recently, singing (live!) his single, The Story of My Life. I liked it so much that I was prompted to go out and buy it a couple of days later-I even liked the other track, Homecoming (not on the album). In fact, I was so impressed by the little bit of his music I'd heard, that I felt compelled to buy his album as soon as it came out, and I was not disappointed in the least: I love it.
It opens with the aforementioned single and continues in the same vein; mature, relaxed, mellow, melodic, aching and slightly melancholy. Mr. Leontiou's voice is gorgeous: it's warm and soulful without ever going into vocal hysterics or trying too hard-it is most certainly NOT, as the Amazon review cruelly called it, 'an 'R&B whine'. Were they listening to the same album? It's also very inaccurate of that review to say that his music is 'geared...towards the coffee table'. To me, coffee table anything (music, books etc.) are left lying around with the sole intent of impressing others, and often not even looked at/listened to by the person who bought them. In this case, the description couldn't be more wrong as I haven't stopped listening to (and enjoying) the album since I bought it.
It's difficult to pick favourites as the quality of the music is so consistent throughout and virtually all of the songs are incredibly catchy and memorable, with great hooks: it really is that good! There's even a very short extra track which can be heard about 30 seconds after the last one ends, though it's still so good that I wonder why it wasn't extended into a full song.
I do hope that this album is as successful as it deserves to be and that we'll be hearing a lot more from Kristian Leontiou in the future. If in doubt, just buy it! A debut to be proud of.

Stunning debut from London singer / songwriter
I have found it really hard to try and categorise Kristian's sound (for the purpose of the review), and I have read many reviews in the press trying to as well. (From the male Dido, to a cross between Crowded House and Bryan Adams, to a young David Gray). The closest I suppose could be the Dido comparison, musically at least, because this album is incredibly melodic, beautifully written and beautifully sung. What also makes him heard to categorise is when you see him, you expect something a little harder, (he looks like your typical skater-boy) not mid-tempo ballads, which is what this album is built up of.
Lets not get bogged down in categories. This is a beautifully crafted album, more melancholy than not, and I simply can't stop playing it and singing along (that's the sign of a good album for me - whether I sing the tracks constantly).
From the stunning debut single 'Story of my life', to 'Shining' (which first appeared on the 'Win a date with Tad Hamilton' soundtrack and surely must be the 2nd single), this album has many highlights which make it hard to choose a favourite, but 'Fall And I Will Catch You', 'The Years Move On', 'Caught In The Moment' (this has GOT to be a single - I love the unexpected vocoded female backing vocal) and 'Love Is All I Need' are all worthy of mention. A live favourite (if you get the chance to see him live, this is where his voice is most impressive) is 'Hanging' the most uptempo number on the album (and my best mates favourite).
A beautiful, moving and stunning debut album. Learn how to pronounce his name 'Leon-tee-you' cos you are going to hear his name a lot over the next few months.

Brilliant!
This album is simply brilliant. If you like Story of my Life then you will love the album. He could release every single song on this album if he wanted to as each one is easy to listen to and very catchy. I haven't stopped listening to it since the day it was bought!