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Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
- It is always nice to see an animated musical artist. With vibrant and spicy vocals, Amy Winehouse didn’t only turn heads with her larger-than-life pouf hairstyle, but with her second studio album, “Back to Black.” The album is all mixed up like the colors on a tie-dye shirt, with R&B, soul, jazz, and rock & roll, all shining brightly.
The single, “Rehab,” was once a prideful song that was, at the same time, humorous. Since Winehouse reportedly entered a rehabilitation facility in early 2008 for drug addiction, the song became a source of ridicule. Putting that to the side, other songs on the album have the classic “motown sound” flare. For example, “Tears Dry on Their Own” is a sample of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” although Winehouse wrote her own lyrics to the song. In the tune, “Back to Black,” there is use of a tambourine that also mimics the sound in a Motown classic. Borrowing the goods that made up '60s soul music, she adds her own flavor while staying humble to those that started it all.
It is clear that Winehouse is not a shy gal. She speaks frankly about her drug use and relationship troubles on the record. Beside the tambourine in “Back to Black,” Winehouse shamelessly exposes that she loves “puff,” and in “Me & Mr. Jones,” she sings about a man who has cheated on her. These types of assertive lyrics are always a crowd pleaser.
If Winehouse is able to write and sing this well while being addicted to drugs, how will her music sound when she is clean and sober? Oh, it will be marvelous!
Reviewer: Lailaa Salaam
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Added: 17-Jun-2009
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