Back To Black

This isn't really my style but I think it is quite good. Hard to listen to this without considering the destructive power of addiction. 3.7

I don't get the hype. It's good, not spectacular. Way better than the first album though.

3/5 doesn't sound bad or good enough to justify the weirdness people have about her

Personally feel she’s a bit overrated but I did enjoy the listen. Rating: 6/10 Favorite Song: Back to Black, You Know I’m No Good

Amy Winehouse had a stunning voice and while there were more "hits" on this album, I didn't connect with it the way I did her other one.

Good album, not my cup of tea, knew a few songs and could appreciate the music. 3/5

I still don't "get" the obsession critics have for her. I have to say I completely agree with what I said for Frank (2003) when that came up in my queue; "OK singing, OK songs. Not my thing."

Somewhat of a tough album for me to judge: the singles including "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good" are among the best songs of the decade, but the rest of the album does not live up to the hype.

I noted on the last Winehouse album I got that I thought her last album dragged on without changing too much. This was her at her best in my opinion. Concise, but packing a punch of energy.

There's no arguing about Winehouse"s talent, with both her voice and with her pen. Of course, all this is overshadowed by her reputation of being a violent alcoholic, tumultuous and often public relationship blowups, and famous recreational drug use. Thankfully Amy left us with Back to Black as her final musical statement before her lifestyle had the chance to affect the quality of her output. It's a powerful nod to Motown, with Winehouse showcasing a voice that rivals the best of that era. You're probably noticing my statements don't match up with the score, and this is why production and mastering are so important. Back to Black is one of the most notorious victims of the "loudness wars" of the 00s. There's audible clipping and most of the music is muddled due to poor mastering with max volume in mind, not fidelity.

the schmaltz didn’t really work on me! i think her voice is amazing but for some reason the anachronism grew a little tired in some of the deep cuts. the hits are HITS though!

Mejor que el anterior. Fuera de los singles no encontré mucha magia Nota: 3.4

Hun var sej, og kan egentlig ikke rigtig finde på noget dårligt at sige om albummet, men musikken taler sgu bare ikke rigtig til mig

Yes I Like

The big hits are great but overall it’s just alright to me. A little surprised to see it as one of the top rated albums but I guess it’s just down main street where most demographics can get something out of it. It is influential but unfortunately I hate most things it inspired. Rating: 2.9

Rehab was great, and I like her voice, but the rest of the album sorta blurred together for me. Pretty alright.

Overall like. Rehab, me and Mr jones, love is a losing game, tears dry on their own, wake up alone, all highlights. Back to Black 10/10 song. 3.5 stars?

This album was better than I expected it to be. She had a great voice and style, but the songs did sound repetitive to me. Decent background music, but nothing to get excited about.

Ah, Amy Winehouse was good wasn't she. Exquisite vocals, decent soul/jazz/rnb backings just lightly inflected with big hip hop beats but played acoustic. It just works, like a 60s revival with edge and bite. Some ska/reggae feel on Just Friends Bit of a bitter taste from tracks like Rehab and Addicted knowing what was to happen. Best track (new to me) - Some Unholy War 3 stars - it's a polished product, but apart from the overplayed singles it didnt do much for me

Rehab is here, most of the album is not as good as I expected

This is white soul for the next generation. In 2006 was when I stopped being current with music. I listened to very little as fatherhood, relationships and work took up most of my time with small moments being left on the mornings when no one was awake, or while the evening routine gave me an hour or two. And while going to work I was left with reading and barely that. I stopped collecting my CMJs because I could barely get through the one CD each month. So, my exposure previously to Winehouse is on the hits that played on the radio. This feels like a nostalgic trip in some senses. Her voice is great. The arrangements don't add a ton but if you can rely on the voice to carry some of that, it is great. I don't have a ton to say. Grew up on 50s rock and this feels like a lot of those early times but updated. Her influence is obvious in the 2000s, along with folks like Sharon Jones. This is why we have so many soulful pop tunes. I'm giving it a 3

I'm afraid I never got the hype over her. Strong voice, retro sound, yeah, but it's just not my thing.

The fact that the singles off this album are head and shoulders above everything else on here says quite a lot. This is a perfectly fine album and she really could sing (although I don’t particularly like her voice), but the album doesn’t excite me and the manufactured nostalgia feel is not my thing.

It is not a good album. Frank is far more better.

Solid. Not really for me I would say, very retro for how new it is, which is not negative.

3 1/2

60s Motown style is well done. Much more polished than her previous album. Sad that the talent was soon lost.

There are a couple of real bangers on here, but doesn't keep me engaged. I'd much rather listen to the Dap Kings with Sharon Jones.

"They tried to make me go to rehab and I said no no no". Well fine, Amy, I guess you win huh? Get the help you need folks.

Album - 6.4 Rehab: 5 You know im no good: 8 Me & Mr Jones: 7 Back to Black: 8 Love is a losing game: 6 Tears dry on their own: 9 Wake up alone: 6 Some unholy war: 6 He can only hold her 8 Addicted: 7

Has a vibe to it. I enjoyed this more than “Frank.” Probably a 6 or 7/10

Rehab

More approachable than other albums but the topics and tones sounded similar across records.

Really tight and pleasurable album; strong track after strong track! Maybe some of her backing tracks are a bit busy and obvious next to her performance and lyrics, but next to that awful Raye album you can't really complain. Fav track: You Know I'm No Good

Aahhh naah

- Incredible voice & like the horns, but overall just not my kind of music. Can appreciate the quality but not for me. - Really enjoyed Tears Dry On Their Own 3

Estuvo bueno, lo escuché así muy por encima pero buen discovery kids.

What struck me most listening properly to this album in 2026 was how difficult it is to hear innocently now. The record arrives carrying a mountain of retrospective mythology: the beehive, the tabloids, the public collapse, the “Blaaaake” caricature that swallowed the person whole in her final years. I found myself initially resisting the album almost on ethical grounds. There are moments where the retro-soul production feels a little too declarative, a little too eager to present itself as “important” music assembled from carefully archived signifiers. Mark Ronson occasionally produces like a man lovingly alphabetising his Motown records in public. And yet the songs themselves keep pushing against that reading. The deeper I got into the album, the harder it became to dismiss it as clever retro deployment. Amy Winehouse’s real strength is not the revivalism but the behavioural specificity. These songs are full of shame, compromise, pettiness, repetition, self-awareness and emotional bargaining. Not glamorous destruction - the far harsher experience of recognising your own bad patterns in real time and carrying on anyway because you don’t yet know how to stop. A lot of the emotional grammar clearly comes from the girl-group melodrama of The Shangri-Las. But where those records often survived on atmosphere, performance and absurd seriousness despite fairly functional lyrics, Winehouse writes the emotional detail those old songs only implied. She updates teenage catastrophe into adult behavioural realism. The songs are full of social texture - shame, bargaining, compromise, possessiveness, emotional repetition, self-awareness arriving too late. They feel less like declarations and more like somebody documenting patterns they can already recognise but not yet escape. What also became impossible to ignore was her age. Winehouse was roughly 22 or 23 making this album. That changes everything. It stops sounding like a fixed tragic monument and starts sounding like an extraordinarily perceptive young person still in formation. The culture later froze her into a completed symbol - doomed soul icon, cautionary tale, tragic genius - but the album itself contains constant evidence of somebody still becoming. Funny. Catty. Observant. Immature in places. Sharp beyond her years in others. Listening while consciously asking “how old is the person singing this?” rehumanises the whole record. The strongest songs survive the production completely. “Love Is a Losing Game” in particular feels less like retro reconstruction and more like a modern song that simply happens to love older forms. The best material here would endure almost any arrangement because the writing underneath is so psychologically precise. “Wake Up Alone” and “He Can Only Hold Her” move beyond melodrama into something colder and more diagnostic: songs about emotional systems continuing after insight has already arrived. What surprised me most, though, was the album’s refusal to fully canonise itself. It repeatedly undermines its own grandeur with ordinary behaviour. Cleaning the house instead of drinking. Weed complaints. Pettiness. Domesticity. The final track, “Addicted,” is practically a palate cleanser after the emotional weight of the title sequence. Instead of ending with a marble-statue summation of doomed artistry, the album concludes with “stop smoking my weed.” That refusal to remain permanently operatic may be what ultimately saves it. I still think the production occasionally overstates its retro intentions. There are moments where the emotional circuitry of older records feels almost gaslit into place through arrangement and rhythm. But the songwriting increasingly exceeds the curatorial framing around it. By the end, what remains is not “important album” prestige so much as the uncomfortable clarity of hearing a very young person documenting compromise, dependency and emotional drift with frightening lucidity. And perhaps that is why the story around the album now feels so ugly in retrospect. The public caricature arrived astonishingly quickly. “Disaster woman off the telly” became “tragic icon” almost overnight after her death, with very little pause for self-examination in between. Listening now, the tragedy is not that the songs sound doomed. It is that they sound unfinished.

I had really only heard Rehab, which is a song that just makes me sad because of how she ended up dying. But she kind of has an old school sound, with a lot of different instruments which is very unique. Still not my favorite style but it was better than I was expecting.

соул подобно 60х, красивый вокал. Панча особо нет. Альбом не понял, надо время

Just a solid poppy soul album Fav track: He Can Only Hold Her

I was already familiar with lot of the songs before but not really as a full album. I enjoyed it, and I will likely come around to listen again in the future, which I don't mind. The album itself was surprisingly shorter than I expected with 34 minutes playtime, but the songs were different enough to make it up. I give this a 3 but I think it's very close to a 4 to me, might come back and change it in the future.

It was ok but I really only liked the singles

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Not bad. There are a couple of songs that are cool. The rest sounds nice, but it doesn't make me want to go back to the album for a second listen.

A tragic loss of a fine talent, but her music all sounds exactly the same to me. Wonderful voice.

Amy Winehouse had a great voice and her albums are all right, but it all felt to me more like a tribute act to the great acts of the past. Hence: Solid music, but not needed on this list!

Big fan of Amy Winehouse great voice good album overall

Rehab is a banger. Solid album, just not something I would listen to a lot though.

I mean I get why people like it but not my jam.

Lovely album but not entirely my thing, i enjoyed her voice and the drums 😊 Stand-outs: You know im no good, Back to black

para ser un album que tiene varias conocidas mi fav fue just frienda no siento que sea un gran album, muy meeh

There are some good songs and some that are not so good. Super sad, she should have gone to rehab.

The album revolves about her having a great, unique voice. But the song themselves aren’t anything special. Not bad but wouldn’t add it to my favorites.

It’s fine, it’s enjoyable, but idk this music doesn’t really connect to me in any way… I didn’t mind listening it in the moment but I don’t think I’d ever say “hmm I want to listen to back to black”.

normal

Very unique vocals

This is one of those albums where I get why people rate it so high. Just not for me tbh

a chouille trop langoureux pour moi, feel like its missing that wow effect but its still one of those: damn this shit is crazy good work.

3,4/5

Good songs, but the version on Spotify is nearly unlistenable. Probably need a remaster to be appreciated by a younger audience.

Not a big fan

#327/1001 while we admire the voice and have a tragic story to embed it in, does this music do something new, or just something old in a new cover?

Some really good songs here and quite nostalgic for me. The production is a bit clean and samey so it kind of washed over me but maybe I’ve heard these songs in the background too many times.

Amy Winehouse. A name I have heard before but don't know the story behind. There were some songs I recognized. What can I say about the album though. It sounded "old". I am not the fan of that style music but this wasn't very offensive in that sense at all.

I liked this more than I expected to, the hits were very good and the deep cuts were also good. I can see why this got as popular as it did. Her voice is the main attraction with the music not holding up really. High 3

She's undoubtedly a force. Some of the songs just aren't that great.

not bad, but a little repetitive. some songs were too similar to each other. anyway, amy has got a great voice

I get the appeal of a punk rock approach to 1950s style music but the lyrics are a heartbreaking foreshadowing of her death shortly after release. This was a tough listen.

Good singer…meh songs except rehab.

6.5/10 listen again

Feels very 'X Factor' era to me

i only knew 3 songs before but it was a pleasant listen. like shes an icon common...

entiendo que es un clásico. tiene temas muy buenos. 5 ponele. el resto nie. esperaba mas de la letra. lo musical y su voz si es espectacular.

This was my first foray into Amy's material. I didn't get the hype, but I'm glad I can say that I gave it a fair chance.

Love her voice obviously but some of these songs aren't good. Hearing her sing covers of better songs than these is such a treat.

she has a great voice and although i wouldn’t normally listen to this i enjoyed it 3.5

Album 147. Back To Black — Amy Winehouse (2006) Oh shit, I had higher expectations based on hit songs. It's good, beautiful, well made, but not enough for me. 3/5 Liked: — You Know I'm No Good — Back To Black

Peak

She had a cool voice, but wasn't that great during her short time in the spotlight. I find her songs and the throwback vibe entertaining for a few songs but not for a full album. I had no idea of the popularity of this release, I always thought it was ok but kinda average. I'm in the minority as "Rehab" has 692M listens, "You Know I'm No Good" has 669M, "Back To Black" has 1.5B, and no song has fewer than 61M. The residuals are paying her parent's bills for sure! "Rehab" is catchy, repetitive. "You Know..." is catchy, repetitive. "Me & Mr Jones", "Just Friends", "Tears Dry..." & "Addicted" are all blah filler tracks. Every single track sound like a 60's song, that wore on me. Did nothing for me outside of the two US radio hits, but I turn the station when they come on, so all in all it's a 2.5 star album for me. I'll round up in kindness.

Amazed my vocals carry a rather average album

I love the vocals, I love the sounds, I mostly love the vibes. I HATE the song "Rehab" and I have every time I've ever heard it. The obvious criticisms aside (vanity, aging poorly, irony) I've never liked it in any way. The rest of the album is pretty good, but I started thinking about Neil Patrick Harris and his stupid fucking cake, so I ended the evening sad and didn't want to think about it anymore. Too much baggage for me.

I found the sample of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” really uninspiring here. The vocal performances were good but the album was a bit too one-note for me.

Great album. Really sucks that she isn't around to continue making music.

I was hoping I'd like this more, but this brand of jazzy soul isn't for me I guess.

Surprised with this one. Rather good!

Classic.

I've never listened to Amy Winehouse, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I ended up liking it more than I thought I would especially the opening track. I like how Amy is both a conventionally talented singer, but also still has an interesting and distinctive voice. Favorite Track - Rehab Least Favorite Track - Me & Mr Jones ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Talented Lady!

Favorite Track: Back To Black

Good album. Some great songs.

Fav- tears dry on their own 3/5

Decent pop album. She has a very unique voice. Id probably give it a 3.5 if that were an option.

Appreciate her talent - gone too soon.

Noooooo hahahahah dude I just had "Frank" two albums ago. That's two Amy Winehouse records in my last three albums. And I didn't love that one. This album is better, and also, worse. I like the improved production. On "Frank," Amy's voice could be excessively reedy and penetrating, and that's toned WAY down for this record. Her voice overall just sounds better. "Back to Black" (the song) is fantastic. It gave me chills. In fact, most of the A-side is top-notch. Out of 6 tracks, 4 are excellent. And could also have been theme songs for James Bond films. But by the b-side, the cribbing from 60s doo-wop and girl groups is just too much to bear. I mean - sampling "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" wholesale for "Tears Dry On Their Own," is just lazy. We get that you're trying to bring that Phil Spector sound back from the dead, and that's cool and all - but if I wanted to listen to Marvin Gaye, I would do that. His music is still available. And then - every other song on the album has the exact same production and approach. Everything blurs together. So on one hand the production is great, and on the other, they ran out of ideas. It really gets boring. All I can manage for this one is a tepid - THREE STARS

Some of the singles are decent but, as an album, it is so repetitive, I got bored and it felt like it went on a lot longer than it actually did.

I was probably guilty of dismissing this out of hand when it fist hit the mainstream as there was such a furore around Winehouse, her rise to stardom, intrusions into her private life etc. tragic story aside, and with the hype around her having now died down, this is a very slickly produced pop album that harks back to the ‘golden age’ of Motown and Stax records and wears those influences very much on its sleeve. There are some duds on here but otherwise a number of songs full of vocal and melodic hooks. I’m not sure I enjoyed a whole album of it but that’s more of a matter of taste than talent.

Great voice but I just didn't like the songs at all

Me gustó pero no es el tipo de música que escucho, por eso le pongo 3, siento que es un álbum que pondría de fondo nomas

midburger

Amy Winehouse had a great voice, electromagnetic look/persona, tragic story and Rehab is a legit great song but otherwise, it feels like a schtick. Not that a or this schtick is bad, but the appeal is situational.

I mean, she has phenomenal musical ability. I'm familiar with Amy Winehouse, but her accent completely threw me off since it's my first time listening to her. I like this album, it's not up my lane tho, idk how to explain it, I will def be listening to songs from this album when it comes on shuffle but probably won't seek it out in my playlist.

I’m not sure what the hype is for Amy?

Even though i was around for the rise and fall of Amy, i never listened to the album fully. I really like Ronson's production and the singles are amazing, and Amy's personality shines through even on the deep cuts. I've never cared much for Rehab, but You know i'm no good is an all timer. If the non-singles were better i'd rate this higher.

rip mac miller

To be honest I haven’t heard much from Amy. Just the usual ones. I do like this album but it’s not my fav. But I can see why people really liked it. 3.5

Enjoyed the nods to classic R&B

Amazing voice, enjoyed the album.

her voice to me sounds like a James bond song, super cool instrumental track

Still enjoyable.

Ok but wouldn’t listen to it on a whim

This is a very good version of a thing I don't like very much

Good song, great singer. Good listen, doesn’t really move me though.

Cool! 3.4 if i could

Felt more out together and tight than Frank, not my favorite music but she was clearly a very talented singer. RIP

Good but overplayed at this point.

Not really my cup of tea even though she was very talented

3.5/5

Es buen disco, pero sobrevalorado. La producción me sigue pareciendo rara porque no suena limpio, es como si sonase a través de la radio. Y en cuanto a la cantante, está bien, pero muy amanerada y forzada, no me parece el talento que muchas veces se quiere hacer ver.

If anyone was ever born to sign the theme song for a Bond movie, it was Amy Winehouse

Une voix incroyable, un morceau d'anthology, mais c'est globalement pas trop mon kiff.

All the components of success are in place — a pleasant voice, reverences to old Motown releases in sound, the lyrics are mostly about love... At the same time, the album owes a considerable share of its popularity to the people who made the sound here, Mark Ronson and Salaam Remy; the songs from the former, in my opinion, came out more interesting. The audience and critics rated the record extremely highly, and overall it's not bad, but I don't understand this degree of enthusiasm, maybe it's just not for me.

Amy Winehouse was super talented, but this album just really is not my style. It has some catchy jams, but I don't really see what all the hype is about.

I've mentioned before that I never quite warmed up to Amy Winehouse's affect, but I am mostly indifferent to her musical endeavors. While I never quite got the frenzy over her work, I think I came around a little on this listen, and there are a couple of songs that I downright enjoyed. I'm not exactly over the hump, but sure, this was pretty good. Can't hear her without feeling a pang of sorrow over how no one was able to help her beat her demons.

I dig the retro vibe. Up to a point. Sometimes the homages become outright ripoffs, which was distracting. Her limited range and affected singing style also gets to me. She's clearly a star. She can clearly sing. But like Adele, she keeps doing the same things in almost every song. But unlike Adele, I like her a lot more. When it works, it works really well. The title track was unfamiliar to me and it's a stunner. Love is a Losing Game is another classic. There were others that I dug, but in general, there's something that keeps me at arm's length. I guess what I'm saying is I wish I liked it more. (Unsure what to give this. I feel like a 3 is too low but a 4 seems high given the conflicting emotions I had. But, at least I had emotions...?)

I was really wow’d by Amy and her band when they first hit. Now I mostly get sad listening to this album. Also starts to sound the same.

But to walk away I have no capacity, my tears dry on their own

6/10

Such a great but sad album

Great voice and opening track but it started sounded a bit too much the same as the album went on. Plenty of other better modern soul singers like Sharon Jones that would put her in her place

This is a tough one to rate because she is SO damn talented but some of her music just isn’t for me

Not my type of music

I'm obviously aware of some of these tracks because how could you not be as they've been played to death on radio and elsewhere since its release! It's always mildly annoyed me how much attention she got and I whilst she's ok, I don't rate her anywhere near where people seem to singing, as she does, mostly throwbacks. So this is a well produced album and there's some decent songs on it but there'll always be that disconnect for me and frankly there's better female UK soul singers that I love so I'll stick with them thanks!

Love

Better than expected. Very charismatic and catchy.

not my thing

I've never listened to this all the way through before. There was a lot of hype around thus album at the time, but i had better things to do than have anything to do with an album which was being advertised at the time on TV. That was an instant turn off for artists lucky enough to be plugged like that. The other artist to be plugged like this was Micheal Buble, that is the same standing Amy Winehouse had in my books. I digress. The album is very good, the style of jazzy blues or what ever it is complemented her exceptional vocal performance. Very enjoyable, and I night give it a listen again when no one is in earshot.

Not a big fan of Amy, good album though. Favourite song - Tears dry on their own. 7/10

fun but nothing special. Many crowd favorites though.

It wasn't bad. I liked Amy's voice but not my favorite songs.

***A good, easy listening album

Great voice.

Had overlooked previously since I don't really like rehab (so we got that in common lol). Favourite songs: Me & Mr Jones, Back to Black

It’s a good listen. An intentionally retro sounding album, so nothing revolutionary. I think much of the reputation of this album comes from Winehouse’s unfortunate passing.

J: There is something special about an album that pulls you in even when the genre is one you don’t listen to often. The trumpets, the rhythm, her voice, it all works together to pull you in to each one of these songs. There is a log going on, but it never feels muddy. It’s very satisfying, infectious. She pulls off the vintage sound effortlessly. Her voice fits that style very well. This does not sound like it was released in 2006. This in combination of great hooks make the songs very sticky. V: I felt cool listening to this, the ambiance the album has is fantastic. I was expecting deeper lyrics but the melodies and background production made up for it. This would be amazing background music.

Since I watched the Amy Winehouse documentary I fall into a black hole when listening to her music - I guess this album is good but I just cannot enjoy it

Back to Black is an album I admire more than I love. There is no denying the strength of Amy Winehouse’s voice or the emotional honesty she brings to the material, and at its best the record feels raw, exposed, and deeply personal. Her delivery carries real pain and defiance, and that authenticity is what gives the album its weight, even when the songs themselves do not always land for me. Where it loses me is in how tightly it sticks to a single aesthetic. The retro soul production, while stylish and well executed, starts to feel limiting over the course of the album, smoothing out emotional peaks rather than sharpening them. Songs blur together tonally, and the heartbreak narrative, though sincere, becomes repetitive without offering much variation or release. Instead of deepening, the mood often just circles itself. In the end, Back to Black feels like a powerful snapshot rather than a fully rounded experience. There are moments that hit hard and deserve their reputation, but as an album it does not quite sustain that intensity from start to finish. I respect its impact and understand why it means so much to so many people, but it does not fully connect with me on a lasting level.

Fun instruments and creative sounds! Solid 3.5/5

It's fine kind of surprised at the first album recommended to me is the renowned Amy Winehouse's album though I've heard of her like multiple times before I never actually listen to her songs before. So this would be my the first album of hers that I listened to. Sadly no song really sped out to me the one that can't make me feel like well what is this melody. But I can say that it's a good album it's not bad it's fine and there are a few songs like I can say my favorite is love is a losing game unholy war and addicted. And I guess I can feel the soul I would prefer like a black soul I guess rather than this.

Coldplay left me well, cold

This is a tough one. Musically I like it, but I don't really gel with the themes - having been with my partner 15 years I don't have a lot of references for dirtbag men. I also feel like others have come along since and done what she's done better. The big hits are still bangers though

Amy had some pipes, no doubt. And though she made some catchy tracks (Rehab, You Know I'm No Good) a lot of this album falls into an indifferent middle ground for me. The whole thing has a nostalgiac neo soul vibe that is imbued with a classiness that makes for easy listening. Rehab is catchy as hell with a nostalgiac flair. Sad though understanding the personal history of the song and the ultimate conclusion to her story. You Know I'm No Good is a solid follow-up track. And Tears Dry On Their Own is another that I recognize. Really enjoyed Wake Up Alone, but the others didn't have much impact. For me this is a high 3.

Did not know amy wrote rehab😭😭😭 top 3; 🥇 just friends 🥈he can only hold her 🥉love is a losing game

Some bangers ofc, what a voice, love the attitude bit as an album album... It's a bit too simple, very look a like music, great but not revolutionary

Hmmm, honestly, I think talking about appropriation in music is always a bit tough. Where does influence end and appropriation begin? It definitely ended before Monkey Man… She’s got a nice voice, but I actually don’t think it’s anything too crazy compared to some of the heavy hitters she is clearly very influenced by. That being said, I see the appeal.

Weird how I've heard almost every song of this album but never actually listened to it. It's not really the kind of music I usually listen to but it's definitely good !

Winehouse has a great voice. And the drums on this album are consistently good. Like them on "You Know I'm No Good" best. "Love is a Losing Game" is also solid. I liked Frank as an album better than this. If I could give Frank a 3.5, I would. I'd much rather listen to "Cherry" or "Magic Man" than what's here. It's fine. All fine, I've just come to the realization that I'm not a big Amy Winehouse fan. Her music is Not For Me.

Interesting sound. Not a big fan of Winehouse, but it's a solid album.

ool!

Not a fan, I find her voice too be very affected. I'm sure she could carry a tune and she was not at all a bad songwriter but to much stunt vocals for me.

Great voice

Retro sounding sassy goodness that revived a genre. 3 stars may be a tad stingy, but so is releasing an album with only 34 minutes of muzak.

tragic listening to this now. soulful tracks. also not really my thing though, I kinda just don’t like her voice!

Controversial opinion but I don't really like Any Winehouse's voice. I get this album was huge and influential but meh.

3 out of 5 Not too bad. She had such a great voice, deep and soulful. Some really good songs,

I appreciate the 60's Motown vibe, but was always curious how long she could have held onto that schtick if she didn't literally drink herself to death. Guess she should've gone to rehab?

one of those albums where the main singles are much stronger than the rest of the album, but it's still a listenable album

3/5

The overall vibe of this album was fantastic. I love the 60's Motown inspired arrangements and orchestration. Most of the time this was great fit for Amy's strong, husky vocals. However, this treatment doesn't work as a "one size fits all" on all songs. For example, The Meters styled trap kit drum sound was perfect on songs like "Rehab," "You Know I'm Not Good," and especially the reggae styled, "Just Friends." However, that sound is just too weak for big Shirley Bassey type numbers like "Back to Black" or too distorted and one dimensional for the more jazzy swing songs like "Love is a Losing Game." There were a few other miscues where the music simply didn't fit Amy's vocals at all. The most glaring example is "Tears Dry On Their Own." The music was clearly a direct homage to Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." However, Amy's melody and peformance, while executed wonderfully, simply sounded like it was meant for a completely different song. The vocals, in that case, worked against the music. Those are just quibbles. This is an enjoyable album. But, they indicate that this record had the potential to really showcase the variety of styles Amy was capable of. Instead, while wonderfully performed, the songs began to sound a little too much the same by the end. Regardless, Amy was a force to be reckoned with. She had a great talent that, tragically, was taken from us too soon.

Crack heads, brother RIP

This was OK. She's the type of artist where I could listen to her 1 or 2 times (tops) in a year's time because I kind of like the soul vibe. If I heard her any more frequently than that I'd probably get annoyed with her vocal affectations.

Lovely stuff. Oh, Amy...

It’s good! I felt the highs were never that high, but the lows didn’t exist at all. Not my preferred type of music to listen to but I can understand that it would work tremendously in some settings I was telling some people that I was listening to this and multiple people said “Amy Winehouse? Like, Rehab?” and man, it’s a shame what that song has done to her lasting image. Doesn’t help that it’s track one, either.

Michael Bublé for middle aged white women, the other other middle aged white women

Solid album. May have rated lower just because I’ve listened to it so many times already. She has a fantastic and unique voice and style.

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting to, I found it capturing my attention, which is not a given when listening to albums from this list. As everyone says, she has a great voice and it's paired perfectly with the neo-soul and Motown sounds of the band. Good stuff, and I enjoyed the bonus tracks more than the main tracks, they seemed more fun, Cupid and Monkey Man standing out, as well as the various reggae- and ska-flavoured tracks.

Overrated

Obviously a few of the songs are huge hits. She had something special to be sure. And I didn’t realize that she wrote most of these songs. But other than the hits I thought the rest were just “fine”. But definitely an album that should be on this list

Beautiful voice but I don't know if this aged that well? I can see how this was a really refreshing alternative from the pop music at the time but this is more of a time and a place thing, the songs aren't really that great. Just my opinion though!

Escucho a Amy Winehouse como persona casual y no una fan, buen álbum, aunque personalmente no tan de mi gusto.

3.5

This album is pretty good with some really fun songs. Amy Winehouse has a really distinct and powerful voice, which she expertly uses to really put on a stellar performance. Rip to a really cool artist, someone who was definitely a powerful force in the music scene. but also not every song is for me, so 3/5

Firmly a 3 for me. Impressed with the lane she created, the dap tones and talent, but I don’t enjoy listening to it. To me it has the same vibe as Moulin Rouge? Very sassy and theatrical, hitting a lot of melodies that are not pleasing to me.

I mean, she’s got a great voice: soulful, wonderful timber. But do you get a lot of credit for essentially being a mimic of previous styles? I don’t know.

Well produced. Great vocals. A couple standout songs, but mostly samey.

Not bad.

Vaikka Amyllä on todella persoonallinen ja sielukas soundi, jota mielellään kuuntelen, jäi tämä hänen tunnetuin levy vähän valjuksi. Liian pehmeätä meikämarjatalle. Tiesin artistin ja jopa tämän levyn, mutta kuuntelin sen nyt ensimmäistä kertaa kokonaan läpi. Levyn hittibiisit oli tuttuja.

This album is kinda weird. I mean 1970's soul did exist in 2006, but 3/5.

3.5. The songs are better than her last album, with a couple classics obviously.

Never really got her, I’m afraid. Very overrated, in my opinion.

Very good

I listened to the deluxe edition of the album. I enjoyed her covers of The Specials and Toots And The Maytals more than her original songs. The whole album was fine. If she had lived past 27, this album would be just an okay follow up to her first album instead of being “one of the greatest albums of all time”.

This is another one where half-stars would help.

Pretty good singer.

30.09.25 #5 Favourite tracks: rehab, I'm no good, back to black Rate: 7/10

Just listened to Big Brother and the Holding Company and I think I like to listen to Amy more than Janice. To bad dhi gone.

The demo/down-tempo versions of some of these tracks on the deluxe album definitely feel more raw and authentic to her BTW.

Tuntuu että Amy Winehouse on sellainen mistä on pakko tykätä ja varsinkin traagisen kuoleman jälkeen. En oo koskaan oikeastaan hirveesti vaan tykänny tästä radiorallattelusta, vaikka naisella upea ääni olikin. Ei tää kuitenkaan ihan 2 tähteen tipu mutta siinä kolmosen korvilla

Enpä ollut noita hittibiisien ulkopuolisia kipaleita juuri kuullut. Eimillä on kyllä hieno ääni ja pisti taiteen eteen kunnolla kroppaa likoon. Musat pääosin aika kesyä, mutta ehkä äänelle haluttiin antaa temmellyskenttää enemmän. Pistetään 3 pistettä!

Taas kategoriaan "siinähän tuo menee" Lauluääni on todella hyvä, mutta jotenkin itse biisit ei napanneet taustamusiikkina toimimista kummemmin

Pitkästä pitkästä aikaa tuli kuunneltua tämä levy. Jotenkin muistelin että tämä olisi ollut vähän kovempaa irrottelua, mutta vähän jäi ehkä piippuun jollain tavalla. Siis tarkoitan sitä mitä Amyn huikeasta äänestä olisi ollut ulosmitattavissa. Monessakin biisissä on tavallaan vähän semmoinen meno, että koko ajan odottaa millon se lähtee, mutta sitten ei kuitenkaan ihan päätyyn asti mennä missään. Levynä omaan korvaan kuitenkin paljon parempi kun se Amyn debyyttialbumi. Pari ihan weltklasse-biisiä. Artistina menee myös luokkaan: olisin halunnut nähdä livenä. Solid kolme tähteä, jonain toisena päivänä olisi voinut saada neljäkin.

Rip Amy. Good album from my 20s

I grew up in the era that this was all over the radio. It wound me up then as much as it does now. I can sort-of understand the hype, but if this album was never made, the world would be exactly the same.

I’m struggling to think that the extremely positive reaction to this isn’t due to a few obvious thing: 1) actually good singers were (and are) hard to come by now. 2) she died young She is a good singer, and the 50s/60s revival sound coupled with modern subjects absolutely works but I don’t think it’s that great of an album beyond that. Maybe you have to be really in to soul music.

Some good groovy ones, and some meh ones. She was so huge. Her voice is very unique and interesting.

Shame a lot of the songs are overplayed and often butchered in karaoke bars, because it's a decent album

Enjoyable but the tracks are similar sounding except for the well known hits. Solid album with fresh vocals.

I had never meaningfully listened to Amy Winehouse's work before, and I'm glad that I did. The album feels cohesive and I can see why she made such a splash. In addition to her belting out lyrics, her tracks use a lot of horns and other jazz-adjacent sounds. The horns create a dichotomy between Amy's voice making bold statements with biting wit and loud, brute-force honking. It's almost like the music is making fun of the way she sings. The extraneous noises feel piped-in and soulless, like a soundtrack happening around her life. The mastering is fine, but it's not very much fun to listen to. I think of this album like Coldplay: music made to be discussed on Good Morning America.

Not nearly as fun as her first album but it is superior. As the songwriting is much more mature, but also depressing considering her fate. You can see her depression in the songs & also she seems to have a submissive nature towards men. She shoulda went to Rehab.. 3

Patient zero for affected cursive vocals. Some great hooks that feel a bit like '60s cosplay.

Distinctive and superb voice that spawned a million impersonators in the late 2000s. That said, I’ve never understood why this album is consistently rated as highly in lists as it is. Maybe I’m just not a big fan of throwback 60s soul. Some great tracks here (3 maybe 4) but also some filler and at only 35 minutes long that is unforgivable really.

Kurant

Decided that I did not like Amy Winehouse when this came out while I was a teenager. Can't remember why. Even though I'm tired to death of the singing style this album created, it deserves credit for it's place in time.

Not my genre but I cannot deny her talent.

Back to black is one of the greatest oat. Amys Voice is super powerful. The Album all in all is sadly not my type :(

I recognize that everything about this album is pretty darn good. Lyrics, instrumentation, production, all of it. And Amy has a great voice. Still, it’s a voice that’s never really clicked with me and is mildly grating. I liked this more than I thought I would and will revisit, so maybe it’ll grow, but for now here it shall stay.

It is an incredible album but it does have some lows. Mostly the tracks not produced by Mark Ronson

Another great artist lost to substance abuse. She brought together soul, r&b and jazz and made a powerful mix that was brilliant. She left a lot. She could have done do much more. What a shame.

Solid, throwback album both in terms of musicality and length. This was ubiquitous when released, which may be why I only like it. The best songs are the singles. Top tracks: "Tears Dry on Their Own," "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good"

The good is very good but too many average tracks

ok

Amy Winehouse was undoubtedly talented. And this was her seminal album. Amy Winehouse was undoubtedly challenged. And this was the gateway to her massive fame. “Rehab”, “You Know I’m No Good” and “Back to Black” were the big singles. Also Mark Ronson was a producer on this album.

cool modern retro

Tough to grade. Maybe I was just harsh this day. Has some brilliant tracks on and I love her voice and the style. I don't think this hangs together all that well as a single coherent album though. The production feels kind of all over the place with a mix of popier sounds, big band, hip hop sounds. I can't find the thread. There are some tracks that don't feel like they fit in and feel a bit b-side as a result

An old soul in a young body, passed away way too young. I like her music but for some reason it doesn't really connect with me.

Must say This has a lot of 5 stars, which accepting my bias maybe influencing my review. I avoided this at the time. Remember some well produced retro modernised sound songs on the radio/tv amongst similar retro songs and a lot and I mean a lot of attention to Ms Winehouse in the general media, though I never actually knew why. Yes she had a good voice, but many do, and she was you could point to in hindsight charismatic and doomed which the media always loves. But still not knowing any of her story to this day, what is this album to me today. Underwhelmed, really underwhelmed. It’s like when they colourised old classic black n white films a few years ago, there is still something there but it’s uncanny valley, and pointless manufacturing nostalgia, whereas Im being told it is blending music genres to be modern, but there was a lot of that nostalgia jazz, swing, rnb thing going on for a while at the time and she wasn’t the 1st, not by 2006. Where are all the great songs everyone keeps mentioning? Oh she swears, and talks about why shes broken, very edgy, that raw autobiographical that is, cause we know she had problems and they killed her, so edgy. I am going to stand with the minority on this one but I don’t get the hype, it’s not a bad album. It at all, she has a nice distinction in her voice but it’s just not all that it just isn’t. 3 Star, maybe.

Before going into this, my opinions on Amy Winehouse weren't good. I thought the best song she did was a cover and I wasn't a fan of the two biggest tracks on this record finding them annoying. I didn't like her voice, thinking it was a bit whiny and nasally and I thought she was overrated and her music had become almost more illustrious because she died very young. After giving this a few spins, I have to say I probably judged her a little harshly. This album has a classy feeling to it with its great production and vocals and with its slightly soulful swing doowop sound. I still don't think she has the greatest voice in the world, albeit its distinctive and soulful, I still find it a little warbly in all honesty. But this album is filled with catchy vocal hooks. I'd maybe like this more with more listens, but for now it's a pleasantly surprising three.

Soulful but also faded into background

Even though modern doo-wap bullshit attempts usually annoys me, Amy nails it in a fitting way.

Good album, reminds me of my mom always playing rehab and singing along during drives when I was younger.

Lots of hit singles. Strong three or low four. Bit samey overall but a nice smattering of soul, reggae, jazz, pop.

probably the best amy winehouse record, still not a huge fan, but I have to recognize its quite good

I'm sure this is good, but it wasn't for me.

Okay at best, not sure what the hype is about however

Rehab was an instant classic, and I have to credit this album for turning me on to the Dap Kings, which led me to the treasure trove that is Daptones records. The title track is also great, but I will never get over my irritation with Tears Dry On Their Own, and how it's basically her singing a new melody over a backing track of the Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell classic Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Her new melody is not very good and doesn't fit the track and it reminds me of my worst karaoke moments (by that, I mean that I was relatively sober, a terrible state of mind for karaoke!). Stupid decision and it really mars this album for me. Also makes me feel they were desperate for songs to record. She had a great voice and style and requisite tragic backstory, but not the most interesting songwriter and I think this album would have been a lot better if its makers recognized their shortcomings and brought in more songwriting talent to help them out. Credit to Mark Ronson, a prolific hit maker of a producer - I think this was the first of many times I clocked his name.

I have never listened to Amy Winehouse before. Was pleasantly surprised.

3.5 maybe a little higher. Great productions and songs

I like her voice sometimes, and the feel of the music can be good at some times too. A lot of The melodies don't seem to fit in the key or over the cords of some of the songs, and I find it a little distracting at times. Overall pretty good album though.

Will never complain if anyone ever puts Amy Winehouse on the aux, but as a whole, this album was okay.

This album has a good throwback sound and she’s got a great voice. It’s not really for me (would likely not revisit), but I wouldn’t give a fan some side eye for liking her. 3?

Unbelievably talented and tragic. But still never really clicked with me. It was fine, but not the type of music I would voluntarily listen to. (Although Rehab is a banger).

I didn’t really care about the vocals (they’re fine, I guess), but the instrumentation on some of these songs was just incredibly fun, which is uncharacteristic for soul/R&B albums, in my experience. I'm of a belief that good instruments can carry any album, while bad vocals can't usually ruin one (not saying the vocals here were bad—just nothing special). The music was just so passionate and catchy that it didn’t really matter to me that it was a genre I don’t particularly like. I like how layered and detailed it was, and the rhythms and drums were great. That beings said, there were also the more typical for these kind of albums slow, melancholic, longing songs, which I rarely enjoy. I don’t know. I enjoyed this album. But at the same time, although half of the songs were bangers, the other half was just not for me. I’m not sure what score to give this one. Will probably have to reevaluate it later. I’m certainly not opposed to relistening to this one, which is probably a sign of me liking it already. 7/10

She had a wonderful voice that feels a bit wasted on what they made her sing.

We previously reviewed Amy Winehouse’s other album, Frank, and I quite Frank-ly, hated it. My biggest gripe was of the lyrics which I found to be self absorbed, vapid, and boring. On Back to Black, I found that theme continued. However, musically I found this album to be a little bit more interesting. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that “Rehab” is a song that I’m so familiar with that the pattern recognition seeking part of my brain was lit up, and that feeling continued throughout the listening session. I do have to say that I didn’t hate listening to this record, part of me is half tempted to give Frank another try. The title track on this album is genuinely beautiful, musically haunting, and quite enjoyable to listen to. I could drink red wine to this record, without question. 3/5

Plenty of soul. Janice liked it more than me

That was very nice, good vocals, very positive sound.

I was unfamiliar with this album. Favorite song: Back to black I felt like it was close to me really liking this album, but it didn't quite click. Probably closer to 3.5 if we could do half stars.

I really like the instrumentation, its clearly very well produced, I think this would stand out a lot in the pop mainstream, probably why it was so successful. Parts sound more ballad/soul ish, and some are more dreamy jazz type, like the 4th one one, some are also what you could call 'ska' I guess, with the brass stuff. The backing vocals on some of the songs are great. She's also an incredible vocalist, and I guess she kinda started an 'alternative' revolution in pop music, as people like Adele probably borrowed from this. I'm not the first person to say this, but I think her personality is a large reason why these songs are so good, it a similar way to Arctic Monkeys or something, their personalities shine through the songs, avoiding them from becoming too bland. Downsides are that I guess that some songs sound very similar. Favourite songs: rehab, just friends, back to black, love is a losing game, wake up alone, he can only hold her. Overall around 6/10

It's also a classic album. Not really my style but it's good to have listened to.

Beautiful voice but kinda boring lyrically

Pretty chill

I didn't get time to listen. I know her work and like parts of it. She didn't smash into my life like she did with others so I'll be on the bench with a 3. It's hit and moss for me.

If she was still around today I think she'd still be a big deal and a frequent face on TV.

Meh

I can see why people love this so much and a like a lot of it but it’s not quite for me.

It's ok.

Interesting listen. I was familiar with a number of songs previously, but had never listened to the whole album before. Musically it’s fun, very 1960’s Motown inspired, including sampling “Ain’t no Mountain…”. At first it feels like something to have on in the background at a party, but the lyrics are worth listening, too. They seem deeply personal, mostly dark and troubling. Not sure it’s an album I’d listen to often, but worthy listening and several stand out songs. And Winehouse’s voice is, of course, always a nice throaty contrast to other pop singers.

Mercifully much better than her other album Frank. 2.54

This is not great. I really thought it was gonna be a 5 upon the roll but I’m struggling to get past a 3. I don’t know it was a lot of the same, great vocalist of course but I also got bored of her as it went. Sucks cause her Valerie might be a top 250 song all time. Idk, very underwhelmed by this and I really wanted to like it.

Sue me, but I think Amy Winehouse is a little overrated. This album is pretty decent, but this is her best work. I think a lot of her popularity came from the kurt cobain effect. Definitely not a bad album, but probably only a strong 3 from me

I’ve already gotten this one: Back half better than first half Kinda wanna revisit this now after listening to 4 months worth of albums as part of this project. No time

I feel slightly uncomfortable listening to Rehab, given what happened, but it's still a super catchy song. Don't know if I've felt so conflicted about a song like that before. She had an incredible voice and I loved You Know I'm No Good.

Weet je, ik weet het wel met Amy Winehouse. Best een aardige zangeres, maar krijg dit al 20 jaar door m'n strot gedrukt alsof het iets unieks is, meestal door mensen die nooit muziek van voor de jaren 90 luisteren. Fotorealistische soulmuziek. Niet iets om je heel druk over te maken.

3.8

High quality music. Easy to see why she was an instant star and such a tragic loss.

A low 4 but enjoyed this more than I expected, if more for her band then her voice or subject material!

Like the soundtrack to a James Bond film I don't really want to see. She's got a fine fine voice and this is highly polished effort - but it leaves me a bit cold.

If I had seen this live I probably would have loved it. I know she was a standout musician, not just a well marketed one-hitter or whatever. But somehow it sounds a bit sterile to me on this record! This should not be!

i can't bring myself to listen to her music, not because i don't necesarily like it, i don't know how to explain..., gonna give 3 stars for neutral

Sounds way older than it is (and that's on purpose)

She had a great voice and could’ve sung the football results and it would still be an hit

A decent album from a pretty damn good singer.

Never listened to Amy before but really liked this. Will be exploring more of her stuff

The production and the arrangement is the standout. The whole album works much better on the up tempo tracks.

3.25/5 enjoyed the vocals more than I expected, smooth album

I assumed I had heard more of her songs and just not realized it, but nope. Only song on this album I recognized was Rehab. I can see the potential of this being something I might like more with my love as of late of anything from Daptone, but this isn't quite up there for me.

It was alright, nothing special.. not adding it to my playlists

Liked Rehab, Back to Black and Addicted. Other songs didn't really leave a mark.

Rating: 3.5\5 | Favorite Track: Back To Black --- First time actually listening to Amy Winehouse and I did have quite a lot of fun with this album. I didn't absolutely love it, but there were a few standout tracks that blew me away with the production quality, layers of sound, and excellent vocal performance.

Good album, Rehab is the standout track.

She's a legend but this soft jazz doesn't especially do it for me

4/18/2025: She had pipes. Good album, not my vibe.

No thanks

Tears Dry On Their Own with the Aint No Mountain High Enough backing is nice and new to my ears. Unless I'm mixing that up with some other sort of jingle.

Strong album I see where the hype comes from. It's good music that makes you want to get up and dance. I will say some of the music is repetitive but still enjoyable. 7.1/10

Difficult to rate this objectively: 1. The vinyl pressing of this is very noticeably compressed 2. The songs are so familiar that it both gives them a sense of comfort but also not particularly intriguing. Trying to get past both of these facts, it’s easy to see why this was such a monster hit at the time, and why it has aged so well. Some truly great songs on this. Sometimes the production feels a shade pastiche, but not enough to deter from how good the song is.

It's a fun throwback sound, but it's a lot of hit and miss for me. I'm not a big fan of Rehab, so I expected to not like this, but by the middle of the album it was working well. The momentum couldn't hold, though, and I found the ending a bit weak.

Shameful I hadn't listened to this yet. Amy's voice is beautiful and iconic, but personally I don't mess with jazz that much. Most of the songs aren't dynamic enough to interest me. Still, the instrumentals and production are great on their own.

Probably should have gone to rehab. At least this is music.

Great pipes, can't wait to see what she's up to in 2025

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Over-rated

Rehab 3.8 You Know I'm No Good 3.7 Me & Mr. Jones 3.6 Just Friends 3.3 Back to Black 3.5 Love Is a Losing Game 3.4 Tears Dry on Their Own 3.3 Wake Up Alone 3.3 Some Unholy War 3.5 He Can Only Hold Her 3.4 Addicted 3 Score: 3.436363636

decently pleasant and consistent album but track 7 just reminds me i would much rather listen to Ain't No Mountain High Enough than any individual song from this Rehab and Back To Black are nice, there's just nothing that satisfying here everyone seems to love this though, i guess i really don't understand the hype, i feel like i would get much more joy listening to most of the music from 4 decades earlier that inspired it

Real

Mycket bättre än vad jag trodde, fortfarande dock för kopplat till radioskit. Hur man gör till rösten liksom

Skapligt, det är något med rösten som inte är för mig, men generellt ett hyfsat bra album

Some gems. But didnt find any particular song i loved. Amy winehouse has a unique voice

I like this album far more than her first album. I love the Motown sound, and this version of it really grew on me by the end. I'm sure this album would grow on me if I gave it more listens. I found myself severely rocking out (nodding my head at my computer) to He Can Only Hold Her.

Okay, this was pretty good, will listen again 3.5/5