Frank [Explicit]

Amy Winehouse | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Label: Universal (UC)
• Copyright: (C) 2007 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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• Total Length: 53:22
• Genres: Broadway & Vocalists/Traditional Vocal Pop, Pop/Vocal Pop, R&B/Contemporary R&B, R&B/Soul
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• ASIN: B000YAX3P0
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
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Customer Reviews

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73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a glowing and powerful debut from Amy Winehouse....., May 2, 2008

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D. Pawl "Dani" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frank (Audio CD)

Amy, Amy, Amy.....(to quote a song from this album)
FRANK, the debut by the wildly talented Amy Winehouse, released five years ago, is a fusion of 1940s and 1950s jazz/blues and contemporary soul. These songs were released when Ms. Winehouse was nineteen and filled with worldly insight. Yes, most of it's pretty bitter and uncensored accounts of her bad experiences with men, the infamous subjects of her song "F-Me Pumps," who are aging golddiggers, and frank observances about substance abuse and sex.

The band is tight and seamless here. The combination of a soaring horn section, soulful percussion and Amy's sultry vocals make the album as technically brilliant as it is entertaining. I found myself giggling, because her lyrics are just so honest and real! Amy doesn't pull any punches. I particularly love "Amy, Amy, Amy" which is a grand nod to the great jazz and soul bands of the 1930s and 1940s. Damn, that horn is seductive. Also, she penned all of the tunes on this album herself, with the exception of her beautiful, reggae-inspired cover of "Moody's In the Mood For Love." You really can't compare her to anyone! One of a kind.......Brilliant, wonderful and bitingly intelligent..........

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, July 4, 2007

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kevvers (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frank (Audio CD)

If you think Back to Black is brilliant, wait until you hear Frank! Soul and Jazz stylings meet together here and the end result is magnificent.

58 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection, July 6, 2007

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Garrett J Mitcheltree "Casey" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frank (Audio CD)

I stumbled upon Amy Winehouse through a music profile on a friend's myspace page. The song was "Back To Black" from the same-titled recent release.

I was completely blown away by the sound. Her voice is like silk over the tripped up beats and rehash of the 1960's.

I looked deeper into her book of work and picked up "Frank". While "Back to Black" is a flawless piece of work... "Frank" is simply perfection. It's much simplier but in it's simplicity lies it's beauty. She allows the beats to remain scarce so that her voice is the anchor to each song.

This album is definitely worth hunting for.