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Artist: Amy Winehouse
Label: Republic
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  496 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 000842802
UPC: 602517229679
EAN: 0602517229679
ASIN: B000N2G3RY
Release Date: March 13, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Rehab | | • | You Know I'm No Good | | • | Me & Mr. Jones | | • | Just Friends | | • | Back To Black | | • | Love Is A Losing Game | | • | Tears Dry On Their Own | | • | Wake Up Alone | | • | Some Unholy War | | • | He Can Only Hold Her | | • | Bonus Track 1 |
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From Amazon.co.uk
Amy Winehouse's second album, Back to Black, is one of the finest soul albums, British or otherwise, to come out for years. Frank, her first album, was a sparse and stripped-down affair; Back to Black, meanwhile, is neither of these things. This time around, she's taken her inspiration from some of the classic 1960's girl groups like the Supremes and the Shangri-Las, a sound particularly suited to her textured vocal delivery, while adding a contemporary songwriting sensibility. With the help of producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, "Rehab" becomes a gospel-tinged stomp, while the title track (and album highlight) is a heartbreaking musical tribute to Phil Spector, with it's echoey bass drum, rhythmic piano, chimes, saxophone and close harmonies. Best of all, though, is the fact that Back to Black bucks the current trend in R&B by being unabashedly grown-up in both style and content. Winehouse's lyrics deal with relationships from a grown-up perspective, and are honest, direct and, often, complicated: on "You Know I'm No Good", she's unapologetic about her unfaithfulness. But she can also be witty, as on "Me & Mrs Jones" when she berates a boyfriend with "You made me miss the Slick Rick gig". Back to Black is a refreshingly mature soul album, the best of its kind for years. --Ted Kord
Album Description
Hailed by Newsweek Magazine as a cross between Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill, British soul singer Amy Winehouse's U.S. debut, Back To Black hits the US amid a flurry of accolades, radio and TV buzz unprecedented in recent years for a young siren. Her brassy mix of emotive vocals tinged with 60's girl-group stylings, sly funk, and anguished jazz, sparked the New York Daily News to crown Back To Black a "marvelous debut that would do Etta James proud" while New Yorker Magazine called her "a fierce English performer whose voice combines the smoky depths of a jazz chanteuse with the heated passion of a soul singer," and Spin Magazine affirming "there's never been A British star quite like her." Back To Black smolders with a bristling fusion of old school doo-wop/soul inflected uprisings, (the charismatic singer/songwriter wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album) brewing instant classics such as the Shirley Ellis influenced "Rehab," the Supremes tinged title song "Back To Black," the aching "Wake Up Alone," and the album's closer, "Addicted."
Album Details
Ivor Novello Award Winner, Mercury Music Prize and Triple Brit Nominee Amy Winehouse, Follows the Release of her New Single "rehab" and Recent Sell-out Mini-uk Tour, with the Hugely Anticipated Release on October 30th of her New Album "back to Black". On "back to Black", the Follow-up to her Platinum Debut "frank" which Established her as One of the Most Exciting and Challenging Artists in Pop Music, Amy Confirms, Beyond Any Reasonable Or Unreasonable Doubt, What a Truly Remarkable Talent She Is.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 491 more reviews...
 stunning... May 12, 2008
"Back to Black," Amy Winehouse's second CD and first to be released in the U.S. is about as good as they come. Great vocals, songwriting, production, instrumentation, and most importantly, it's the most original CD to be released in a long time. "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good, "Tears Dry On Their Own," "Love Is A Losing Game," and the title track, are superb singles, man the whole CD is. You feel her heart when she sings. She gutsy, funny, stoned, miserable, happy, and just about every emotion that comes to mind over the 11 tracks on this CD. I hope Amy puts her personal demons behind her because music needs her. She is way too talented of an artist to let other things stand in her way. Talent like hers doesn't come around everyday. She only deserves the best!
 Foreign version, sound choppy May 11, 2008
The first few bars of "Rehab" are missing and the clarity of sound is mediocre.
back to black May 9, 2008
what talent and shes only just begun!!!What a story finding her way thru my space. doors have opened for artists that would not have a voice otherwise. Amy Winehouse you rock,i believe only a tortured spirt could make music as intense and BEAUTIFUL.
New old soul May 8, 2008
This CD harkens back to Stax, Mowtown and the Funk Brothers. Great stuff. The Parental Advisory is necessary, though - don't let your kids listen too closely to the lyrics.
Excellent May 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this album by Amy. she defenitely has a great voice and very unique stile. Highly recommended.
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