Amy Winehouse – Frank (2003) {2008, Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, PNG Total Size: 805 MB (CDs) + 638 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery Label: Universal Island Records, EU | Cat#: 1768122 | Genre: R&B
If a series of unfortunate comparisons (like the ones to follow) cause listeners to equate British vocalist Amy Winehouse with Macy Gray, it’s only natural. Both come on like a hybrid of Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill who’s had a tipple and then attempted one more late-night set at a supper club than they should have. Despite her boozy persona and loose-limbed delivery, though, Winehouse is an excellent vocalist possessing both power and subtlety, the latter an increasingly rare commodity among contemporary female vocalists (whether jazz or R&B). What lifts her above Macy Gray is the fact that her music and her career haven’t been marketed within an inch of their life. Instead of Gray’s stale studio accompaniments, Winehouse has talented musicians playing loose charts behind her with room for a few solos. Instead of a series of vocal mellifluities programmed to digital perfection, Winehouse’s record has the feeling of being allowed to grow on its own — without being meddled with and fussed over (and losing its soul in the process). Simply hearing Winehouse vamp for a few minutes over some Brazilian guitar lines on “You Sent Me Flying” is a rare and immense pleasure. Also, like Nellie McKay (but unlike nearly all of her contemporaries), Winehouse songs like “Fuck Me Pumps,” “Take the Box,” and “I Heard Love Is Blind” cast a cool, critical gaze over the music scene, over the dating scene, and even over the singer herself. With “In My Bed,” she even proves she can do a commercial R&B production, and a club version of “Moody’s Mood for Love” not only solidifies her jazz credentials but proves she can survive in the age of Massive Attack. ~ Allmusic
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• Original Released Date: October 20, 2003 • Released Date: 2008 (Deluxe Edition) • More info
Download Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (The Deluxe Edition) (2007) CD 1: 01. You Know Im No Good 03. Me & Mr.Jones 04. Just Friends 05. Back To Black. Quality: 320 kbps Description: Album! Tracklist: 01 Rehab 02 Back To Black 03 Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) 04 You Know I’m No Good 05 Stronger Than Me 06 Tears Dry On Their Own 07 Our Day Will Come 08 Take The Box. Back To Black.mp3 (9.6 MB) 04. You Know I'm No Good.mp3 (10.2 MB).
Disc 1
01. Intro / Stronger Than Me – 03:54 02. You Sent Me Flying / Cherry – 06:50 03. Know You Now – 03:03 04. Fuck Me Pumps – 03:20 05. I Heard Love Is Blind – 02:10 06. Moody’s Mood For Love / Teo Licks – 03:28 07. (There Is) No Greater Love – 02:08 08. In My Bed – 05:17 09. Take The Box – 03:20 10. October Song – 03:24 11. What Is It About Men – 03:29 12. Help Yourself – 05:01 13. Amy Amy Amy / Outro / Brother / Mr.Magic (Through The Smoke) – 13:16
Disc 2 – Bonus Disc
01. Take The Box (Original Demo) – 03:26 02. I Heard Love Is Blind (Original Demo) – 02:13 03. Someone To Watch Over Me (Original Demo) – 04:29 04. What It Is (Original Demo) – 04:45 05. Teach Me Tonight (Hootenanny) – 03:22 06. ‘Round Midnight (B-side) – 03:49 07. Fool’s Gold (B-side) – 03:40 08. Stronger Than Me (Later with Jools Holland) – 03:53 09. I Heard Love Is Blind (Live at The Concorde, Brighton) – 02:29 10. Take The Box (Live at The Concorde, Brighton) – 03:33 11. In My Bed (Live at The Concorde, Brighton) – 05:37 12. Mr. Magic (Through The Smoke) (Janice Long Session) – 04:05 13. (There is) No Greater Love (Janice Long Session) – 02:38 14. Fuck Me Pumps (MJ Cole Mix) – 05:54 15. Take The Box (Seijis Buggin’ Mix) – 07:48 16. Stronger Than Me (Harmonic 33 Mix) – 03:43 17. In My Bed (CJ Mix) – 04:36
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Why, if you were of a cynical bent, you’d swear it was a publicity stunt. Almost exactly three years after her well received debut, Amy Winehouse suddenly reappears (with a certain other mouthy, press-friendly female singer from London getting the kind of publicity that she could only have dreamed of).Cue tabloid stories of record company worry at Winehouse’s alleged excessive alcohol habits, and paparazzi photos showing a dramatic weight loss. Then along comes a single which begins; “they tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no no”If indeed the conveniently timed newspaper stories are a PR stunt, it’s a shame as Back To Black needs no such media manipulation. Partly produced by man of the moment Mark Ronson (fresh from work with and ), it’s an amazingly confident second album which shows Winehouse moving on leaps and bounds from Frank.The main difference is the sound and feel of the album – whereas Frank was all jazzy smoky ballads, Back To Black goes for a more commercial, poppy, yet still retro sound. Itself is a great example – horns parp and blaze, strings classily swing and smoulder while Winehouse’s extraordinary voice purrs and growls about old Ray Charles records being better for her than the Priory. It’s Motown rewritten for the 21st Century, and it’s quite brilliant.The old school soul references keep up throughout the album. The title track deftly steals its introduction from Jimmy Mack before spiraling off into a much darker place while You Know I’m No Good has a classy Philadelphia soul feel and some wonderful horn work.
Ronson’s influence is unmistakable – it’s a long time since a producer and artiste felt this right together.Yet this is still Winehouse’s album all over. Her voice is still incredible – every so often, you get a shiver down the spine as you realise that she’s still only 23 with the voice of a woman two or three times her age – but her lyrics have matured now as well. Apparently written while she was nursing a broken heart, the spectre of failed relationships looms large, especially during the gently skanking Just Friends or the aching Love Is A Losing Game.She can still swear like a trouper too. Me And Mr Jones could almost be an old soul hit from the late ’50s until you hear Winehouse purring the quite magnificent opening line of “what kind of fuckery is this? You made me miss the Slick Rick gig”.
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