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Amy Winehouse Album - Back to Black [UK Bonus Track]
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Release Date:2006-11-28
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:R&B, Today's Big Hits, The Coffeehouse
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Label:Island
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:602517130418
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Review :
The story of {^Back to Black} is one in which celebrity and the potential of commercial success threaten to ruin {$Amy Winehouse}, since the same insouciance and playfulness that made her sound so special when she debuted could easily have been whitewashed right out of existence for this breakout record. (That fact may help to explain why fans were so scared by press allegations that {$Winehouse} had deliberately lost weight in order to present a slimmer appearance.) Although {^Back to Black} does see her deserting {\jazz} and wholly embracing {\contemporary R&B}, all the best parts of her musical character emerge intact, and actually, are all the better for the transformation from {\jazz} vocalist to {\soul} siren. With producer {$Salaam Remi} returning from {^Frank}, plus the welcome addition of {$Mark Ronson} (fresh off successes producing for {$Christina Aguilera} and {$Robbie Williams}), {^Back to Black} has a similar sound to {^Frank} but much more flair and spark to it. {$Winehouse} was inspired by {\girl group} {\soul} of the '60s, and fortunately {$Ronson} and {$Remi} are two of the most facile and organic {\R&B} producers active. (They certainly know how to evoke the era too; {$Remi}'s {&"Tears Dry on Their Own"} is a sparkling homage to the {@Motown} chestnut {&"Ain't No Mountain High Enough,"} and {$Ronson} summons a host of {\Brill Building} touchstones on his tracks.) As before, {$Winehouse} writes all of the songs from her experiences, most of which involve the occasionally riotous and often bittersweet vagaries of love. Also in similar fashion to {^Frank}, her eye for details and her way of relating them are delightful. She states her case against {&"Rehab"} on the knockout first single with some great lines: "They tried to make me go to rehab I won't go go go, I'd rather be at home with {$Ray}" ({$Charles}, that is). As often as not, though, the songs on {^Back to Black} are universal, songs that anyone, even {$Joss Stone}, could take to the top of the charts, such as {&"Love Is a Losing Game"} or the title song ("We only said good bye with words, I died a hundred times/ You go back to her, and I go back to black"). [The U.K. edition included {&"Addicted,"} an extra track that didn't appear on the U.S. version.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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