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Back to Black

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I didn't know too much about Amy Winehouse other than the fact she's very cute...she has more than little substance behind the looks. Her style is artistically ballsy with a "full,Soulful" voice. Such a different sound than what's going on today in music and i like it...a lot! Some of her lyrics are almost haunting and a bit guilty at times with her ode to a past love who belongs to another#4 Back to Black...#8"Wake up alone" was very vivid to me like i could hear the pain in her voice...that's what i love about this album...i can really feel her lyrics...she has an influence from a lil Prince(whom she has shared a stage with,as the purple one is apparantly a bit intrigued by her), a lil "Etta James gone bad" and a bit of ska with a twist of "Pink" all equals a new sound that i really enjoyed. I can hear the 70's soul in her voice that kinda takes me back a bit... it's very hard for me to pick a favorite as she had me from the start of the CD with "Rehab"and kept me all the way through...my favorites include #2"You know that i'm no good"and i really love the 70's sound of #7 "Tears dry on their own"( Iteresting to know that Ashford & Simpson co-wrote this song because i swear i can hear "ain't no moutain high enough")...if you're looking for something different then give this one a shot...i don't think u will be dissappointed. I love this "TRAIN WRECK" of a dame with more balls than most male artists...Prince got similar reviews earlier in his career about his edgyness, sexuality in his lyrics and just plain being outspoken in a world where it wasn't too cool to be that way...i hope she has a similar path to what can truly be a great career...if the "train" doesn't wreck before. I LOVE THIS ALBUM...not because every else is talking about her but because it's just ...well...good.

With her heart on her sleeve, Amy released a killer sophmore record. Just what we've been lacking. Old school, soul filled, GOOD music. You can't deny she has it. This EP with it's haunting "Back to Black" done the way a lovelorn love song should be done, is well worth the dough - and don't forget, you get a video of it too! Her cover of The Zutons "Valerie" is exceptional (why I bought the import in the first place / and better than the Mark Ronson version). I'd highly recommend if you are a true fan of this young, talented diva.

Amy Winehouse's wonderful combination of soul (reminiscent of another time), lyrics that fuse strikingly catchy poetry with stark, graphic lyrics, killer arrangements and beautiful vocals are truly comparable to none! "Back to Black," the third single from her second album of the same title, is simply fabulous. Some of the lyrics on this song cannot be printed, here, but I don't believe that Winehouse wrote them to shock her audience. Rather, she wrote them to tell a story about love grown cold, and intensifying heartbreak (with not-so-thinly-veiled references to drug culture). Just great!

--Back to Black*********1/2 Loving the lyrics. The symphony, violins and the piano. And the atmosphere it creates. Definitely my third favorite song here. "You go back to Her/And I go back to Black." \m/ 9.5/10

Video is decent too.

I love this song. Sad song but...a great song nonetheless! I recomend Amy Winehouse....Greatest singer to come from the UK in a long time!!

How does one pay 13.99 for is what is billed as an audio CD and have the entire CD consist of 3 tracks. Suffice to say, I will never buy another Amy Winehouse recording.