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Back To Black by: Amy Winehouse List Price: CDN$ 14.99 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 9.99 You Save: CDN$5.00 (33%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517142114 Label: Universal Music Group Manufacturer: Universal Music Group Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Universal Music Group Release Date: December 12, 2006 Studio: Universal Music Group Sales Rank: 59 MPN: 1714211 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Almost thereYes, the old-school sound is infectious. I was pleased to learn that the production was credited to two hip-hop DJs. It gives me faith that all is not lost in music. With Mowtown/Phil Spector aura coming to the fore, it brings a refreshing sound to the pop genre, dispite the fact that it is not a new idea. It seems like more of a production homage. If you like the sound of this record, credit Winehouse's producers. They crafted the sound. Winehouse's songwriting is frank, which is always a winner. However, when breaking down the chord choices, I found that Winehouse still has a way to go. Her chord progressions sound arbitrary and without grounding. However, her lyrics/production supercede these things in a big way. If ... Read More: Rating: - Hello Amy Winehouse nice to meet youNever knew who she was till I watch her "You know I'm No Good" video at VH-1. Amy Winehouse's style is just so raw. The lyrics are simple but mean so much. A lot people put themselves into her place and vent with her lyrics which explains why certain people take into her. I like the fact that she sings of the dark side of love which is ever so common in today's world. 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 ... Read More: Rating:  - brilliant, blistering hot summer soundtracki cannot stop playing this brilliant cd. everyone i play it for runs out to buy it, then they, too, cannot stop playing this brilliant cd. that voice, that voice... the only disappointing moment i've had with "back to black" was when i opened the liner note booklet and realised that she really *isn't* a 73 year-old 200 pound black woman who was a huge star for 6 months in 1959, then wrongfully forgotten only to be resuscitated in 2007 to huge acclaim. despite the fact that she is only a 23 year-old anoxeric-looking middle class white girlie, amy reaches into your guts, twists them around, makes you laugh, make you dance, haunts you and leaves you wanting more. why are there only 10 songs on this dazzling cd? why is frank (her previous ... Read More: Rating: - Excruciatingly honest , sexy and smouldering.As for her voice: where does it come from, this extraordinary sound? The music poures out of her, a stream of weathered, seasoned phrases, seemingly without effort, and mercifully without any of the ululating and over-emoting that blights so many performances in the soul-jazz field in which Winehouse operates. For her, what matters is the quality of the notes, not the quantity. Amy Winehouse is, of course, almost as famous for her behaviour as for her music; tabloid newspapers in recent months have been peppered with the striking visage of this north London Jewish girl, accompanying lurid reports of her latest night on the razz. But here, on this fantastic set, she'd done so in moderation, because she seemed focused and together. ... Read More: Rating: - Jazz meets soul over a bottle of wine.Addiction to alcohol, marijuana, sex - just about anything you can get hooked on, Amy has been there, written a song about it, and is now looking for something else to feed her dependency. Well, it makes for an interesting record. As a songwriter Amy has grown and stretched her self, vocally she is in a new league breaking loose with Aretha-style vocal stylings on "Just Friends" or going gospel on the opening single "Rehab". "Love Is A Losing Game" is pure classic modern songwriting: brief, to the point and drenched in emotion. Other highlights include the Nas inspired "Me and Mr Jones", the beautiful "Wake Up Alone" and "I'm No Good" - the personal epiphany that you can behave just as badly as all those guys that have messed you ... Read More: |
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