Back To Black

I really don’t care for Rehab but the album itself is fine, just not really my taste. Winehouse had the voice and humour and that makes this album listenable. 3 stars

Amy Winehouse brings back an old classic soul sound with a new biting edge to it. Sadly in the 27 club. Such a weird phenomenon about that. I respect her music, but personally don’t prefer to listen to her.

Amy is pretty cool! I like some of the songs on this album but I’m not a huge fan of her sound.

I like You Know I’m No Good and I kind of like Rehab

Heard of Amy Winehouse and quite like her music, but never actually listened to a full album or actively listened. Probably a high 3 as it’s not my usual music.

Nice to have

Beautiful somewhat smoky voice and band is great. Nightclub Smoke filled room vibe

Great voice, some great songs but otherwise meh

First time actually listening to Amy Winehouse. She can sing. It was alright, not really easy for me to get into.

Killer vocals on top of well-done instrumentals that provide a great flow while not hogging the spotlight. Still a bit burnt out on 'Rehab' from radio overplay back in the day, and I'm not sure more than a few tracks will stick with me, but there's no denying this is a well-done LP that showcases Winehouse's amazing talent.

This is a classic and I like Amy Winehouse. So easy to listen to and her voice is amazing. That said, in the pantheon of great R&B/neosoul albums, it doesn't feel like this is breaking any new ground.

Well, I’d never listened to this album, but heard some of the songs. I love a lot of old 60s R&B and Soul, so really dug some of the sounds here. The two main producers did a great job of giving most of these tunes the 60s treatment. It really is amazing what a fully-developed musician Winehouse was at such a young age. She has absolutely total command of that voice and uses it so stylistically it’s really like an instrument. Even though she has entertaining lyrics, it doesn’t really matter all that much. My mind just followed her voice sliding from note to note. Have so much more respect for her talent after listening to this album! Will I ever listen to this album? I would probably just listen to original 60s tracks, however, if I heard a some of these songs playing, I would listen now and enjoy it. I think I would give it a 3.5/5 but that’s not a choice.

Janice de Friends reprend les plus grands standards de la Motown. Les tubes sont maintenant usés. Et je reste mal à l’aise devant l’exploitation de cette femme qui hurle depuis le début qu’elle va mal. Son destin tragique était évident et connu de tous depuis le début, et difficile je trouve de s’enthousiasmer complètement sur ce qui apparait aujourd’hui presque comme des lettres de suicide, car c’est devant cela que tout le monde s’est emballé : un long, lent et inexorable suicide. Je suis fatigué de “Rehab”, donc on va plutôt garder “Back in Black”. “Tears Dry On Their Own” est moins connue mais sympa. Par contre les pouets de trompette sur “Just Friends”, c’est non.

Favorite song: "You know I'm not good" Album: 5/10

Catchy and enjoyable.

Pretty nice, but nothing special to me

Mighty fine album but not super what I am into, so I wouldn't seek out most of these songs again. Sound mixing on Spotify is so quiet!! I have heard a handful of these songs performed live (by randos) and I think this album was truly meant to be performed live. Studio recording does not bring justice to the beauty of these songs. My favorite was Tears Dry On Their Own.

Like all kinds of relationship fuckery

Awesome lead of track. The rest of the album was uninspiring and derivative. Beautiful voice and sound but nothing new or unique

Very reminiscent of an old timey R&B/jazz club sound. Relaxing to listen to even though the lyrical content might suggest otherwise.

Good but not great. Amy has a great voice, but the production is too nostalgic to really work for me. “Back to Black” is a fantastic song however.

2.7/5 Best Track: idk

The songs are well written and performed, but ultimately, I can't understand why "Back to Black" (or Amy's singing) has a reputation as something wholly unique, as nearly everything about it is derivative of black artists who came before. Although, this is maybe more of a criticism of the industry than Amy's work itself. The album is also produced with that early 2000's "loudness" which hasn't aged well to my ears.

Amy sounds like she would have fit in great in a 1920s jazz Cafe in Paris. Some definitely fun beats and well composed music but overall not my thing.

Rehab - 8/10 You Know I’m No Good - 8/10 Me & Mr Jones - 7.5/10 Just Friends - 7/10 Back to Black - 8/10 Love Is a Losing Game - 7.5/10 Tears Dry on Their Own - 7.5/10 Wake Up Alone - 8/10 Some Unholy War - 7.5/10 He Can Only Hold Her - 7.5/10 Addicted - 7.5/10 TOTAL - 82/110

Potential to be great but knowing of her short lived life taints the music for me. Great Barry sax.

It was different from what I had expected.I had heard of her before. Didn’t expect something quite so edgy.

Good, but not something I'd listen to daily

OK. Good starting point.

Always makes me sad to listen to AW. The songs themselves are good but I also get a bit tired of her voice listening to the whole album

3/5. A solid album from a really good, strong voice. No qualms with this one, but nothing really gets it to that next level for me.

Good but not great, and just because she drank herself to death with a smackhead doesn't mean she gets to be better than Dusty Springfield. Plenty of Amy wannabes have stepped into her shoes but left the needle and brandy alone

Thoroughly enjoyable listen. Such soulful vocals and unique stylings. Subject matter doesn't always hit with me, but her ability to sing and ooze soul is great. Fav tracks: You Know I'm No Good, Love Is A Losing Game, He Can Only Hold Her

3 - enjoyable good songs, great voice. I dunno, it’s just abut generic after a while. She was obviously very talented but would rather something a lot less produced and raw

Solid

- RIP - The song Back to Black plays at work all the time and I truly cannot stand it - Cannot deny her vocal talent, but the music isn't really my thing - But it's good enough to not hate it, 3 stars

вики говорит Эми вдохновила Адель - оно и видно. без наезда но не самый приятный моему уху вокальный стиль (да и музыкальный жанр). все респекты Эми!

It's good, but not my genre

BACK TO BLACCCKKK

Not my type of music I guess but I can see it being amazing and different for its time.

Like a 3.7 for me

Rehab was a stand out. Everything else was good but blended together

Pas tant mon genre de musique, mais une magnifique voix.

Not a great album, probably only on here because she died.

I did not like this as much as I thought I would. A lot of the songs felt the same, and I thought her vocals were mixed too quietly a lot of the time. "Rehab" was great as always, but I just don't love her style of music. I felt like a lot of the backing tracks sounded a lot like Lily Allen's first album, which was released only a few months before this one. Maybe that was just what albums sounded like in 2006? Idek what I am saying anymore.

Very girl group 60's kind of vibe, pleasantly infused with early 2000's drum flourishes. Lyrics are a bit darker than old school Motown. It's good, but I don't know if I'll come back to it.

Nice production with nods to 1960s R&B and soul music. Her vocals and sassy and full of swagger. Songs are fun and poppy, nothing overstays it's welcome. The more I listen to all these albums, the more it solidifies how important runtime is. This album is the perfect length at 36 minutes. Why do so many albums go on for nearly an hour?

Not my style but she has a hell of voice

Thank you Amy very cool

A once in a lifetime kind of talent that got ripped away way too soon. That said, even Mark Ronson’s ridiculously good production skills don’t save this album from being a bit of a snoozer after a few tracks. Winehouse’s voice can only carry the album so far before I start to tune out.

Amy’s voice often conjures images in my mind of smoke-filled clubs and lounges from a bygone era; unfortunately, like the smoke filling those rooms, my interest tends to dissipate into thin air over time.

Meh

Fun maar niet mindblowing. Title track 11/10

The first half is definitely better than the second. Her hits are amazing, though.

The first 2 tracks are fantastic but it kind of falls apart from there.

Not my style, but it's fun enough.

This is my first time with any of her music. It's all right and has a decidedly late sixties, early seventies sound, with an occasional modern R&B-sounding vocal. Nothing really jumped out at me and wowed me, but I could see putting on a least some of these tracks in a mix again.

Pretty good. Rehab was the only song I was familiar with, and I can see why that one made it on the radio as it's probably the catchiest track. I really hate only having 5 options to choose from, as this is more like a 3.5 and that Giant Sand album was more like a 2.5, but they both end up as 3's for me.

3/5

I feel like Amys success has actually been slightly detrimental here. I like the album but having heard half of the tracks 500 times in adverts, tv shows, pubs etc I am finding myself pretty bored throughout most of it. I suspect if I listened back when it came out I would enjoy it a lot more.

ok album. rehab is incredible and i enjoyed back to black

Good album, Rehab and Back to Black are the standouts

3.5

Hell of a voice, but album as a whole just didn’t do it for me.

Not my favorite Elliot smith. Average

What a beautiful voice. There arent a ton of tracks on this album i would listen to regularly but i can for sure appreciate how influential it is and its overall just a really tight, solid record.

alkoholihörhö, huumehörhö.. kylillä juosten poikien perässä...vai toistepäinkö heh.. sama albumi kun viimenen viinahuussin tekele.. annettiinko neljää tähtöstä sillin..no otetaan yksi pois siitä heh. kaalassiko albumi.. ohi meni äkkiä rehab

There is a reason why Amy Whinehouse is so populair. Good album filled with good songs. Narrative that strings them togheter. it is just not totally my vibe

She was crazy talented. And a nice modern fusion of new and old. I'd never given this the time before, need to do it again.

The first couple songs stand out, the rest kind of blend together. Her voice is unique and interesting and fun to listen to. The music itself kind of blends together for me. I would add a couple songs to my playlist, but would probably not seek out listening the album, more just let it play if I was in the mood for it when it popped up.

It was OK, not much of a blues/soul fan

1. Rehab- Great 2. You Know I’m No Good- Approve 3. Me and Mr. Jones- Approve 4. Just Friends- Meh 5. Back to Black- Great 6. Love is a Losing Game- Approve 7. Tears Dry On Their Own- Great 8. Wake Up Alone- Approve 9. Some Unholy War- Meh 10. He Can Only Hold Her- Meh 11. Addicted- Approve Overall- 6/10

Was not able to listen to all of it, but what I heard was good.

Winehouse is an icon, with mythic tragedy that surpasses her art. There are some good songs here, and I’ll have Back to Black in my head for a month, but it’s a little underwhelming.

I mean, hard to say it's a bad album. Great production, great voice, couple great songs. But still underwhelming and not a patch on the originals it pays homage to.

i don’t know if i’ve ever listened to this straight through before. fun music. sad she’s gone—i bet she’d be doing interesting things.

Her voice is undeniable and there aren't really any bad songs on the album (apart from Monkey Man what a stinker), in fact there are quite a few great ones, but it all feels a bit too manufactured to hit in any meaningful way. It feels like the producers were trying way too hard for a nostalgic sound, leaving little room for fresh or interesting ideas to permeate through. Fav Track: Me and Mr Jones

A classic for this decade and deserves to be remembered as it is. Some great instrumental moments and in particular amazing drumming, and Winehouse’s talent is obvious. For me though, aside from a couple tracks that do some heavy lifting, this is a style I never fully attached to. Fun listen. Fave track: Back To Black

Oefff. Controversiele mening tijd. Ik ben eerlijk gezegd niet zo fan van Amy Winehouse. Ze kan goed zingen en heeft een enorm karakteristieke stem, dat is zeker. Maar het is niet helemaal mijn jam. Dit album is verder helemaal prima, en er staan legio hits op. Maar het doet het gewoon niet zo voor mij. "They'd try to make me like Amy Winehouse, but I said no, no, no" Favorieten: Addicted

Yea it was kinda fun.

I'm really impressed by Amy making a classic sound and sounding authentic. Very high quality music here. That said, not my cup of tea.

3.5

Average

Great voice, but had her best albums ahead of her I feel, if she had stayed alive. A couple of bangers on here but otherwise the songwriting is not amazing

Pretty good vibes, a head waver. Favorite song was Rehab.

Was wondering when we would see this album. A true worthy addition to this list, although I'm not a huge fan overall, I love some of these songs and I recognize the greatness that this 27 club member has. I can't help but feel the irony that this keeps mentioning she is a UK pop person, too. She is like 15 of the other UK bands combined.

+ Back to black + You know I'm no good - Not a fan of the way she sings in the more 'whiny' songs 1 = turn it off, can't stand it anymore 5 = It's ok, but I won't be listening to the album again 10 = I found my new obsession 6/10

Very talented singer with incredible voice. Album drags on a bit with a few standout tracks

East to listen to. Knowing her endgame, not hard to read between the lines

# 17: ok, died before her time, but still can kind of sing. Great sound, good but not great album. Rehab

Quite an unfortunate first song huh

het is goed - maar is het zo fenomenaal ?

I wouldn't sit down and listen to this usually, tried it back in 2019, thought it was okay, still think its decent. I really really don't like the title track and that puts me off the album a bit, but I really really like Tears Dry On Their Own. Overall very decent, nice length, I'd give it a solid 3

I love the production! And such a cool voice. Just not a style of songs I can get fully into. A legend in her own right. RIP.

not my style

Better than I thought it was gonna be

This album really wasn't my thing, but I've gotta give credit where credit's due. I don't really like the "modern-motown" sound, but they nailed it. Amy Winehouse is impressive. Day later note - it's growing on me

Lol

Knew the big hits from Amy before this, but the other songs on this album are quite good too. Major props to the producers and the Dap Kings. 3 elegant martinis out of 5 🍸🍸🍸

Toimivat sinkut ja osaltaan toimivat filleribiisit. Joku on aina häirinnyt Winehousessa, kulissimaisuus? En pääse siitä tunteesta tätä kuunnellessa eroon - ei tunnu täysin aidolta

Soulina markkinoitua iskelmää vahvimmillaan. Toki osa on täytettä, mukaan lukien osa sinkuista, mutta parhaiden biisien kiistämätön tehokkuus ansaitsee oman tunnustuksensa. Matala 3/3-.

It was alright. I never really got the hype around Amy Winehouse. Her voice is good but I just can’t get into the songs.

Excellent use of strings and horns

I thought this album was good but it wasn't really my music taste but i can see why it was so iconic for the time. Overall : It was good but I don't think I will be coming back to it any time soon

An album of hits but listening back knowing how it ended, you realise it's all a lie

Amy Winehouse definitely had an amazing voice and some of the songs on this album are definitely the sort of things you turn off when they come on a playlist or random shuffle or on the radio even… But summer songs seem kind of tired and over stylized while trying to make some sound temporary. Too bad her life of pets short perhaps she have even more gray albums in the future ravenous fairly good one..

Rentoa RnB tyyppistä poppia. Menee ihan ok

I had fun with this. Nice to listen to it without the distraction of Winehouse being part of the weekly news cycle, though of course I'd prefer that to her being dead. My big takeaway here? Mainly wondering if Adele would have had a harder pathway to success had this record not popped 2 years prior to her debut. Hard to say there's anything original here, but I don't know. My bar was low and the record exceeded it.

I'm not quite sure why people rave about this album. It seems OK to me and is perfectly listenable, but nothing exceptional. Solid 3* but not worth 4*. Rehab is OK and Back to Black is a good song.

Never listened to this album yet somehow knew almost every song from it. Not to my taste but an absolute hit machine at the time.

Excelente voz y estilo. Timbre muy "negro". Canciones con mucho sentimiento. Un poco para fanáticos del estilo, aunque se escucha fácilmente.

RIP Amy. Sadly, it's one of the all time aged-like-milk moments that she sang about not going to rehab and then died from substance abuse 5 years later. Good album though.

Overrated

2006, британский соул. Второй студийный альбом, последний и лучший. Задорно, хороший вокал. Back To Black, Rehab.

They must have released most of this album as singles cos I recognised about three quarters of it. On its own merits I think it's okay, she does have a great voice and her sound is pretty unique especially for the time. Completely sick of hearing her though and that's got to be at least partly due everything being a bit samey.

Plenty of beautiful and heartfelt songs, but I didn't find myself moved as much as I would have expected.

fine. jazzy

This album - and the titular song - is really great, very groundbreaking, and worth it just for Amy Winehouse’s voice, but isn't exactly my style overall. It was good!

Enjoyed listening and she is clearly talented, just not something I would listen to daily. 3/5

She really should have gone to rehab.

All-around, it's a solid project. The songs are really well mixed, making it a good background listen. However, the sound feels a bit monotonous and generic, lacking something special. 3.5

Yeah so I didn't like the last Winehouse album I got on here and the same stuff extends to this one.

Evocative of Ella Fitzgerald, but without the heart.

Not a bad album, great voice obviously. Effortless. But her songs aren't really my thing.

Strings on Love Is A Losing Game are lovely, beautiful and lush. Rehab and Back To Black are classics for a reason. Other than that, the rest of the tracks are "good". There's no real stinkers but few amazing tracks. Didn't really get the hype for this one.

3/5. Some great vocals but not too many great songs. About two or three classics mixed with okay stuff.

Pretty good for not really knowing too much about her music outside of a cpl songs

i dug it but it's a bit of a pastiche just with more swears

Had 'Rehab' stuck in my head all day. 6/10.

Iconic. Didn't listen all the way through but I do like the first few songs.

Serious voice

I really like the title track, but the album in general has never super appealed to me. But I'm alright with it, and I think knowing the backstory will make it grow on me.

The undisputed Queen of early 2000's R&B. Grimey, Fun, Dramatic, Classic

For a couple years, this album was my go-to soother after a long day of work. Amy healed me, her voice like a good massage. She's still got that touch, and every sporadic return to this album is stepping back into my favorite R&B lounge to spend another night smoking and grooving.

Soulful

I have a complicated relationship with Amy Winehouse's music because of Amy Winehouse the performer, the celebrity, the focus of really awful media attention within the context of addiction, and a bunch of other stuff, and it's often hard to separate that from her music, which I tend not to like a lot because her vocal range and style just isn't my thing. Regardless, this has a bunch of hits and the actual music is, at times, really rich and mature yet simple and effective. You Know I'm No Good is the best example of that, Me & Mr Jones is a camp affair that pulls it off, Back To Black could stand up to anything in any era, but the longer the record goes on the weaker it gets, which isn't unique to her, I just think a) her singles hide a weak back catalogue and b) her rise to prominence off the back of a small handful of them was less about her music and more about her personality, and that it all ended in tragedy is something I can't get away from. Anyway, 3/5.

Easy listening, some songs would definitely go in a chilled/dinner playlist. Lyrically great too but the style/genre is just ‘not my bag’.

A century of albums. Number 100. And it was absolutely forgettable. The singles are the strongest tracks but even these have the ring of advert fodder (they’ve basically been stock background music for every daytime tv show in this country since they were released). Winehouse has a pleasant voice but like the rest of this album I personally don’t see what makes it so special. Absolutely fine.

Goed muziek, goede zangeres, maar ik word wel altijd een beetje zenuwachtig van haar stem die alle kanten opgaat. Alsof ze van tevoren nooit weet hoe ze precies gaat zingen.

Goed te pruimen, en de beste vrouw kan heel aardig zingen. Maar het is voor mij nooit echt heel speciaal geweest. Denk dat het verhaal er omheen, en de persoonlijkheid een groot deel van de mythe is.

Erg goed maar het raakt me niet.

Amy had a great voice obviously and some of these tracks are really outstanding. For something that was clearly meant to showcase Amy's voice, the instrumentation is often impressively deep. Not something I would necessarily return to, but it's a fine album.

Great album by a great artist. Just not my usual vibe.

It’s mad that this is the second of only two albums of hers, given her relative (pun intended) overexposure. Maybe due to the familiarity, I love the singles, but wasn’t so sure about the other half of the album. The reggae-lite of Just Friends, for example. The familiar tracks sounded really fresh at the time, despite the bleakness of the lyrical content, embracing the 60s girl group sound and bringing it up to date. Some great break-up songs, but probably not an album I’d play otherwise. Plus points for the Dap-Kings, but there’s something about Mark Ronson that really irritates me. Personalities aside, this is half a classic, with the other half feeling a bit ‘filler' - or at least ‘samey’ - in places.

Musically, this is pretty great. The band is soulful, smooth, hip as hell. There's also a rawness to Amy Winehouse's lyrics and delivery that's really compelling and keeps the songs from getting overly pretty. Although there's a nugget of something wonderful in just about every song here, Winehouse is still less impressive as a vocalist or songwriter than I expected/hoped her to be. Fave Songs: Some Unholy War, Back to Black, Just Friends, You Know I'm No Good, Wake Up Alone

Toujours pas un fan de Rehab mais j'aurais du donner une chance à Amy plus tôt parce que sa voix et son style de soul sont vraiment bons.

When it comes to Winehouse, to her we owe minus. Yeah, a lot of issues, but a great songwriter and performer. Album tailed away and ended a bit abruptly, still enjoyable

I don't really give a shit about Amy Winehouse. After hearing her disasterous cover of A Message To You Rudy, I haven't cared. Great voice on the record, a shame she didn't get a hold of her demons. Wake Up Alone is a B-side I can get behind.

Glad to have listened but still not my thing.

smokey dive vibes. hadnt heard anything but rehab.

Not really my style of music Reminds me of childhood Best song is def back to black

<3

A good album. It's a shame Amy was gone too soon.

More unique than I remembered her being. I think back when she was making music, she wasn't my thing so I was ignoring her and only her antics remained in my head, but now that j listen to her album, I realize that it's actually good. Title track is my favorite.

The album that solidified Amy Winehouse as a household name is drenched in retro and Phil Spector-esque sound, while laying the groundwork for a lot of soul-inspired music that followed it. Don't pay too much attention to the lyrics behind the upbeat songs, unless you want to be sad and bluesy.

It’s been years since I last listened to this. And I forgot that the singles are really doing some truly heavy lifting on this thing. Especially Tears Dry… Jesus Christ is that well written or what?! The Spectoresque sound is ridiculously well produced, Winehouse’s voice is obviously incredible and the lyrics are at times hard hitters. Nevertheless my interest slowly fades away during the songs filling out the space between the album singles. Best: You Know I’m No Good / Back To Black / Tears Dry On Their Own / Worst: Just Friends / Wake Up Alone / Some Unholy War

There's no one person who never listened to the singles on this. This was my first time listening to it fully, but I can't help but feel like all the greatest achievements come from Amy- the voice, the bitterness in the lyrics, the melodies - and the weakest sides are on Mark Ronson's back. Mark is never one to go beyond the surface level aesthetically and bolder sounds would be a fair compliment to Amy's qualities.

There are some great songs, but I found myself drifting off. I think there's too much similarity between songs.

Soul, R&B, 2006. "Back To Black" is definitely a rollercoaster of feelings and thoughts. Although this is an album full of good songs, most of them lack originality and variety and even if the record is vocally impressive, it also sounds like it was recorded during the 60s, so the tracks on the LP result not as powerful as they could have been in that period, but they still remain meaningful because of their quality. In a few words, this is an interesting project but not essential.

I liked this far more than I expected to. I still don't quite understand why she's the icon that she became in death. I don't want to distill it down to people needing another person to add to the 27 club, but it kinda feels that way.

Not in the mood today didn't hate it tho

If Billie Holiday put out a record in 2006 I suspect it would sound much like this, with a blend of unique vocals, motown/blues and lyrics about drug abuse. This is a solid album and Rehab, You know I'm no good and Back to Black are fine, but the rest of the songs kind of blend together with no distinguishing marks.

I've never deliberately listened to Amy Winehouse - it's been foisted on me for 15 years whether I want to or not. Of the 4 songs that have seemingly been played forever at me, Rehab and Back to Black I could happily never hear again. You Know I'm No Good and Tears Dry on Their Own are both great. Love is a Losing Game is in the middle. Me & Mr Jones actually shows a wit and humour I wasn't expecting - probably the highlight of my experience. The rest of the stuff is solid retromania and I wish she had lived and moved past this - I feel like she could have become more interesting than just looking back. Stay off the crack I spose. Solid middle ground here.

Production is slick and Winehouse's vocals are great. I fairly enjoyed this even though it's not entirely my thing.

Not my thing but I can appreciate it.

Good voice but not my style.

A pleasure listen this singer. Great album. Some additional info from wikipedia says Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.

Good album. For some reason I recalled this one being more dynamic vocally, but still powerful.

Undeniably a great singer with some decent songs.

My second Amy Winehouse album and again I don’t really get the hype. I’m just not a huge fan of her voice, maybe a bit too sharp for me? Maybe I like it more than Frank, but I didn’t find any song that was very catchy. 3

As unnecessary tragedies go, Amy Winehouse certainly was one. I like this but can't help but feel it was more of an indicator of even better things ahead. Better things we got cheated out of.

Nice, definitely worth a listen. I like the mood of a lot of the songs. Stylish. I liked it a bit more than I thought I might. Perhaps the most easily recognizable voice of the 21st century so far? She was a talent

It was fine

3 i guess. voice and music is great but I'm just stuck on the big hit being about not going to rehab and then, well...

Cool and jazzy

She had a fantastic voice and I can definitely appreciate this album even if it isn't really my thing. She was definitely talented as hell and gone too soon.

I wasn't overly impressed. Not awful, but I've heard Amy Winehouse hype since this album came out. My first time listening, expected to be blown away. Was not blown away.

Соул в исполнении Эми – музыка потерянных.

det låter bra och hon sjunger ju fett men jag är inget fan av genren

5/10. I don't quite like this, but I can't pin down exactly why.

Quality.

Blandade känslor!!! Har ju flera bangers men också hittade inga nya låtar som jag gillade som jag inte hört innan, så vet inte vad det säger om hela skivan??

Rehab is the only song I knew. The rest of the songs were just alright.

добар албумчић, инструментали кидају а текстови ми се и нису нешто свидели јер само прича како је навучена на дрогу и алкохол и како пати за бившем (дакле пичка). има неки баш кабаре вајб, солидан 7/10 (вади га инструментал)

It's okay I guess. I guess almost two decades removed from this album, this style is now pretty common. I'd never listened to Amy Winehouse before this album (I don't think I'd even heard a song from her) and I wasn't sure what I was expecting but given how revered she is, I was hoping for a bit more.

I never totally got into it stylistically. Fantastic vocal performance of course.

It's ok

2021.12.01

Fun doowop album, amazing vocals. Rip Amy

einige Songs zuviel im Radio gehört.. relaxed

Vocals are amazing; Winehouse is just a fantastic artist. It just wasn't necessarily for me. (5 stars objectively, 3 stars subjectively.)

This sound was very much a "thing" in the mid 2000s. You continue to hear a lot of her affected singing style in contemporary vocals, so that says something about this album. I've never been super drawn by her allure, but it's still a fine album.

She has a good voice but it's not my kind of music.

3 out of 5

7/10 Muito bom

Find ich ganz ok, so musikalisch. Solider Soul, gutes Handwerk, geschmackvoll arrangiert. Natürlich nichts neu erfunden, aber muss ja auch nicht. Neige bei Mrs. Winehouse leider aber auch zu latenter Oppositionspose wegen zu starker Verklärung als Ikone, die sie in jedenfalls meiner Wahrnehmung nie war. Aber was weiß denn ich schon.

It’s a cool album

Aikanaan en suuremmin lämenny viinitalon musaan kun kaiken piti olla heviä, mutta onhan tämä ihan kuunneltava levy ja mimmillä on hyvä soundi.

Really liked this very easy listening

Tiene clásicos que son casi imposibles de no disfrutar. En su mayoría tiene una producción sobresaliente.

maybe a little overrated but still a great album.

I haven't heard much from Winehouse outside of "Rehab". It was good to hear a full album. "Rehab" and "Back to Black" are tracks that I would listen to again. The rest of the album is good enough. For me a few tracks ran together. The album works as a whole, but it also means that some parts of the album didn't stand out for me.

some definite bangers on here but the album as a whole is too samey and boring and flat

а хуй его знает. вроде все слушается неплохо, но как-то ничего не привлекло сильно, за исключением заглавной темы (эпичной довольно показалась). Хейта нет, но и желания переслушивать тоже, как-то пока что блекло, наверное на 6/10 для меня

По сути понравилась только заглавная песня с альбома

Not bad while listening at work. Good production job by Ronson, and her voice sounds amazing. Just doesn't grab me the same way that some of the other contemporary soul/R&B revival sound that was going around did

Brilliant first half - back to black is an amazing track. Tails off in second half but an easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great voice but fails to hold my attention

1. Rehab 2. You Know I'm No Good 3. Me & Mr Jones 4. Just Friends 5. Back to Black 6. Love is a Losing Game 7. Tears Dry on Their Own 8. Wake Up Alone 9. Some Unholy War 10. He Can Only Hold Her 11. Addicted

Great voice, some good songs, but not my kind of music...

Better than I expected.

Eh---this was an okay album. I played it in the background because nothing catch my attention.

6/10 me gustaron como dos

Amy Winehouse nunca me ha emocionado mucho. No sé bien por qué. Su álbum me sigue pareciendo okay, pero no me provoca mucho, me da la sensación de que es un sonido que no llegó a ser. Aparte del hit "Rehab" (pop para mí), destaco "Wake Up Alone", quizá por ciertas reminiscencias. Quizá mi hate tenga mucho que ver con esta imagen de alma atormentada, vieja, de otro tiempo que le construyeron. En fin, qepd. 6/10

Good album, great voice.

2 good songs. The rest is kinda meeeh.

A technically good album that ticks the boxes in terms of production and sonic quality; Amy sounds like she is singing about issues close to her. Not really my cup of tea though, found the tracks bleeding into each other after a short time.

3/5

Good

Is it good? Who knows? It's sort of like discussing whether Homer's Odyssey is good. Feels a little overproduced, but buried underneath is a pure soul in torment. I've never been a huge fan of throwback music.

Good

Better than expected. Upbeat

Not my style of music, but it's catchy.

fine and cool

It was okay. Classic Motown sound with a modern twist. I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to this album again.

Recognized two songs. Good music, not my cup of tea, but good music

Drugs are bad. Sad story.

Really good. Cool vibe.

Tight and jazzy. I expected cleaner production from Ronson. So many of the licks have become cliche, though I was unfamiliar with most of the songs as such.

3

used to love this album, but then saw a video of her being racist and now i do not listen to her.. that was 6yrs ago lmfao

Never understood this

Not my cup of tea but mad respect for Amy

240. ok

Fav: Wake up Alone L: Just Friends 2 I don’t know, it wasn’t terrible but I don’t think I would ever seek out any of the songs again and some of them I would maybe switch to a different channel if they were on the radio.

What kind of f*ckery are you? 'side from Sammy you're my best black Jew. When you smoke all my green, man, you gots to call the green man. Industry plant vibes. Possibly racist. Back to black? Sus. Just friends is reggae. I'm not losing my mind here. I think maybe Mikell would like this album a lot more than me. W: Love is a losing game L: Tears dry on their own, He can only hold her, addicted 1.5/5

Лучше, чем то, что я уже слышал, но не лучше в целом

MOST OVERRATED ARTIST EVER KLAXON 🚨 Yes, she has an amazing voice, but the music is just average. An odd mix of Motown, bland pop and light jazz, none of which appeal to me. A good title track saves this from a 1 star.

Removing any of the underlying stories about the person Amy Winehouse and just listening to the album on it's merits, it reminds me of a bunch of music from the past that I enjoy but doesn't move beyond it in any meaningful way. The one song is 100% just a portion of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. It didn't sound like a sample it sounded like it had just been performed beat-for-beat. The whole thing felt like a gimmick. The gimmick seems to be a talented girl-group chanteuse that is lyrically unapologetic for self-destructing with drugs. I guess I just unintentionally added the underlying story back in there. Hearing Amy Winehouse sing 'Rehab' now is like reading a memoir 'My Lifetime of Successfully Dodging Trains' by a guy you know had been hit by a train 20 years ago.

Not my cup of tea.

No edge

fun, playful, feel-good in a weird kind of way, like when your friend makes a funny joke about their childhood trauma and it lands but then your brain realises how messed up and sad it really was

“Released after the year 2000” and “Average review score above a 4.0” don’t usually mean anything to me when I glance at the daily album but when I see them together I think I need to start interpreting it as a red flag

Someone used the term "fauxstalgia" in their review, and I think that it captures this album perfectly. All arrangements, song structures, melodies, techniques, and even the style of singing are pulled from a few decades past in a hamfisted attempt to make something novel — but anyone familiar with the source material will recognize this as the counterfeit it is. It is worth offering a comparison to illustrate someone who took similar influences and honored them without simply emulating them: Adele extracts so much out of the same mine that Winehouse and her producers did, but she does it in a way that is innovative and wholly hers. Adele is a continuation of R&B, of soul music, and Winehouse's album here is a museum tour with a flashy curator guiding you through. If you stripped away polish new tech afforded and the devil may care affectation that Winehouse attempts here, you would have nothing different from the source. To be clear, it's not bad. But it's not worthy of being on the list.

I want to like this, but only a couple songs are good

second album on this list that is almost unlistenable due to the awful mastering. shit compression + fake vintage production apparently doesnt sound so good.

Even after listening to the full album I haven't pinned down exactly why I don't like Winehouse's songs. Some combination of the lyrics and/or trappings of soul. The single exception is Back to Black, which is an excellent song

This is a 2.5 for me. It's really not my kind of thing. Most of the time the instrumentation bored me, and the vocals equally so. By no means was it bad music, just i didnt interest me. I did like Back to Black however. I felt it wouldnt be out of place being a bond theme or something like that. I'm gonna have to round this down to 2 unfortunately as it really didnt grab me.

Quite disliked: 'Rehab', which is a song about a fucked up dying person but it’s got a fun beat for the normies to enjoy. Honestly I’ve always hated this one. Quite liked: 'You Know I'm No Good'. I felt anxious and apprehensive while waiting for the album to end. A difficult listen. Jarring lyrics that just made everything seem off.

Okay

Rehab

I am not a fan of this at all. 2 stars or D+.

Not my typa album

had her first album on this previously and thought "her stuff is better than I remembered". Now I see that's because this was her more popular work and I'm still not much of a fan. It's not bad but feels too sterile, soul that's for the masses.

not bad but not really my thing

2006. Second and final album. Explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship. Died in 2011 from alcohol poisoning.

I kinda wish I saw the same thing as everybody else with Amy, but it all just…annoys me.

Solidly meh. Not grating or bad and I didn't want to quit listening but I wasn't excited either.

Still feel Amy is overrated and derivative. An actual doo-wop album would have better. I think her popularity was influenced by the contrast of other artists at the time and later by the tragedy of her death. I found nothing innovative in her vocals or music (given that some tracks were direct samples). Overall a “good” to “okay” album, but not 1001-worthy.

Good, but never really struck me as remarkable somehow.

Despite her enormous popularity I blame Amy Winehouse for a generation of singers who swallow their words and sing with the affectation in inflection to suggest not giving a damn. I don’t buy her tortured genius reputation.

It’s hreat

Unbearable listen for me, but got an extra star because the production is slick and some of the studio players are good. Feels like a very professional but deeply insincere attempt to take a somewhat unique voice and grave-rob some Motown and Phil Spector. Dusty she ain't. Even Adele she ain't.

I know that everybody likes to blow sunshine out of their ass about her music, but damned if I know why. The music isn't that great, the lyrics feel forced, and her singing isn't as soulful as advertised. This is what happens when you try so hard to sound like a cross between Ray Charles and Dusty Springfield, and just don't have the chops to pull it off.

I liked Love is a Losing Game.

I have never actively listened to her before out of a lack of interest. I'm sorry to say I was right.

It wasn't for me. Didn't feel creative enough for the year. 2

Best: You know I’m no good. Overall, I think I am inclined to rate this album higher more because of nostalgia/familiarity than my actual enjoyment. The Neo-Soul/Jazz Pop style of Back to Black isn’t one that I would typically gravitate towards; however, I did feel like it was produced well. The variety of instruments was great, loads of horns & brass, piano, guitar, etc.; progressions were uncomplicated, which worked with the lighter sound of the album. Given the upbeat tone, I expected the tempo to be faster than it actually was; however, I do think this worked in AWs favour as it allowed her to really showcase her vocals, which were, in a word, incredible. She sings with such an amazing, smoky, soulful quality in her voice; the way she shapes every syllable on longer notes with so much control and so effortlessly is impressive. The lyrics are witty and sarcastic even while addressing topics like addiction and heartbreak; the contrast between the brutally candid lyrics and the upbeat tone of the music created a sense of dissonance to what could have easily been a much darker album. It feels unfair of me to rate the album low because objectively it is very good; however, I don’t think I would listen to it again, even though there are a few songs I could probably sing every lyric to.

Amy Winehouse was not someone I really got into back in the mid 2000's. I didn't care for the song Rehab and didn't give her music much thought after that. I was saddened by her inevitable death, but even then I didn't do a dive into her work. I've heard a few other songs here and there, but even those never really impressed me much. I was interested when this record came up today, as it felt like I never gave her music a fair chance and this was my opportunity to do so. The only song that I strongly liked, after listening today, was You Know I'm No Good. With it being the second song, I was hopeful that maybe I was going to be pleasantly surprised with the rest of the album. As the record progressed I wasn't finding that to be the case and I was questioning myself why I wasn't enjoying it. I really liked it musically, and it was well produced. She has a vocal sound that I like from artists of an earlier era, and I wondered if this came out in the 1950's if I'd feel differently about it. Then it hit me as it felt very affected, and I found it to be off-putting rather than an homage to past jazz/soul singers. I didn't find this to be a bad album at all, just one I don't care that much for.

Day 188 Talented but not for me. Highlights Back to Black

She seems to be really good at what she does. But what she does do, does nothing for me, I’m afraid.

Soul with strong female vocals. This should be my type of music, but I'm not really feeling it. I don't like Winehouse's voice, and the instrumentals aren't that interesting to me (perhaps because of the pop and r&b influence).

She had talent, that's for certain, and I would have loved to see her songwriting mature. But the production is so airless. You have the players... let them breathe!

Rehab 4/10 You Know I'm No Good 3/10 Me & Mister Jones 2/10 Just Friends 2/10 Back To Black 4/10 Love Is A Losing Game 3/10 Tears Dry On Their Own 4/10 Wake Up Alone 3/10 Some Unholy War 3/10 He Can Only Hold Her 3/10 Addicted 3/10

adele if she couldn't sing

Cannot say that I ever liked Amy Winehouse. Didn’t like her life choices or her music particularly. She was a strong singer although it got a bit shrieky on certain songs which I never found easy on the ears. Always tragic that a young person was so troubled that she died so young when she had the talent to make a bigger mark than she already had. Despite my ambivalence to her I do actually have this album on CD. Not out of love for the music but more the significance of the album which is highly regarded by those in the know. Thought I should have a copy but I bought it cheap from a charity shop second hand. To be true to myself and my scoring system I should only give this album 1 star. But given its popularity that would put it at the top of ‘albums I like less than most’ which at time of reviewing would put it at -3.01 and ahead of Rage Against the Machine on -2.99. This album and Amy do not deserve that ignominy so marked up accordingly. 2/5 30/1/26

While this is better than the other album of hers I got on here, I just can't get into Amy Winehouse.

I was excited to listen to this because I had only heard the singles, but I came away kind of disappointed. It seems a little bit one note to me. I can definitely see where some of the more recent European pop stars are influenced by this, but it’s not something that I would go back to.

Don’t understand the love for her.

A bit too repetitive. The songs are good standalone but I wouldn't want to listen to an album. Talented singer but the music wasn't really the type I like.

I remember the time period when this came out. I wasn't really a fan then because it sounded so much like artists that did before and better. I get it. I think she has a cool voice, and there are a few tracks that are pretty good, but I still think there were others a long, long time ago that did it significantly better.

I appreciate her voice and fervor, but find the album pretty much one-note. The popularity of the Rehab song just depresses me--rehab could have helped. The retro vibe is supremely well-done, indeed, and it is a pity she died before she could explore that avenue to its fullest.

This would be a brilliant instrumental album but for me, it's ruined by the vocals. I do not enjoy AW's singing voice and found myself trying to block it out.

Second and final Amy Winehouse album. It's been a good while since her last - almost 350 albums, the longest gap to date. I haven't gone back to Frank and it has sadly had it's must-listen status revoked from future editions of the book, so I guess I'm vindicated. This album hasn't, however. I'm confident that Amy Winehouse will never be within my sphere of interest, but I'm hoping to get her appeal through listening to this album. I know that it's a big deal and I want to appreciate Winehouse purely for being an iconic musician. It's more polished than her debut and I appreciate the short runtime, but everything beyond the two big hits failed to resonate with me. Those two smash hits are carried by some solid songwriting and good vocal performances, which more than compensate for how milquetoast the soul/R&B instruments are. By comparison, the rest of the album lingers/blends together and doesn't do nearly as much to grab my attention, which left me disengaged for much of the remaining runtime. There's some decent instrumentation peppered here and there, though never enough to substantially elevate the material. Overall, I was pretty bored by this. I've heard "Rehab" before. Not sure where, however. It's decent. I like the plucky sax, and Winehouse's vocals are decent. Way better than I remember them being on Frank. I've heard "Back to Black", too. I recall hearing it through Jet Set Radio Live, though I'm sure I've also heard it prior to that - likely through the radio. The spy/thriller feel of the track is pretty fun. The songwriting and Amy's vocals do a good job of elevating that feel, and the strings/gothic-sounding bells give the track an appealing, dramatic feel. Book time. This was added to the 2008 revision, replacing Frank. References motown and black music of the 60s. "...this is the real Amy. And the real Amy is music's soul savior". Not sure how I feel about that last comment and there surprisingly isn't much of substance to this entry, but I know this is a big deal and one of the best-selling albums. I cosign this inclusion.

Another one that I've had in my collection for ages after picking it up in a bargain bin sale, but that I've never bothered with. This record is a definite improvement on the debut, generally being easier to stomach vocally and it has a stronger sense of songwriting nous. The big hits/obvious highlights here do the heavy lifting. However, I can't help but find the overall experience still somewhat fatiguing - particularly as the back half went on, I was eyeing up putting something else on. This could end up joining the clearout pile as I'm not sure when I'd elect to put it on again.

It feels like a very very good album, but I just don't vibe with this kind of music.

funk

Now here's the thing about Amy. I'm not a fan of her voice, or her songs, or even herself. But, there is just something about it all that just fits. She is the epitome of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. In her case by a factor of ten. I just can't help but admire her. Still doesn't mean I like the album though so its just, a 2

Album 7 Top 3 favorites off the album: Tears Dry On Their Own, Back to Black, He Can Only Hold Her I remember thinking the first time I heard something off this album that Amy Winehouse was from a whole lot earlier than she was. 50s, 60s. I was surprised that I was old enough to remember hearing she had died. I think the album has a good sound. I like the saxophone. Winehouse has that gravelly vocal quality and lower range that I dig. I guess I had the album built up in my head, and everything inevitably falls flat when you do that. It's not one specific thing over another, which may seem unfair. This is unusually short for an entry. I don't have much else to say. Definitely a good album, and makes me wish I could rate in half stars as well.

Good album. I haven’t listened to any of these songs for a long time and I don’t actually like the album quite as much as I thought I did. I don’t remember her whole thing sounding as much of an affectation as it does listening to it again now. She had a great voice though she was obviously very talented and I like and appreciate her vulnerability.

not my thing

I'll voice an unpopular opinion, but Amy Winehouse's vocals are absolutely grating, as is her music, which barely changes from song to song. Apart from the first song, there's absolutely nothing worth listening to.

Eh

It’s a fine album, I can listen to but wasn’t very interesting or impressive for me

A pretty boring album, I thought. Winehouse was obviously a very technically talented singer, but I don't care for her singing style at all. I find it a little grating, honestly. I'm not sure why. Then there's the production, which I thought was a real mixed bag. I looked up the credits after listening, and it was quite funny how well my thoughts on each song lined up with the producer credits. Pretty much all the songs that didn't have Mark Ronson credited were very flat and uninteresting. Luckily he did produce most of the songs, so it's not that big of a problem, but it's an interesting thing to note. Also, I'm not sure what the deal is with the Ain't No Mountain High Enough rip-off. Why not just do a cover? Very odd thing to hear on an otherwise very professionally made album. Favourite tracks: He Can Only Hold Her, You Know I'm No Good Least favourite track: Rehab (god it's so grating, and what an awful message, too)

I like the production. But her accent is embarrassing. I can't believe Winehouse has two albums and Mary J. Blige does not have any albums on this list.

Honestly, kind of boring. The instrumental tracks are very uninteresting and something he would never listen to on their own. The only driving force is the album is Amy Winehouse local, which sounds good, but not that interesting. Or don’t do great job of driving the song for at all, he’s kind of just around like he might a guitar. This album is only 34 minutes long. But I repeatedly found myself checking see how much is left because I was bored. May be a good album for background. Listening, but not for a focus listening.

A solid jazz album from an amazing vocalist that I absolutely cannot stand. Great for others, not for me.

I've never knowingly heard anything by Amy Winehouse. What I'm listening to now is an early 60s pastiche with some profanity thrown in for impact. Is that typical? I'd hoped for something more original. It's well sung, I agree... but I'm struggling to find any point to this. A disappointed 2/5.

Not a fan. 2