Back To Black

Vraiment beaucoup de talent et de tres belle chanson bien arrange. La prod et la musique est top .4.85

I've listened to this SO MUCH. but let's see what the songs that aren't rehab are like.

Good enough, quite pleasant. Now at least I know what Amy Winehouse sounds like. I've hear some of the tracks on this album before, but wouldn't have been able to say it's from her. 3.5 stars rounded up.

Amy Winehouse is a fine singer. Here is "Rehab", the best song in her life. Also I can listen to "Back to black", important song. "Tears dry on their own" it's another great song.

Desperately sad I don't like all the material, but the voice is incomparable.

Best tracks were banging, but some some songs were a small dip in quality, favs were rehab and back in black

IN MEMORY OF BLANQUITA

Espectacular. Disfruté cada tramo.

Such a voice, such a talent, such a waste. I wish Amy Winhouse had been able stick around for a couple of lifetimes longer to keep making albums like this.

This is a classic for me!! What a tragic and beautiful and somehow fun album

Baš me iznenadilo šta san znala sve pisme budući da se ne sićan kad san ijednu njenu ciljano upalila (ne zbog nedostatka kvalitete nego mi nekako ne padne na pamet)

Motown throwback. Some great songs.

Nice

Toppen

Pretty good, but some of the less popular tracks i feel weren't as stellar as I feel this album's reputation has

Such an amazing voice. Cruel waste of talent.

Very good

Veldig bra

Solidan R&B klasik, RIP Ejmara

Super fun, full of soul and swagger, and surprisingly funny and sad at times. A great "throw on at any time" record.

Listened to this album half a dozen times to try to get a feel for it. Overall it was background music while I worked. A couple of songs stood out and caused me to take notice. Nothing grating. Good album.

This is a classic. It would interesting to know what Amy would have put out if she had been able to become healthy and keep recording.

Hasta donde pudo haber llegado Amy? Bastante talento y buen gusto para elegir lo que va a cantar.

I liked the music the voice is beautiful didn't really pay much attention to the lyrics

Somehow knowing the backstory makes this more powerful and poignant but still a great soul album regardless

Very close to a 5… this soulful, funky and pristine pop…..All in one!!

yes.

Amy Winehouse once sucked me off through a glory hole in a pub in Clapham. She slurped that jizz right up. Swallowed me whole. I felt so small in that massive hole. I think the incident inspired the album Back to Black.

Amy Winehouse has such a classic voice. It feels like you're being sent to a dream like state. What a beautiful style. Although this album didn't have too much variety and was short, I enjoyed it.

Los singles de este disco son de las canciones más icónicas de la década, modernizando los sonidos de épocas pasadas. El resto de las canciones no llegan al mismo nivel pero siguen siendo excelentes. No puedo evitar sentirme triste escuchando este disco, conociendo el trágico final de su vida. Mejores canciones: You Know I'm No Good, Back To Black, Tears Dry On Their Own.

It’s hard to get past the cautionary note and forecast of tragedy aspect of this, particularly when the catchy, hooky mega hit of the album is an absolutely succinct explanation of how Winehouse would come to die at 27. Very good but already showing wear: it sounds mostly to me like vanishing potential.

7/10

I remember when this album first came out, because of the face that Winehouse was always in the news for various drink, drug and relationship issues I didn’t think much of her, or her music. Fast forward 10 years and I’m listening to it one day, and realised that she was an incredibly talented musician who sadly lived her life via her music….or maybe the music told the story of her life. Either way it’s a very sad story and one that should be a lesson to young talent. She has a great voice that’s able to transmit the feeling of the songs so well, again I’m not a fan of bad language in music and there are the occasional lapses into it in this album. We will never really know the depths of her talent because of her short life but we have a little something to remind us of her

Back to black, rehab, tears dry on their own, you know I'm no good Magnifique, grosse hésitation pour le 5 étoiles mais bon.. pas au niveau d'un chef d'oeuvre

Listening back, the sound is lush - much more detailed than I remembered. Dips just a little with the last few songs.

Pretty damn good. Amazing voice. Nice modern twist to classic Motown R&B. Very Phil Spector. Not sure if her fashion, voice, lyrics land for me as amazing homage or derivative. It seems to build on the genre by modernizing, adding a darker edge via honesty, depression, swearing and drug refs, but it is also whole cloth just the same old same old. It’s like the gen x punk people who became rockabilly, is it cool or is it lame? I did find the album lacking crescendos, wondering if her voice can nail a few, but maybe I’ve heard too much Adele who filled the void left by Amy. Overall mostly fives on this album, a few lesser songs but pretty damn tight.

Repeat Album. 7/10

Why don’t you come on over… and listen to this album

I love this album and think it's her best work

Klassík, krafturinn og túlkunin hjá henni gera mig hálf orðlausa.

an album full of hurt, low self-esteem and desperate need - great arrangements and vocals, but a sad sad person at the heart of it.

Soul and R&B album. Featuring some of the best songs by Amy Winehouse. Certainly talented a vocalist with great vocal range.

So much promise

Genuinely soulful. My mom like Amy Winehouse

Good, chunky pop music infused with jazz. Great lyrics as well, although i've heard rehab three billion times too many.

Impressionante como tudo está bem encaixado aqui ! Amy tem a uma maturidade lírica e uma ironia autodepreciativa que parece ter saído diretamente de uma escritora inteligente e cheia de bagagem cultural da terceira idade com o poder de redigir poemas byronianos, com toques tarantinescos, uma pitada de noir e, ainda que mais escondida, uma doçura que lembra muito as composições saídas diretamente do famoso Edifício Brill. Narra romances, decepções, experiências traumáticas, faz metáforas/associações poderosíssimas e sempre parece estar exorcizando a si mesma, criticando os demônios que saem como Pauline Kael criticava filmes. Mark Ronson, num dos melhores trabalhos de produção dos últimos anos, pega essa característica da artista e, percebendo como seu canto pende para o charme da Black Music cinquenta e sessentista, a faz ser acompanhada por arranjos claramente inspirados no Jazz, no Soul (mais especificamente o feito pela Stax), no Funk e no Blues, criando assim um álbum de aura única, que soa como um renascimento "popularesco" e explícito de cada um desses gêneros no Mainstream enquanto retrata o afundamento e o caminho para a morte de uma jovem promissora, porém problemática. É triste e feliz, é épico e íntimo, é um renascimento e uma morte, é uma figura entrando para história e saindo da vida ao mesmo tempo... Simplesmente "Black To Black", uma ambiguidade pura, charmosa e sensual que também cheira a conhaque e vinho. Amo muito !

A very well produced pop/soul thing that works in most aspects, but like 50% of the album is pretty forgettable.

Really good - how did I miss this the first time round? Has a Motown feel.

I don't think I've heard most of these songs. Amy's voice does it all and the album works as a cohesive piece. So many early-2000s memories tied to the hits.

Bijna perfect album en echt een prachtige stem

Very good, like it a lot 👍

Very well produced and her vocals are amazing. Tragic life she lived, but she left some great music for us to enjoy. Really liked the tracks from Mark Ronson; I didn't know he produced them, but they immediately sounded like his type of song to me. Great album.

i have such mixed feelings about this one. she was such a mess that it really put me off at the time...but that voice, and that sound, and her uncompromising writing...it's hard to be objective, is what i'm saying. but yeah, i like this quite a lot in the end, even though i don't think i care for the picture i have of her in my mind.

Interseting

Great instrumentation. Her voice isn’t the best but it suits the music perfectly 4/5

Pop com muito soul e vocal poderoso

Catchy.

Always loved Amy. Back to Black is a sad song but always my fav

A really strong album from Amy Winehouse. Not a genre I've listened to much before, but her voice just grabs you. Some really great tunes on this album.

Great artists excellent music

First 2 songs are bangers Rest is mediocre 4/5

Back To Black is the great album everyone know. It is musically brilliant with deep lyrics sang by the beautiful voice of Amy. There is no other album such as Back To Black and its came at the perfect time to be globally successful. It's a simple idea played during 40 minutes and it's well achieved.

Buy.

She had such a beautiful voice. This album is terrific. The pain she expresses sounds so genuine that, although it’s outcome is terrible, it really elevates the art.

One of the better pop albums of the last 20 years because it rejects the overproduced pop production that has become so common for an at times spacey, live band ode to soul and R&B. The production shines but Winehouse's vocals are the clear star. Her music still feels as refreshing as it is catchy yet devastating.

Fave song this listen was Tears Dry On Their Own

Yeah decent. Few songs sound like they should be a bond theme song

I liked hearing the different influences by decade but it didn't hold my attention beginning to end.

very cohesive, music is not my style.

Great voice. The songs I knew were the best overall. Others were catchy but nothing awe inspiring.

The first time I heard this I was surprised I liked it at all. Despite her being an annoyingly constant press presence at the time, there is no denying Amy had a hell of a voice. I'm not usually one for female voices, but hers is beautiful, and so strong. Some of these songs are perfect pop pieces. Everything came together wonderfully on this album.

Al reka san ne može

Really nice surprise in the mix

Difficile d'être virulent sur cet album, je vais du coup écrire ma review sur Sepultura: vous êtes la honte du métal, votre présence dans cette liste n'est dûe qu'a votre amitié avec Robert Dimery. Robert, fais très attention à toi.

Я помню этот день, 23 июля 2011. Мы с родителями стоим в небольшой пробке в центре Санкт-Петербурга. По радио сообщают о трагической смерти британской исполнительницы Эми Уайнхаус. Моя мать поворачивается ко мне с переднего сидения и спрашивает: - Жень, ты знаешь, кто это? Я поднимаю голову и отвечаю: - А хз, первый раз слышу ваще. С тех пор я больше не мог воспринимать творчество Эми в отрыве от этого рокового события. Ладно похуй шутки, альбом, на удивление, неплох. Не так много связи с попсом тех лет, много корней к годноте прошлых лет. Яркие, мелодичные и разнообразные треки, выразительные вокальные партии, сильный голос. Вступительная Rehab будто быстро надоедает из-за своего слишком резкого повторяющегося "no, no, no"/"go, go, go". Just Friends - из-за этого крякующего бита. Мои фавориты - это Back To Black, Tears Dry On Their Own и Wake Up Alone. Уже их достаточно, чтобы альбом оценивать выше, чем проходняк. Далее короткие треки как-то быстро проносятся, из-за чего я об окончании альбома узнаю только благодаря очередному "no, no, no" вступительного трека. Что, впрочем, минусом не назвать.

Um excelente álbum, a senhora tem um vozeirão. Eu não sou um fã de jazz por isso houve cantigas que não amei. Nota: 8/10

Great. First song is the worst

Pitäisi olla erikseen merkinnät tai arvosteluskaalat levyille, mitkä tuntee entuudestaan. Onhan tämä hyvä levy, vaikka tietyt biisit on hyvin puhki soitettuja. Tai oikeastaan puhki kuunneltuja, koska harvemmin Winehousen kappaleita on itse soittamalla soittanut, vaan niitä on kuullut siellä sun täällä. On tässä levyllä niin monta helmeä, että huono on alle nelosta lähteä antamaan. Vitoseen ei kuitenkaan yllä, vaikka Winehousen lauluääni ja tulkinta meinaa sinne väkisin koko levyn nostaa.

gotta love that unique voice, with some honky tonk big swing era throwback beats. iconic pop music that will grace quick-serve restaurant playlists for the next 15 years at least

Tämä onkin tuttu kiekko, joskus aikoinaan tuli tätä kuunneltua enemmänkin. Levyn kuuntelu pitkästä aikaa tuntuikin nostalgiatripiltä 00-luvulle. Varsinkin hittibiisit kuulosti edelleen tutuilta pitkän tauon jälkeen. Artistia on tietysti hankala erottaa tuotoksistaan ja tässä tapauksessa mietityttää artistin kohtalo. Levy kuulostaa aika tuotetulta ja muoviselta, mutta tietysti biisien aiheet sopii artistin tarinaan. Mieleen tulee kysymys: mitä jos Amy olisi vieläkin hengissä? Musiikillisesti antaisin kolmosen, mutta tarinan ja ilmiön puolesta kokonaisarvioksi nelonen.

You can tell this album is big simply from the length of the Wiki page! This was actually the first time I've listened to the full album. I'm scoring highly for talent, execution, legacy and I'm sure it will influence people for generations to come, but I can't give it 5/5. Other than a couple of songs, it's not totally my vibe. I assume everyone else will give it full marks though so that will more than make up for it. 8.5/10

Always a pleasure to stick this record on. Especially on a Sunday. A mid to high 4.

02/11 - Yesterday I worked on developing the top of wall details at the drum storage building, had a final coordination meeting on the drum storage building, and printed a new set of MFG. I did some miscellaneous items as well throughout the day such as updating the drawing list or adjusting views on sheets. I thought this album was really good. Not one song I didnt like on it or skipped over. Amy's story alone was very intriguing to me and I am curious where her career would have been if she was able to stay clean and continue to outperform her competition.

Me gusta mucho la voz e instrumentación de las canciones de Amy Winehouse, pero nunca había escuchado completo su disco y no me ha decepcionado, supongo que aunque sea copy paste de whatever música que suene retro jaja, el hecho de que tenga un twist dosmilero y de reggae por ratos me resultó refrescante escucharlo en 2021 de cierta manera. 8 de 10

pretty good

Paved the way for a lot of British retro soul.

I did not know that Amy Winbousouse sounded like that, she is super soul..ly? Talk about having biases and asumptions.

it's Amy Winehouse. pretty good, 8/10

❤️❤️❤️

2006, Soul rnb Pop,

Jazz, soul, r&b. Muy bueno!

Great stuff!

Great album, amazing voice! Fave track - I was expecting it to be "Rehab", but I think I'm actually gonna go for "Back to Black"!

Good pop

8.5/10

Really good stuff, brass +

Surprised how much I liked it

I love the style but songs seem a little repatative

I already know this good

Vaikea arvosteltava, koska tiedän tykänneeni tästä levystä aiemmin todella kovasti. Jotenkin eiliseen mielentilaan tämä ei vaan toiminut yhtään. Muutamaan kertaan kuuntelin läpi, ja varsinkin hittibiisit alkoi ärsyttää nopeasti. Eilisen angstailuita huolimatta onhan levyllä todella upeita sävellyksiä ja Winehousen ääni on erilaisuudessaan varsin toimiva. 4* vanhoilla meriiteillä, 3* eilisen perusteella. Keskiarvo 3,5 pyöristyy ylös.

Fijn rustig album. Zou top zijn als LP

Favorite: Just Friends

Alot of bangers. Not my thing though. Solid Album

It's Amy

Good vocals and enjoyable tone. She knows what she's doing

I really enjoyed this album, did not expect to. Not a huge fan of the Rehab song, which I think was the only one I had heard previously.

Great album, great voice

incredible, classic.

Just real good stuff! Real fucking good stuff!!

Creative

Really good album, need to listen to more of this.

false

good shit

very good its a classic duhhhhh

There's a certain morbid curiosity here that reminds me of reading David Foster Wallace's thoughts on suicide. Maybe if Amy would have said yes to rehab, she'd still be around, but would we even know who she was? Best track: Rehab

2006. Key Songs: Back To Black, Rehab, Valerie, Tears Dry On Their Own

Amy Winehouse has such a unique way of song progression that really just gets me going, standouts here were back to black and love is a losing game

A great album. Never misses a beat, if it’s your thing you should absolutely hear it. A tragedy that we never got a follow-up.

zafa, algunos temas buenos y terrible voz la de amy

Fun but a little overplayed

It’s remarkable how much it sounds like it’s from the 60s. If I didn’t know better, you could easily convince me it was. It’s a spot-on replication. But I have Aretha Franklin a 3.

Âmes sensibles s'abstenir. J'admire la virtuosité d'Amy Winehouse, mais je pense que cet album est sur-produit et ne lui fait pas honneur. Je n'aime pas beaucoup les arrangements de Ronson en général pour cette raison. Je trouve que ça sonne matante. Elle a besoin d'une instrumentation plus subtile pour faire briller sa voix, comme Nina Simone (une autre contralto) savait bien le faire. Ou encore, simplement un band blues. Désolé. Mention spéciale à Tears dry on their own qui a ce feel un peu plus dénudé, et que j'ai préféré. Un sentiment de nostalgie/mélancolie très poignant, que je rapprocherais de certaines tracks de 25 de Adele.

Bastante heterogéneo para lo que yo creía. Un poquito de blues, de soul, de algo medio afro también. Hay que escucharlo por segunda vez.

Not really my taste but she does have some tunes

Good

Amy Winehouse was 23 when she made this and dead at 27. "Rehab" is the one everybody knows and it's the one that stayed. The hook is so cheerful you can almost miss what she's saying — she's refusing help and narrating exactly how that goes. She wrote it after her management suggested rehab and she said no. It reads differently now than it did in 2006, and it should. The rest I liked without ever being caught out by it. This doesn't sound like 2006, it sounds like a lost Motown record, and that's not an accident — much of the backing is the Dap-Kings, Sharon Jones's band, playing live in a room. Real horns, real drums, nothing programmed. Ronson and Salaam Remi built a 60s girl-group record and put a voice on top of it that had no business being that old. But that's also the ceiling. It does the thing it set out to do, does it cleanly, and never once goes somewhere I didn't see coming. Eleven tracks, thirty-five minutes, no wrong turns and no surprises either. 2.5/5 — I liked it. It just never caught me off guard.

Always thought Amy winehouse was trying too hard to sound soulful and this is no exception. Decent but not great

She had a great voice. This just doesn’t do much more me. Rehab was overplayed at the time, and nothing else stood out here.

Несмотря на его широчайшую известность, это было мое первое прослушивание альбома. Back to black — несомненно классика, но больше меня не зацепила ни одна песня, кроме He can only hold her (барабаны и ритмика в треке просто шикарны). Пластинка на 3+. Скорее всего это было моё первое и последнее прислушивание

I liked this a lot more than the other Amy Winehouse album "Frank". Her voice is still affected, but has a more genuine tone. It made me sad; I would love to know what, if any, music she would be putting out 20 years after this album

Eeeeeh kinda mid 3.5 stars back to black is fire tho

Enjoyment: 6 Replayability: 7 Cohesion: 7 Flow/Pacing: 6 Artistic Merit: 7 Weighted Average: 6.55 Review: Amy Winehouse brought back 60s soul with enough modern flair for me to like it slightly more than Aretha Franklin apparently. Overall, an enjoyable listen. Liked Song(s): Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, Just Friends, Back To Black, Love Is A Losing Game, Addicted Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes

Decent songs, technically great, but occasionally overly mannered singing, dreadful mastering. The whole record has a distorted quality to it. I thought my headphone cables were broken.

Great vocals, some iconic songs, but it ended faster than I thought and left me wanting more in a way. I felt like a few songs I completely missed because they didn’t draw me in. Overall, good album that I enjoyed.

I know it’s completely the point, but this is such a miserable album. While I respect it, I like music to make me feel in some way more upbeat or relaxed, and definitely not anxious.

Very good new soul that’s earned its place as a new classic. Terrific voice, tragic story.

I liked this album but it got a little repetitive

I'd only ever listened to the clean, radio edit versions of these songs. these ones are much more entertaining. Note, I had Janis Joplin yesterday - I wonder if I'm on a 27 Club theme? Hendrix, Doors or Nirvana tomorrow?

I used to be an Amy Winehouse hater as a youth. It's better than I remember. I'm not sure I like the production though; it sounds almost too loud and distorted at times. Thought at first it was my headphones or Spotify, but it's not. Would easily be a 4 if it wasn't for this

I gave this one a spin and came away feeling like I'd just enjoyed a nice meal. Satisfying, but nothing too crazy. It's got that retro lounge thing going on, all sultry vocals and smooth grooves. Kind of like watching an old black-and-white film. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Rehab - You Know I'm No Good - Back to Black

She was amazing here. Heart Breaking but so amazing

Niet echt mijn smaak, maar ondanks dat prachtige nummers, peak UK twee production

I'll say it... I had a thing for her. Still pretty good 3.5

Back to blaccent

Nice vibe, but I'm not exactly sure why this is the highest rated album of the 21st century on this site. Still, a good album. Very high 3

Had some pretty good songs but nothing that stuck out to me. I enjoyed the album but it's not something I would likely listen to again.

Great voice, kinda jazzy

It's not really my cup of tea but there are undoubtedly strong songs on there and her voice is brilliant. Peaks with the first two songs.

This album is like catching up with an old uni friend who has fallen on hard times. He used to be such a bright-eyed, effervescent soul. He was in a relationship with a girl who was studying medicine. She was quiet and sensible. They moved to a different city, far away from you, so you drifted out of touch. Randomly you see him in the liquor store around the corner from you. He is buying two bottles of whiskey on a Tuesday afternoon. You ask if he is still with Nicole, and his shoulders slump as he informs you she left him. You ask where he is working, and he tells you he’s struggling to find work, which is why he’s moved back in with his parents. You suggest catching up for a proper yarn at some stage and he agrees, but you get the idea it will never happen.

Was alright. The hits are food but some others missed the mark.

Good, not great. I’ve never really understood the hype.

No private session used for Spotify. Credit to Amy's talent to get an album so anachronistic so popular. It's a good album and a fun listen, but not sure when I will put it on.

All though I knew some songs from this album fully listening to it was definitely worth it!

I’m not really a fan of Amy Winehouse’s style (her sound, her overdone eyeliner, her poofed up ratty hair…), and Rehab was so overplayed back in the day I could barely stand it… But I’m told she’s a good artist, and I was turned on to the title track through a Beyoncé cover featured in Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby Movie (I rather listen to that version). All of this to say, I got through this album, but don’t plan to revisit.

pretty good

20 years on, when every lightweight The Voice/X Factor/Idol/whatever contestant has a soul fry to their voice, 'Back to Black' sounds cliched and tired. But you cannot overestimate the impact this had when it came out in 2006: it was the era of new rock and Brooklyn hipster bands, and suddenly this sexy, slinky Wall of Sound erupted from London and recast popular music in its image. Of course it is now tinged with sadness and tragedy. All those songs about drug-fueled love and refusing rehab were too hard-earned, depriving us of an answer as to whether Winehouse was a genuine superstar or lightning in a bottle. Perhaps it is too soon to properly judge. Mark Ronson remains ascendant; so much of popular music today carries either his signature or his influence. Maybe we need another decade for music to move on in order to look back with clear ears. But in the meantime we have that voice, that attitude, these songs. Winehouse can more than hold her own with the pop divas of the 21st century, and indeed with the originals from the 60s - and that's some serious company to keep.

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.

Should've been the start of a starling career. Still a formidable set of songs.

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

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

Οκ

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.