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I was aware of Amy Winehouse, but never really listened to any of her music. The album had a very jazzy feel to it and sounded like it would have been performed in a quiet lounge late at night. There were elements of R&B and hip hop throughout and Amy's voice was very captivating. She had an interesting vocal register, being a bit lower than a lot of other female vocalists and having almost smoky quality. This isn't the kind of album I would have sought out on my own, but I did enjoy listening to it.
Soul. Rhythm and blues.
7/10. Solid album, but I still don't quite like her singing style.
Quite good but there were a few misses/snoozers. Still love her voice and the general vocal jazz + R&B combo. 8/10
A very jazzy album from a talented voice and songwriter. Some great music on this album but my main issue is the Alicia Keys-like drumcomputer in some songs like You Sent Me Flying. Lots of songs could have shone a lot more with a better production. But I know that happened on the next album!
Amy's debut album compared to her follow up features a more contemporary R&B sound with trip hop influences, but there is still plenty of classic nuances present as well. Amy's voice sounded incredible even on here, and overall the album's a great time. Favorites: "Stronger Than Me", "You Sent Me Flying", "(There Is) No Greater Love"
Daydreaming about skull fucking Amy Winehouse is one of the best things you can do with your weekend. In many way it's easier now she's dead. I imagine her singing whilst I cum in her. She sounds heavenly.
Such an incredible talent with such a unique and powerful voice. Taken from us way too soon.
4.25
Her Back to Black album seems to get all the attention, and in fact I don't think I had listened to this one - but damn it cooks!
Amy's voice is the big seller here. This album was a harbinger for the true greatness that was to come with the next album, but this album holds its own as very good. 3.5/5
I first heard Frank in a wine shop. Which makes me sad. Not the booze and stuff, but because I was trying to become domesticated at the time (I failed), and for a while this became semiotic cue for all the things I foolishly wanted to be at the age of 30 whatever. I guess it was actively disliking Back to Black (I've gone back somewhat on this over the years) that nudged me into listening to this a little more carefully. Winehouse's voice here was subtle, delicate, abrasive, plaintive, brash...I wonder what a different set of producers might have made of her?
I don't know anything about Amy Winehouse and I must say this is a pretty impressive debut. Faves: You Sent Me Flying / Cherry, Fuck Me Pumps, In My Bed
Great
4 le faltaba producción
Girl that first song… 😒
04/21/2022 Pretty good
Liked it - 4 stars
Surprisingly jazzy! Not what I expected at all - I guess I only know her from her later stuff.... An engaging and enjoyable listen! Fave track - "Fuck Me Pumps" was great, and I guess the only one of these I'd heard before. Also enjoyed "In My Bed" and "Amy Amy Amy"
Having never heard a performance by Winehouse, I was kind of pleasantly surprised.
4/05/2022 Today's Album: "Frank" by Amy Winehouse - This is a fairly solid early 2000s singer song-writer and R&B record by the legendary Amy Winehouse, whom I had only known prior through a few hits. I think her voice is probably the best thing about this record. Not only does she have incredible technical ability in tonality and range, but she also brings a lot of personality to every line she sings. I like a lot of the bass and guitar grooves that are sprinkled across this album, with only a few songs feeling either boring or simply off/underdeveloped. I think my overall problem with listening to this is that Channel Orange was such a solid introduction into R&B music and although this album can be no considered bad, it just doesn't stack up within the R&B pop genre as anything less than a predecessor. Ironically, "Frank" (Ocean) ended up outdoing her. That being said, this is no album to simply shrug at and there is a lot of great material on this project. I like the sweet love song (There Is) No Greater Love and I think Cherry is a really funny interlude track where she confesses that she has feelings for another to her partner, but then admits the other person is her new guitar. I like the very fun and bouncy Amy Amy Amy and all of the other highlights listed are worth checking out if you like some great R&B and even greater vocal performances. Check this one out if Amy Winehouse has ever interested you before or you simply liked other R&B projects and want more. Score: 7.5/10 Pretty good, but dated by comparison Highlights: Stronger Than Me, Cherry, Fuck Me Pumps. No Greater Love, In My Bed, Take The Box, October Song, Amy Amy Amy, Brother, Mr. Magic
I'm glad she's in this journey! Have been curious what style she is... she could have been the Brit Lady Gaga!
Damn, she’s got swagger. The strength of this album isn’t really in the songs but her performance. Her voice is an elastic band and it’s fun to hear her play with it and riff on these melodies. She’s clearly having a lot of fun. On her next album, she’ll dial back the riffing a smidge and record some truly great songs. But this album captures her raw and unfiltered, doing some loose and jazzy numbers about love, sex and nightlife. The production oozes cool, balancing retro and modern styles, and provides a perfect stage for her to do her thing. Song after song she lets it rip and it’s a blast to listen to.
Pros: - One of the most evocative and romantic voices in popular music - This album is less in-your-face than Back to Black, and while I like in-your-face music, I appreciate the contrast in the two albums. This one is more romance from a positive light. - Lots of different \"feels\" on this album which I really appreciate. Cons: Misc: - The only con for me when listening to Amy is that I can't think of her without thinking of the word \"tragic\". I'm cursed. I think/hope in the future that will go away because I completely adore her and her music. To me it's like being a kid on Christmas day and getting the most fun video game console and a few games, but then after a week or so there aren't any new games released for that console. It's still new! It's still amazing and powerful and brings you so much joy! But you have this sadness that there won't be any new games. I don't recall any other artists that I feel this way about who have passed.
It's Any Winehouse! 'Nuff said.
This is her best album.
Alltid fantastisk, bara en 4 för att hon har bättre plattor
Based as fuck
I liked this a lot! I was a fan of Amy Winehouse before, but like a lot of artists I haven't ever listened to her albums all the way through, I just listened to individual songs. I was really able to hear the Frank Sinatra influence on the album, particularly on Moody's Mood For Love and No Greater Love. There were some much more boring tracks, but overall solid album.
What a generational talent. What Adele wishes she could be.
What a talent she was. This type of music doesn't get me going, but she did it so well.
Really nice blending of styles, from soul to blues to jazz to indie rock. Wild that this is her first album.
Better than I remembered but too long and not as good as BtB.
schon sehr starkes album, hat mich positiv überrascht
Frank is the debut album of Amy Winehouse. This album shows that Amy is not only a hype due to her tragic life and death, but that she was indeed a great singer performing with a great personality. She really elevates the mostly old compositions to another level.
first song strong as FUCK cool and funky but not her best 4.5
Volim jako Amy i njen glas koji bi mogla i a capella slušat, nije bas album kojeg bi stavila u favorite favorita ali sviđa mi se osjećajnost i besramno izražavanje ljubavnih jada, we all can relate
A lot of same-ish sounding tracks, but "Amy Amy Amy" rocks and is the most female-gaze song I've ever heard. I'm surprised more of these tracks don't show up on playlists/mixed tapes, but I couldn't tell you which ones I'd go for besides that "Amy Amy Amy"
Solid album. She has an incredible voice and works with very talented musicians. Really like the jazz and soul vibe.
Amy winehouse made awesome music. Her unique modern r&b and jazz combo is super good. It’s not as good as back to black but it’s still full of bangers. Fav: you sent me flying
Just a solid album all around. She was taken from us too soon :(
Voice is five plus stars, but the songs are a four minus.
Great Album. Back to Black gets a lot of the love, as it should, but this isn't one to sleep on.
Liked ut
Nipples
Much slower than "Back to Black" and a tier below in my opinion
What an amazing talent Amy was. The album here though just isn't my taste. I can't get into corners no matter how contemporary their sound. I respect the talent here, but not my thing
I liked this better than I thought I would, based on the few songs from her second album that I've heard but never listened to very closely. I listened to this album a few times and Back to Black once or twice as well over the last few days. During that time, my impression of her has shifted from a pop singer being used to promote an R&B revival dreamed up by someone else to a talented musician, singer, and songwriter trying to create her own musical style rooted in jazz, 60s R&B and soul, and hip-hop. Focusing on Frank, she clearly takes inspiration from the classic jazz vocalists like Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, but the overall feel of the album is post-Weather Report fusion incorporating hip-hop and pop influences. There's a bit of a mismatch between the "frank" sentiments expressed in the lyrics and in the expressiveness of her singing on the one hand and the overly slick production that the songs, some more than others, are buried under, on the other. It's my understanding that she wrote most of these songs herself but more and more producers kept adding to them (gaining writing credits along the way of course). The productions are not bad, they're mostly quite nice, but they overwhelm and deaden some of the songs. The stripped down versions on the deluxe version of the album and a video I saw online of her playing Take the Box that was just her singing and playing guitar are much more appealing to me and suggest this could have been a very different album that I would have liked a lot more. Not to blame all the missteps on others: sometimes her vibrato is over the top and distracting (although I have a lower tolerance for this than a lot of people). And sometimes her delivery is mush-mouthed and her enunciation is slurred in a way that must be an aesthetic choice but a baffling one to me. Mostly she uses her vocal techniques in ways that serve the music and add to the overall expressiveness of her singing, but once in a while it's just like a needle scratch. I don't know who advised her to put "I Have Daddy Issues, Part 1" and "I Have Daddy Issues, Part 2" as the first two tracks on her debut album, but the fact that it might have actually been her daddy is a little disturbing. It's hard to separate the idea that her songwriting is so direct and honest about her difficulty in getting what she needed from the people in her life, and in particular from the men in her life, from the appearance that this presentation of her to the public as a "beautiful disaster" was encouraged by some of those same men. Frank seems to me to be the result of her having a lot of skill as well as confidence in her own artistry, wanting validation while loudly proclaiming that she doesn't need anyone's validation, deferring to producers who think they know best how to present her art, and making some artistic choices along the way that seem more like the result of insecurity than confidence. I'm rating this album as a 3 simply on enjoyment but it's interesting and I can imagine that it will grow on me over time. Essential listen: yes, even if it's flawed I think it's more than worth a listen Desert island disc: no
Buen album, es cra la loca para mi es medio lento
Highlights: Mr Magic, What Is It About Men 3.2
Her debut album and liked her opening track the best. I really enjoyed about 4 songs and just enjoyed her voice on the rest. It was good to hear her start as you usually hear Back to Black.
anita baker for white people
It was kinda funny
I’m not quite sure what to say about this one. From the very first notes, the production sounds great and promising. I’d never listened to this debut before, but my feelings remain pretty much the same: her soul style and vocal delivery often feel a bit overdone to me, and eventually become tiring. The talent is undeniable, though. I think I prefer her second and final album: less sax, more punch. In the end, I wasn’t particularly excited by this one, and spent most of the album trying to figure out which classic each song reminded me of. 3 stars for songs like *In my bed* which sounds the best with her youth and style.
I think I might have only heard the big hit song off the second album, but I know that her work has been getting a bit of a critical reevaluation. Overall, I thought this was a pretty solid record. The neosoul influence was pretty significant, but there is also quite a bit of a more traditional jazz influence at times as well. Winehouse's vocals feel like they have a bit of a Billie Holiday influence, but it also feels like it would be a bit unfair to reduce the work to that. Lyrically, it feels fairly contemporary, but in a way that captures the spirit of a lot of older blues work. I'm not sure if I will revisit this, but I don't regret the listen.
Изначально хотел поставить 5/10, но когда поймал расслабленный вайб - понравилось больше. 6.5/10 Приятный женский вокал в объединении с джазом. В сравнении с тем же альбомом Боба Марли, попавшемся ранее - не так хорошо для фона. По трекам - You Sent Me Flying и Take The Box.
I can’t separate art from artist with this album and listening to it makes me sad on multiple levels.
Not great, but better than I expected.
The music brings modern funk together with bluesy brass, woodwind and guitar in a really cool way. Her voice is powerful and soft when it needs to be with a unique and beautiful tone.
It's alright I suppose
Frank is the sound of New York in the early 00's. Greyish, blue modern and promising NY. It's an obvious but homogeneic mix of Blues, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, Baker and Holliday, all in an interesting format of a live concert at a 'midnight dinner club'. The saddest part was to read at the end of the review on my boook, edition from 2006, how they writer hoped Amy a longer life than her Idols.
Dober dober👍🏼
Amy Winehouse takes the jazz female singer songwriters heroines of hers and filters them through a dull hip hop and dance lense of lo-fi beats. I'm not sure it works too well.
I've never heard a full Winehouse album. I'm liking this. Just great music. You should be stronger than me?? Really?? I mean naturally it's a product of the time and the culture but I hate that sentiment you're not a waif dude you're and adult act like it. This is probably not the proper medium to express this but it fucking annoys me when competent women act helpless around their partners so that he can save them or whatever like you have a brain dude. That's literally just a guy why are you treating him like he's the smartest guy in the world do you think you're that stupid?? Do you have such little faith in your own abilities?? Grow up dude. Deal. Ok back to the music. This is quite good actually. I'm really enjoying it. Favourite: Take The Box Least favourite: Amy Amy Amy
Musically great but not my thing.
Nicht so gut wie der Nachfolger, aber man erkennt ihre Qualität hier schon sehr. Ich meine, die war 20 auf dem Album. Das darf man nicht außer Acht lassen.
Stabil gut, aber kein Vergleich mit "Back To Black", von dem ich sehr hoffe, dass es hier in der Liste ist.
good
It was okay. Overproduced Jazz and R and B vocals are really not what I like to listen to on a daily basis.
Not nearly as interesting as her next album but I can't really complain about hearing Amy Winehouse sing. 6/10
Not as good as the second album, but my god that voice.
It's hard to divorce her life from her music, especially since it was the 15th anniversary of her death a few days ago. 15 years since that circus of tabloid headlines, drugs, and chaos reached it's inevitable end. Time flies. She was a talent, even evident on her debut. Very enjoyable, fun, jazzy album. Her bratty irreverence, as well as her smoky voice and knack for a good hook in this album showed a lot of promise which was eventually fulfilled by her more refined and mature sophomore effort. A decent first effort and a tragedy that this album is half of her discography.
The uptempo stuff laid over hip-hop beats was fun and diverting. Her voice is a super-cool throwback, but nothing in here gripped me in the same ways, as, say "Rehab." The slower, brooding stuff did less for me. She was a real talent, but this is pretty down the middle.
Is het raar als ik deze beter vind dan back to black?
Like a fusion of Lauryn hill, Lily Allen, Frank Sinatra, Tom waits, Tim Buckley. So much going on here I really liked it. I could def see it moving up to a 4 in the future
Pretty good, I liked the Lullaby of Bird-land allusion.
I think Amy Winehouse has a beautiful voice, but this album was just okay. Her newer albums are better. Out of all the songs, I only enjoy one.
I mean, It's a pretty good album, but when you think about some of the albums that aren't on this list, I just really wonder if this one was necessary. Back in Black? Absolutely. This one? I don't see the point.
Nice Debut, not so polished like Back to Black, which is nice.
I get why this is here, but I mostly wish I was listening to Back in Black
2.6/5
no private session used for Spotify. I enjoyed this album, I like her voice and its a nice change from other main stream oughts albums. I don' t know when I would listen to this again, though.
Yo en serio quiero que me guste Amy winehouse, yo intento, hay canciones que me parecen chéveres. Pero este álbum... Meh
Not a fan of this style.
I didn't realize there was another Amy Winehouse album on this list. I reread my review of Back to Black (#284 and I'm now on #397). I gave it two stars and had a long write up about how I just don't care for her music even though it's a style I generally like, and it came down to feeling like she's very affected in her singing. Listening today I felt much the same way, but a bit less so. I still can't put my finger on exactly why, but I liked Frank a bit better. It's not like any songs stood out for me (there were none I'll be saving or ever replaying), but I tolerated it a bit better. Thinking this will get three stars.
Meh me gustó más el otro
Never have listened to a full album. I like the more “modern” songs than her more traditional takes.
I have always thought of the title of this album as a man’s name. It was not until this morning that I realized it could be read as the adjective. The songs meet that description. Looking now at the Wikipedia page, I can see maybe both are correct.
一直在念，适合失眠当课听
a lady who's music wasn't good or bad enough to justify how weird people are about her. 3/5
3, but in the most non-average-3 way. I like her, but other songs not on this album more. *shakes fist*
This is a pretty good album, but not one I plan to come back to even if I felt like relistening to jazz. Also lacks any standout tracks, so it doesn’t quite make 4 stars.
Bad takes on gender just hit different when they're coming from a female singer. I like Amy Winehouse, but I like her other work better. 3.5 stars, rounded down.
What a voice! Amy was one of a kind. Gone too soon. Funny to hear her timeless voice also sound very 2003. I didn't know her til back to black so these songs were all new to me though I'd heard about f me pumps. She's cool I like her
Very good album. I very much enjoy listening to Amy. It's still very sad that she couldn't sustain and made the choice to what ended her life, like many celebrities and musicians.
And so an entire micro-industry of North London jazzy neo-soul singers was born. I’ve never been the biggest fan of Amy Winehouse’s voice - she’s good but it just doesn’t hit my ears right, and I’ve spent more than enough time time hearing it since 2006 to be sure of it - but it fits really nicely in here with the laid back production that keeps some nice movement between different contemporary sounds as well as the jazz-y soul core. It feels of a place and time, good and bad, in a way that she lost working with Marc Ronson. Bold debut for a 20 year old to make, even if it runs too long and the lyrics all skewing heavily to “here’s my troubles with men” in that youthful way both sit as problems for me.
She was such an amazing artist. This album is good - but for me it lacks that special spice that her next album has
I only know “Back in Black,” so this was an interesting new listen. It’s like she takes all the boring late-50s ballads and puts an edge on them. Not my favorite style of music, so I doubt I’ll listen to it again, but her singing style is very compelling, so I enjoyed this listen at least.
Ok
Просто хороштй поп. Хороші вокали. Хороші інструментали. Але не знаю, немає тут чогось особливого. Хз. Оцінка: середня-висока 6
This album definitely does not hot the highs of her later work, but there is definitely foreshadowing of the greatness to come.
Very talented singer, but a few of these songs were surprisingly monotonous. There were plenty of sweet moments, though, for me mainly being I Heard Love is Blind and Moody's Mood For Love.
Kom meg aldri på Amy-hypetoget.
God stemme og utfordrende tekster, men ingenting sitter som et skudd på denne plata. En unik artist som på dette stadiet virker skuffende ordinær.
I liked the lyrics for the most part, liked the style except maybe the intro was a bit iffy now Overall nice Except personally would prefer less scatting
I really wish I liked Amy Winehouse more. Clearly one of the most talented singers to ever do it, and I *like* all of her music, but I’ve never found myself *loving* it. Glad to have listened to this though; I can now say I’ve listened to all of her (tragically small) discography.
The voice is there, the songs are there. What's not there yet is the pop hooks. But you can hear what's coming.
So it was totally news to me that there was a prior album to Back to Black. I know a lot of rock stars died young, especially at 27, but something about Amy (maybe the recentness?) just makes the whole thing kind of sad, even when it's otherwise a very solid album.
I know it's good, but it's also just not my thing. Gave it two listens and couldn't really get into it. Even still, doesn't feel worthy of less than three stars.
I remember the take on this album being that it paled in comparison to Back to Black—good if a kind of typical musically in that jazzy, Norah Jones-adjacent way. Having now listened to Frank, I think that's mostly true. But Winehouse's voice is like no one else's, and her personality—and demons—are way more engaging than Norah Jones. Even if the music isn't my thing, I'd probably listen to Amy Winehouse sing anything.
Debut album, Amy herself isn't the biggest fan either
SIGH.... It was ok. Nothing too crazy. Hope I get something better soon, been serving me mid the last week or so
A good introduction to Amy Winehouse’s music
I much prefer Back to Black.
Put on your fuck me pumps and listen to this
Not my usual music but from time to time I get the want to listen to Amy.
She does have a great voice, but I'm just not a fan of the jazz-like singing. It's decent background music.
I wish I loved this more, she is so so talented. Something annoys me though. Still good
Frank was not the album which catapulted Amy Winehouse into the public consciousness. Even after she achieved fame you’d rarely hear songs from the debut on the radio despite stations spinning cuts from Back to Black and her Zutons cover almost non-stop. Frank is definitely the lesser of her two records, mostly because of lack of single power, but it absolutely has its place. It is vibier, more atmospheric and a more cohesive whole than the follow up.
Solid 3 for Frank for me, all sounds good, nice arrangements, great voice, but none of it particularly moves me and its not my style/genre
Good vibes, really struggled with the lack of good hooks. Can see how she got to Back to Black, but she isn't there yet with this one.
When Amy is fully locked in and truly in her jazz element, it's clear why she was such a revered singer. She's absolutely stunning in those moments, weaving her trademark sultry style with tender, saccharine moments. The problem is she's also a pop singer, and the pop songs just don't have the maturity that the standards do. It's clear what a talent she would have been if the industry hadn't hit her with a sledgehammer and she could have been protected from her addictions. As it is the album is messy, uneven, but indicative of real, beautiful talent that was destined to inspire lackluster imitators.
While like most people, I'm more familiar with Amy Winehouse's second album Back to Black rather than this, her debut is very strong. Her voice is incredible, especially for someone who was a teen at the time, and there are some strong neo-soul/jazz tracks on here, there's nothing quite as powerful as the singles from her second album. It's a listening experience I would characterize as "pleasant."
This album was ok, Amy winehouse has a very distinct but good voice and I enjoyed the sort of jazzy atmosphere. The album was a bit long for my liking and there was no real standout songs to me.
I love Amy and honestly am a bit disturbed by the creepy, borderline misogynistic reviews here (and on other parts of this site). So what if the content is about her relationships. Isn't that what, uhhh, MOST OF POP MUSIC IN HISTORY IS ALL ABOUT?? Is moderating reviews simply not cool anymore?? This album shows that she was already greatness in the making, at the age of 19. A crooning voice made in heaven, with eclectic jazzy and trip-hop ideas already at the forefront. Too bad the production is bogged down by "experimentation" that is atmospheric at best and lazy and pointless at worst. In her words: "I've never heard the album from start to finish. I don't have it in my house. Well, the marketing was fucked, the promotion was terrible. Everything was a shambles. It's frustrating, because you work with so many idiots—but they're nice idiots. So you can't be like, "You're an idiot." They know that they're idiots." Hilarious! Can't argue with that! Still gets a 3 for her efforts, too bad it's too spotty. They should have just put Back to Black on the list. Since she's from the UK, I guess both had to be on there. Thanks, Dimery. Post-script: it appears that this has already been taken off the list in new editions. Agreed, sadly.
Amy Winehouse, patron saint of that friend you’ve known forever who you’re constantly worried about. I haven’t listened very deeply to her stuff and I was caught just a little off guard by how mean spirited some of her songs are lol. She is a very talented performer with great accompaniment, though her lyrics leave something to be desired. Her death was a tragedy for many reasons, and one among them is the fact that we’ll never get to see what her work would’ve been like if she had been able to grow and mature through a longer career. Anyway, I don’t think this is representative of her best work but I wouldn’t argue with anyone who feels differently.
This was fine. Amy Winehouse is a blind spot for me and unfortunately I don't have the will to dig into her discography anytime soon.
I enjoy the juxtaposition of Amy’s lighthearted and superficial lyrics with the classic jazzy music.
Some great tunes that forecast what was to come. Some less focused or youthful stuff that doesn’t hold up as well.
solide 3.5+/5
She could really sing.
Better than the last one, which surprised me. But there's still something missing for me with her stuff. Sadly.
I totally understand why this is on this list. Winehouse’s singing voice is really good, but her vocal affectations are annoying. That's why it's only 3/5.
This is not bad but it's definitely lacking something vs. Back to Black.. I guess Mark Ronson's production helped to elevate Winehouse to pop royalty. The songs on this are fine, some of the lyrics haven't aged very well (toxic masculinity?!) but the follow-up is better
First time listening to a full Amy Winehouse record, with my previous experience being the single Rehab. She really does have an amazing voice, and I get the sense of combined lost that was felt at her death.
It was alright. Not really my genre but Amy Winehouse is such a great singer.
Better things to come. Some very weak drum sounds and basic production
I’ve always liked her voice, even though I had never spent much time exploring her music in depth. Listening to Frank, I was struck by how natural and effortless she sounded, and her voice remained the highlight throughout the album. It also brought back memories of seeing her perform at a festival in 2008.
Rally enjoyed the chilled vibe of this. Listened to it after a long day and it helped me feel relaxed
Liked this one immediately. Hard to listen to for obvious tragic reasons. Glad it exists.
I need to be frank, need some wine after this one. I don't even drink.
I didn't get anything out of this album.
Album #168 Amy Winehouse: Frank This doesn’t have the highlights of Back to Black, and truthfully, I really only love the highs of that album; yet, for some reason, I can’t bring myself to call this album worse. Despite being quite a bit longer and with far fewer hits, Frank manages to almost surpass its successor in being a coherent listen. Maybe it is because the album has fewer sappy ballads and more infectious pop-soul. This is definitely Amy at her rawest, and she is quite vulnerable on a lot of the tracks; though the subject matter of some songs does reflect on her youth and Back to Black certainly feels like a more mature album. Overall, though it normally isn’t my thing I have garnered respect for Amy Winehouse’s music through listening to her two albums, and I am quite pleasantly surprised to learn that she was a lot more than just a one hit wonder. Best Songs: Stronger Than Me, October Song, In My Bed Worst Song: Amy Amy Amy Score out of 10: 7
Yeah, her earlier doo-wop Chiffons-type songs. Before she got into hardcore. It’s good, she sounds young and fresh. She found a way to renew an old sound with some modern energy. Amy would have killed in the actual 60s. Anyway I don’t like it as much as “Rehab” Amy, but I’d listen again.
Amy Winehouse has one must listen an album and it is back to black. This one isn’t bad but I wouldn’t say it’s a must listen..
6/10
Love Amy Winehouse’s voice and Back to Black is like Bruce’s Born in the USA, in that it feels like a greatest hits album, it blends old school soul with fresh contemporary lyrics and beats. Oh where was I? Back to Frank, this was excellent, more Jazzy than its follow-up album, and includes a Jazz standard, but surprised this is on here when couldn’t you just have Back to Black.
I didn’t really like the lyrics but musically this was some of her best work.
Definitely has some great tracks, but as a whole it's a lesser album (but way longer) than Back to Black.
Not bad but not quite as good as the other one.
Not as good as the album with the Dap Kings. Still good though.
This was decently good! Not too original or anything, but there's some good soulful pop songs in here. I'll probably return to a couple songs from this album. Favorites: Intro / Stronger Than Me, Fuck Me Pumps, I Heard Love Is Blind, October Song
Vähän ehkä särähti korvaan jotain "aikansa tuotos" lyriikkaa tai muuta cringeä. Hyvältähän se kuulostaa, mutta Jazz "dibudubi babab badoobi" välillä veti irti hyvästä vibasta - ei uppoa itselle. Levy oli päällisin puolin oikein hyvä, vokaalipainoinen minimaalisilla taustoilla (ihan syystäkin), mutta pidemmän päälle kävi kyllästyttämään.
Tunes were nice but did not stick particularly
this was good the lyrics are dated but she has an undeniable voice - high 3
Her first album is smaller than her big hits, but I like the stripped down sound, I can hear her once in a generation voice better.
Uneven first album, but what a voice.
3.5
I grew up with Amy Winehouse but I've realized that I never listened to a complete album. I still find the story of her life and death so tragic. Her style and talent was extraordinary. This album was so chill, I really enjoyed just having it on. I listend to is back to back. It's not without some songs that I still didn't vibe with on that second listen. "What is it about Men" being the biggest stand out.
it's good, as expected from amy winehouse. nothing jumps out as much as back to black or valerie or rehab, but it's still a solid hour of her singing, and that's pretty great
fuck me pumps
i've always admired her but didn't really tune into her music. this record is a bit too sleepy for me but i will continue to NEVER play about amy as a person. the fact that she released this at only 19 is both astonishing and depressing these days i see people trying to crown amy winehouse daughters by saying that every rising pop girl who does even slightly jazzy music is "like amy." but now that ive finally given one of her albums a full listen i understand how ridiculous that is. not even close girl..... fave track: in my bed
It's a debut record and I can't help but compare this one to Fiona Apple's debut. Apple's first record was uneven but had overall better songs. Frank displays all of Amy's influences but lacks focus at the same time.
Yunno, ok to middling, not ground breaking
I’d listen to some of these songs stand alone but I don’t know about the whole album. 6/10
chille vibes album gwn niet supppeeerr uniek ofzo
5 - AVERAGE
Such a talented woman, her music and voice are so unique. Fav song is ‘Fuck Me Pumps’.
147. nice
Amy on todella taidokas laulaja. Tältä ei oikein mikään biisi noussut esiin, aika tasalaatuista tavaraa.
more of the same. but I liked the first one more
Stronger than me was quite a vibe very enjoyable. The rest were kinda easy to overlook but still groovy.
It’s pretty good, nothing crazy tho.
It’s quite ok 3.3
I’ve never really listened to amy winehouse. I obviously knew who she was, but damn she’s got an incredible voice. Not really my type of music, but I can definitely appreciate it.
6/10
enjoyed this a lot more than i thought i would. i can see why this shook the industry. never been an amy head but i get it and - she was sincere and she was great. it's much more trip hop-y than i ever knew.
Amazing vocals. Sounds a lot like Lauryn Hill at times.
Hyvää settiä ja miellyttävää kuunneltavaa ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Most were ok, don’t like some. Liked Amy Amy Amy.
Overall Rating - 3.46/5 (6.92/10) Smooth, jazzy tunes which are definitely in my wheelhouse, though with a very modern sensibility.
Seguro que su trabajo siguiente es mejor. Pero como debut muy bien. Nota: 3.1
It certainly was a choice to open this album with a song complaining about a man being too emotionally open and accuses him of being gay for it. I enjoyed the album and it’s definitely better than others on the list, but there are definitely better albums that aren’t on here. Maybe it was groundbreaking at the time or something, but it’s just fine to me. 3/5
Let's get the obvious out of the way, Amy Winehouse had a killer voice, and really impressive control over it. Although, I am kind of learning that having a great voice is not particularly important to me. I am more of the " All My Favorite Singers Couldn't Sing" school of thought. But regardless, her jazzy throwback pop meets alternative sound is pretty compelling. I don't think this is the sort of thing that I really get though. It's enjoyable, but as someone who appreciates her voice more intellectually than emotionally, I don't think these songs really carry this past "pretty good". Also, I saw a lot of reviews making this album about the men in Winehouse's life more so than about her. And I think a lot of them are being excessively mean, but this album is, admittedly, pretty centered on the men in Winehouse's life. I don't terribly mind it usually, it's honest and her character does show. But there are a couple songs here that are pretty frustrating. The "Dude, why are you so sensitive, are you gay or something" addittude on Stronger Than You has aged *horribly*, and as the first song here, this album kind of starts on a really bad foot. I also find Fuck Me Pumps a little frustrating. It is a song putting down women who go to men for validation, in the middle of an album largely about the men that Amy Winehouse seeks for validation. I will say that she was 19 here, and that kind of re-frames this sort of thing as a lack of maturity. But being thrust into international stardom as a 19 year old doesn't exactly give you a chance to mature in a healthy, emotionally grounded way, and Amy Winehouse did kind of pay the ultimate price for it. In short, I can't really hold it against her, but a few of these songs are non-negotiably frustrating. Although, October Song, about her dead pet bird is the moment here where I find Amy Winehouse a little more personally relatable here.Despite my significant qualms here and there, these songs are at least servicable delivery systems for her incredible vocals, and Frank does end up enjoyable, but it also doesn't fully make me understand Winehouse's legacy.
A pretty good album of neo-jazz/pop and her voice is always in fine form. But I began to tune out as it went on with nothing really standing out or catching my attention. It's more bare-boned and minimalist than "Back to Black" and just doesn't have the same appeal to me.
I thought I was going to like this, but the style of all these songs were so similar that it got boring after a while. And her voice can wear you down at times. Three stars on the low end.
Gotta be honest didn't love this. Maybe only one listen through wasn't enough but it all sounded the same to me. Not bad by any means, just not a favorite.
Great!
I somehow made it all the way through my life without knowing a single Amy Winehouse song There’s some pretty cool ideas in here, that fusion of genres (Jazz/Pop/R&B) works pretty well and is definitely a new sound to me. There’s some good variety and I really do like the transitions between different genres, surprisingly smooth. Great vocalist as well. I don’t vibe with the lyrics much, some of the more self destructive lyrics coupled with her tragic story are just kinda sad when to me they were intended to be more humorous. I don’t feel too bad hating on this considering Winehouse herself really didn’t like this album much lol. I also think there’s just something missing, some tracks sound fine and other tracks feel like there’s a layer that’s not there and makes them feel kinda flat I’m not too surprised this is one that got removed from future editions of the book considering none of the tracks from this album are the ones she’s really known for, but considering how much influence she had on female vocalists going forward I can’t blame it too much for being on here
Good music
I like her vocals, they’re very nice and strong. This type of music is not for me, I couldn’t really enjoy the album fully. I also really just wanted the album to be over so I’m mixed on this album.
This is one of those albums that would only be on the list in 2005. My guess is that in 2005, someone working on this book (probably from the UK) was looking for a more modern jazz-adjacent artist to put on this list. There, that person found this album, which saw modest success, and put it on the list. Of course, Amy Winehouse would become a much more iconic artist as a result of the success of her 2006 album Back to Black. Because of that, this album was apparently removed from the list and replaced with Back to Black, a decision that I totally understand. I kind of went into this album totally blind. As for how I feel about it? It's good. It's not my favorite, but it's still good. Amy Winehouse's singing is phenomenal. There's no going around it. It's easily the best part of this album. The sound is also quite pleasant. The writing is certainly interesting. I feel that it's maybe a bit lyrically repetitive, but it's more of a style choice than lack of creativity. The writing is quite personal and honest though, and I like that. Overall, this is a solid album with no glaring issues, and compared to the success of Back in Black, it almost feels like a hidden gem.
She didn’t just sing the words in italics, she laid them flat on their side and made sweet love to them while Sarah Vaughan played in the background.
Amazing voice and songwriting. She died before she could have been so much more. Here and gone too soon. Too many demons.
Amy Whinehouse. J'en ai tellement entendu parler sans jamais l'écouter. C'est maintenant chose faite. Un album à écouter en soupant au chandelle. Une musique que je considère ''lounge''. Elle avais vraiment du talent. Une artiste que j'aimerais définitivement découvrir plus
This was a pretty good debut effort. You can hear that bluesy potential in her voice. We lost a potential superstar way before her time.
Objectively a great album from a talented singer but one I owned back in the day and always struggled to warm to.
What a terrible loss Amy Winehouse was. To me, this record was all about Amy's potential. She dabbles in about 12 different genres, most often in this "Sarah Vaughan meets rap soul" thing that works better on her successor album. That album, too, really hits the big choruses often where this one is not as melodic.
good… but I can tell she hasn’t fully peaked yet
As with her other album, I recognize her talent, but this is just not my cup of tea.
The sound of this album is great. Instrumentation and vocals are on point. The subject matter though, especially the first song, remind me of the social toxicity of the 2000s.
No está mal. Me gustó el estilo y la voz, para algo que no había escuchado antes me pareció bien
I love Amy! I think back to black is a much better album, but this one is good.
Good, but I probably need to give it a bit more time to fully appreciate.
A great talent taken too soon but the songs here are just ok, not really anything standing out.
Love her voice, but this album is a little too loose for me. The tighter Back to Black is where she really shines.
taki skoczny
Less of the gritty noir of Back to Black, but certainly a portent of things to come
Good album. Back to Black is still her best.
i've acc never listened to this album in full so this was fun - i think i prefer back to black, but that's for the nostalgia <3
fun
cool intro to amy, next album is a lot better tho, good show of vocals on this one
In terms of songwriting and the the style of singing there's nothing groundbreaking here. Talented singing but it's also lyrically immature. I can't tell if this is a noteworthy time capsule of female expectations/gender roles or a 19 year old's delusions. Can you have truly insightful/noteworthy relationship experiences by 19? I don't think so. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
It might not be something I would listen to every day, but on those rainy days, it migjt come in handy
Amy has an undeniable voice and the music here goes down easy, perhaps too easy considering it’s a 54 minute album. The darkness of the Amy mythos and her tragic story doesn’t really add a lot of depth to this record for me, as it seems mostly to be a splashy debut and a demonstration of her considerable talent.
The standard Flawed Yet Promising First Album. Winehouse’s voice is a bit much here (she would control it better on her follow-up) but the songwriting and production are by and large excellent. It is also, as the title implies, frank: a song where the narrator wonders if her boyfriend is gay because he needs a lot of emotional support isn’t necessarily the most forward-thinking but it certainly expresses the mindset of a lot of people. There’s a light “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)” feel to it, the sort of cheekily “offensive” thing that later artists like Lana Del Rey would run into the ground. Here it works. Best track: “Intro / Stronger Than Me””
Good singing and a good album before Back to Black
placing the lyrics of most tracks, however contradictory to each other, to events following her death is quite tragic—the instrumentals are calm yet tense with emotion. "Take the Box" is one of my favorite tracks, I would give this album a 3.5 out of 5 stars if possible.
Good! Only really like on song from it
Lowkey unrefined.
Trevligt!
Alltid coolt sound från Amy men låtarna på det här når inte riktigt några högre höjder för mig.
I get why people were excited about Amy W when she stormed onto the scene. There is an unending appetite for neo-soul. I tend not to love soul music ... in its truest form, it has an odd flow that makes me restless, despite its obvious appeal. Small doses, for me. I never felt the perofrmances matched the excitement around Amy Winehouse, tragic self-destructive life story or not. This album is interesting, but ... I just don't want to listen to it that much. I like the variety, the jazzy touches are a nice element. I was not prepared for the album to sound so much like Jamiroquai. In the end, just an ok, fine album for me. Not loving it.
I didn't like this album as much as her later release. I liked the songs and the singing but didn't care much for the production. I don't know. It didn't really grab me.
Fine pop-jazz. I do like amy winehouse but this just felt average.
Not sure if this does anything that Back to Black doesn't do better, songwriting or production-wise. But more Amy is never a bad thing.
Franks a lucky guy
I really loved the first half and then it fell off a bit for me but she has so much raw talent. You see it honed and sharpened in her brilliant follow up album.
Im not a fan of jazz but like Amy's famous songs from Back to black album but I've never heard any song from her debut album Frank. For me many songs sounded the same, especially lyrically. it felt like every song is about men and from the same perspective. But towards the end of the album I catched myself on the thought I actually enjoyed the second half of the album a lot more. mostly I liked the production and her voice. But I literally can't remember most of the songs and did not add any to my playlist. Standing out to me songs: Fuck me pumps, In my bed, October song (finally song not about men), Amy Amy Amy 6/10
reconozco lo bien hecho que esta, capaz lo escucharia de fondo en alguna situacion tranquila, pero no me llama la atencion fuertemente. Papá conocerá esto? le hubiese gustado.
Amy has good vocals. Some good songs
Middle of the road, some fantastic tracks but also some pretty mid
Great vocals, very jazzy. Shame the background music didn't complement her voice at all. If there were no vocals, it'd be a 1 out of 10. It currently stands at a 6/10.
Not my thing she was talented though. Her voice sounds the same in every song to me.
This is fine. Doesn’t go beyond that but a decent listen
A very fun and groovy listen. I could listen to this often.
Not bad but not my thing. I could listen to a few of these songs again.
babu dibi babababa mmm ba di i dint like how the songs are made to be singles and dont form a smooth album it makes me upset
I really need F Me Pumps to be the MJ Cole remix tbh. And that's a sorta microcosm of how I feel about Amy Winehouse's music. I respect the singing and the songcraft, but I don't like the style and you're gonna need to remix it to grab my attention. Fave Tracks: In My Bed 3.4/5
This album got a lot stronger as it went on. I was a bit underwhelmed early on, and am still left with the feeling that Amy’s amazing vocal presence is largely what carries this record. If it were a more average singer, we’d be all together disinterested in the whole package. At the point of “Fuck Me Pumps” in the tracklisting I was getting a bit irritated with the quality of each song in contrast to Amy’s legendary status that precedes her. But things turned around at “(The Is No) Greater Love”, a super sweet ballad. “In My Bed” is probably my favorite, with a much-needed energetic chorus and instrumental that breaks the mold a bit. Lastly, “Amy Amy Amy” kept things interesting, as it was an introspective bit of analysis she performed on herself and her destructive habits. Soft 3/5, not the best Amy Winehouse project for me, therefore shouldn’t be in this list, but a fine listen
Nice idk
I don't like R&B so Amy was already at a disadvantage there. But I really enjoyed In My Bed, which has an incredible horn section. Then there's the classic Fuck me Pumps. Every track is enjoyable.
Overall it’s a very solid album. What stands out the most is her voice. It feels natural and confident, and it carries the whole record perfectly. The lyrics aren’t very complex, but they work well with the music and the mood of the album. The jazz and soul elements make it a really enjoyable listen, and the songs flow smoothly from one to another. For me it’s a strong and pleasant record, mostly because of Amy’s voice and the relaxed, soulful atmosphere throughout the album.
What a great voice! A voice like that deserves to be put up against a real band though. But this is her debut album so I can see there being some financial limits for her first recording. I think the album after this is much better so this one probably doesn’t need to be on this list. It’s still great to hear her sing though.
dang the lyrics are def something, can tell she was 19 and it was the early century. on the other hand what a voice and what a woman
It's a good album, but I don't think it's really great. It's pretty long and ends up sounding a bit repetitive. Amy singing is great though. I'm also a bit surprised that Amy Winehouse has her two albums in this project.
3/5 Amy tem uma voz bonita. Algumas faixas tem melodias e produção interessantes, mas boa parte se perde em um pop jazz sem inspiração. Falta foco ao álbum.
Not bad!
Still developing her sound
Standard R&B of it's era. Not super groundbreaking or anything. I wish she would have lived long enough to make more albums than this and it's incredible follow up.
Undeniably talented not all for me but still a good listen
3.5, pretty good. But I prefer Back to Black.
Wow, she is a force here. Some haunting song writing in here. Really sticks with you
Besser als erwartet, ahnte schlimmes
Not my favorite album of hers. But I can see how it was groundbreaking.
Stronger Than Me // You Sent Me Flying // 2.5/5
Variety: 2 Adequacy: 4 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 1 Emotionality: 2 = 2.6 rounded up to a 3 "Oh on and on and on and on/ Goddammit, I'ma sing my song" Amy Winehouse is another artist I actively avoided, mainly because I very much disliked "Rehab" which was pretty unavoidable. From what little I've heard, I can't deny the talent on display. She most definitely had the voice. And in theory I should be very receptive to the whole neo-soul/ R&B aesthetic that's going on around that voice. Not sure I'm familiar with any of these tracks though, and I don't see "Rehab" in there so maybe this won't be so bad. I'll be using the UK release here. THE TRACKS "Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" - Instantly reminded of Erykah Badu here. Modern jazz vocals over top of a hip hop beat. This is good. Horns coming in at the end tie it together nicely. I can't tell if intentional or a shitty file I'm listening to, but there is some fuzz to the overall sound which isn't distracting, but feels off somehow. "You Sent Me Flying"/"Cherry" - Did she ever play a 40s nightclub singer in a video or tv or film role? Maybe she should have based on this. Very easy to picture hearing these vocals over top of the piano. She puts just the tiniest too much stank on some of the inflections here for my liking, but the overall net effect if negligible. When the beat comes in it smooths out and becomes a good headnodder. Transition into the little bossa nova works well, and would not have minded this being its own full track. Serves well as some contrast though. "Know You Now" - Can't help but think of the opening of "Message in a Bottle" by the Police when the drum kicks right in. More Erykah Baduizms here, and I don't hate it. Still not totally sold on her delivery though. Her voice hits me much harder when the inflections are toned down. "Fuck Me Pumps" - Winehouse's version of a dis track here? Pretty straight forward stuff here and almost wholly dependent on her vocals which are rightfully carrying the load so far. A bit slight. "I Heard Love Is Blind" Winehouse - More of the lounge chanteuse here and I'm here for it. I think a full album of this kind of stuff might be nice, but I wonder if it would get repetitive without the R&Bish upbeat stuff mixed in. Again though wish this could have been longer. "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks" - Echoey trip hop beat over top of the interpretation of a jazz standard doesn't really work for me. This would have been 90% better with more traditional instrumentation. The bit at the end felt like incongruous filler. "(There Is) No Greater Love" - This is more like it. It's a shame that Winehouse never got to do a slew of straight forward jazz standards ( that I am aware of anyway). More of this please. "In My Bed" - A lot going on here from the Fugees vibe, to the hip hop beat, the Portisheadish spy guitar accents, and even some flute. Winehouse ties it all together and gels incredibly well. Much as I've gone on about the jazz standards, this is my favorite so far. Lush and vibrant. "Take the Box" - Jazzy piano ballad break up song. Very basic compared to what's gone before. This type of thing never really ever hits for me and this one is no different. The background vocals save it from being a complete bore. "October Song" - Man, Badu is all over this album. Could easily imagine a version of this being on Baduizm. Solid and breezy. "What Is It About Men" - Another solid entry here, but more downbeat and a lazier delivery here along with the guitar leans into the funk. "Help Yourself" - Read that this oe was not included on the U.S. release which is a shame, as this is a bright spot near the end and is catchy enough. Regretful beach lounging music. This would have been a fine place to end. "Amy Amy Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother" (hidden track)/"Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)" (hidden track) - Weird suite of disconnected aounding leftover pieces serve as a bonus here. "Amy/ Amy / Amy" comes across as some sort of self-referential parody that doesn't work for me. We get some nameless MC closing down the festivities. "Brother" and "Mr. Magic" ( especially) both would have been fine as regular tracks, so not sure what the thinking was here. HIGHLIGHTS - "You Sent Me Flying"/"Cherry" - "I Heard Love Is Blind" - "(There Is) No Greater Love" - "In My Bed" - "October Song" LOWLIGHTS - "Fuck Me Pumps" - "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks" - "Take the Box" FINAL THOUGHTS This album has whole chunks that feel a little undercooked. While Winehouse's voice shines on this I did find some ger delivery to be annoying in spots, and teh album as a whole can't help but suffer in comparison to Baduizm, which is going to win out everytime over this if I have to choose to listen to something in this mode. Overall a solid album though and the good outweighs the bad by a good bit. I do now plan on looking to see if maybe there are enough extant tracks of her performing more striaght forward jazz numbers to make a playlist of that PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS Drop - "Fuck Me Pumps", "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks", "Take the Box" Find some carved out versions of "Brother" and "Mr. Magic" and include them somewhere in the middle as standalone tracks.
It’s ok. She’s a good singer and the songs are reasonable, but nothing outstanding.
Not my sort of sound, but the vocals are good and the music is pleasant.
Good modern vocal jazz album
I always thought Amy Winehouse was a little "Emperor's new clothes" and I'm afraid this relisten has done little to disabuse me of that notion. Yes, she has a nice voice but I don't think it's historically special. Lyrically it's truthful, but not particularly interesting or incentive. The music is pleasant but feels a bit like a dry facsimile of more raw 60s American soul. Look, it's not a bad album but it's not a great one. Very much a product of its time.
I prefer Back to black but 3 stars for her vocals and emotionally raw songs
Definitely not the tour de force “Back to Black” is, but it has its moments.
Some songs that were really goddamn good (Fuck Me Pumps and In My Bed) and others that were not so interesting. This was definitely an unrefined, rougher version of what would impress on Back to Black. Still, not a bad album for a debut. 3/5
Her voice is so powerful and strong. Some of the Songs have quite a acoustic vibe to it, which i really appriciate.
FRANK is not as impactful as BACK TO BLACK, but Winehouse does explore some creative risks with classic swing jazz styles crossing over with more modern production ideas and arrangements that truly does honor her hero, Frank Sinatra. I appreciated the creative risk taken. Her vocal performance was solid, but I would not say great. Lyrics are of little importance to me when judging a music album, but I did appreciate that Winehouse spent more time on the personal and less on the societal. A fine album, but not an essential album like BACK TO BLACK. A worthy debut album, but not an essential all time album. Great album name, with the multiple meanings, but, and it is a petty thing, this album cover image doesn't do anything for me from an artistic point of view. With the content on the album, I feel like there all kinds of visual themes and motifs they could have used as a basis for the album cover. Opportunity missed, in my opinion.
didn't enjoy the beat at all, not mine
I got Amy Winehouse’s Back In Black on here, and it’s a phenomenal album. This one, her debut released three years earlier when Winehouse was nineteen, shows a very talented singer, but it doesn’t quite come together for me like her later album did. Given that she died far too young, lyrically this album is a giant bummer, she sounds already weary when she was basically still a kid.
Guter, roher Sound. Solides Album.
I like her voice, fairly unremarkable album though. Nice background listen, but that's about it.
Great voice, but just never could muster much enthusiasm for the musical style choices. Her voice is perfect for the genre, and it undoubtedly generated a renaissance of that sound, but I just find it boringly pleasant background music.
Songs I saved: Fuck Me Pumps Really liked the instrumentals more than the singing
While I don't love this style of music necessarily, I will say Amy's voice was just incredible. So deep and full of swagger, emotion and grit. A true talent gone too soon.
Good, but not nearly as sood as Back to Black
Tiene muy buenas canciones, algunas partes sinceramente me parecieron cuesta arriba pero luego otras fue como wow, un álbum de contrastes. 6/ 10.
Good to hear her first music - I like her later stuff much better
Amy Winehouse sings about three things on this album: being drunk or high, hooking up with some random person (often while being drunk or high), and regrets about things she's done or lovers she's lost (likely due to being drunk or high). I'm not saying there isn't some really good stuff on this album – there certainly is - and her voice is very soulful and at times quite pretty, but it can also be very brash and jarring, and she comes across as a bit entitled and whiny so it's not really my thing. Her life was indeed tragically cut short because of her addictions, and that is a shame, but this is not necessarily an album that I will return to.
mwa
Until I read the entry for this album just now, I did not realize this was her debut. It's a good album, showcasing her vocal range. You realized with the ease she hit her notes that she was going to be something special. I didn't care for most of the music on most of this, but the vocals saved a lot of the songs. Just the way she sang her notes, it kept me wondering what she would do next. Biggest Hit - Take the Box Biggest Miss (if I had to choose) - In My Bed Hidden Gem - Amy Amy Amy
It's not her best, but it's quite good
Vibey. Enjoyable. I think I like Back to Black a bit more, but a really impressive debut.
Can't argue with the voice, and the album showcases the attitude as well as the talent, but the over it party girl admonishing herself and her cohort doesn't pull out the singles we'd learn later. I feel like this is a legacy inclusion and Back to Black is the superior effort from the late Ms. Winehouse
Smooth, fun and enjoyable. Kind of like candy corn. And for anyone who has lived the dream--the dream of replacing a hearty and nutritious full-course dinner with a plastic bowl overflowing with candy corn--the clawing, sticky sweetness beckons the dreamer to ask: "why the fuck is this bowl so sticky?? it's too fucking sugary god dammit." That is to say, there could have been more substance to this bowl of candy and it is clear why it is no longer on future iterations of the 1001 Albums list.
• stronger than me - not the bioessentialist lyrics?? (the friend that's too woke enters).. anw, the melody is sooo good tho. OKAY, STEREOTYPING GOES ON. • you sent me flying / cherry - a kick of SOUUULLL !! (or is it just her voice?) i can see tnt contestants singing this. the song stops for a 3 second and BOOM, A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT MELODY. okaayyy, blues, i see yoi. • know you now - the vibe is not for me i think. the instrumentals are good. • fuck me pup - dedicated for the gold digger girlies, i guess.... this is lowkey degrading though 🙄 THIS SINGER IS TOO MALE-CENTERED FAWK. the melody was so enticing too..... sigh • i heard love is blind - the melody and instrumentals is so romantic. but the lyrics is ensuing a theme of GASLIGHTING. perfect! true love ❤️ def not infidelity because she fucked a man that looked like you ❤️ • moody's mood for love / teo licks - probably the nicest lyrics so far (although too horny). AND, another whole diff melody again (with no lyrics). • (there is) no greater love - the sweetest lyrics so far. so seducting that it feels i'm being gaslit again.
hm. i was hoping to like this a lot more than i did. amy's talent is undeniable, and i can't believe she was so young when she recorded this... but on the other hand, yes i can. this feels juvenile and half-finished to me.
super tof ma vf mid tegenover haar andere stuff
Didn't enjoy it that much, but it wan't horrible.
An impressive debut for one of the greatest voices in modern soul. At 19 years old no less. Having listened to "Back to Black" already during this journey, the songwriting does get refined, but the production and accompanying pieces were already there and ready to be set in place. Pretty feisty compared to her sophomore album too.
4, 6, 11, 12
Amy Winehouse, en flamme som slukket alt for tidlig; her med sitt debutalbum. Dette kan beskrives som classy neo-soul. Smakfulle vokaler over behagelige melodier. Jeg har aldri lyttet til Amy før, da sjangerbeskrivelsen ikke har grepet meg noe særlig. Jeg opplever dette som et skikkelig solid og bra album, men det gir likevel ikke mye til mersmak. Tre stjerner. Jeg er nok litt sjangerskadet. Lite sidespor på tampen her: jeg tenkte at In My Bed hørtes ut som Nas sin Thun, og skrev litt flåsete at dette måtte være en sample (dvs. at Nas sampla Winehouse). Et Google-søk avslørte derimot at Winehouse har sampla Nas sin Made You Look, som jeg aldri har hørt. Snodige greier. Top 3: Intro / Stronger Than Me, Fuck Me Pumps, In My Bed
Amy Winehouse is an artist that I grew to love in record time; very few albums are nearly as regular as Back to Black is in my rotation. Frank definitely lays the groundwork for her sound, while simultaneously standing quite well on its own. Amy's voice is incredible as always on this record, and the songwriting still has quite a bit of that signature bittersweetness. I think there are a couple of reasons why Frank isn't remembered nearly as fondly as Back to Black, and not just because of the massive public influence of the latter. First, while there are some good songs on Frank, it never quite reaches the same highs, and the album overall feels more padded out. You could easily cut 3-4 songs from this record and have a much more concise and poignant listen. Second, I think the production is just far weaker on Frank. There are some exceptions, namely In My Bed and You Sent Me Flying, but overall the album relies much more heavily on Amy as a vocalist; though she can definitely pull her weight, the experience is significantly heightened when the production matches her energy. Criticism aside, Frank is a really solid record and still boasts some great material that provides us exactly what we need: more Amy Winehouse. Even if the record isn't as emotionally resonant as Back to Black, it holds its own and provides a different side of Amy while still capturing her essence.
Strong debut from Winehouse, but it's no Back to Black
3.5 stars
Back to Black is definitely the better album, but this is not bad for a debut. Amy's voice is fantastic, but the lyrical content is lacking and her voice doesn't really fit some of the R&B tracks.
Impressive she released this age 19. Not much you can say about her voice that’s not been said. Sassy, great range. However not as polished and, understandably, less mature lyrics than then the better and less jazz influenced Back to Black. What is it about men indeed. 3.4
Preferred the slightly more contemporary music to Back To Black but lyrics were mostly cringeworthy
a bit repetitive but amazing vocals and jazz/soul vibe
Good album from blues/jazz chanteuse
7/10 Favourite: In My Bed Least Favourite: F**k Me Pumps
I can understand why someone would really like Amy Winehouse’s music, but it just doesn’t quite do it for me. She’s a good singer, but the actual music is just ok