Amy Winehouse - Back to Black [Deluxe Edition] [PA]

Artist:

Winehouse, Amy

UPC:

602517556317

Description:

It doesn`t take much listening to Amy Winehouse`s 1960s pop period piece to realize that this is a tribute with an edge--nice girls back then didn`t sing about boozing and rehab. Since her 2003 debut album, FRANK, Winehouse has been a frequent presence on the gossip pages of the U.K. tabloids, and her songwriting here candidly reflects her experiences with drinking, sex, and drugs.
BACK TO BLACK`s production is an artful blend of sophisticated `60s R&B and 21st-century stylistic poaching, with "Tears Dry on Their Own" incorporating elements of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell`s "Ain`t No Mountain High Enough," and Winehouse sounding like Billie Holiday fronting a reggae band on the old-fashioned cheating song "Just Friends." Densely packed with musical history and often conjuring a dark, Portishead-esque atmosphere, BACK TO BLACK is a sumptuous-sounding collection freighted with blunt confessionals of a lush life.

Album Information

Release Date:

12/19/2007

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Contemporary R&B

Label:

Island

Catalog Number:

1755631

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

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