What is it about men? (Amy Winehouse) (LP 4748 - 4749)

Amy Winehouse  Frank (CD, Island Records, 2003) ****  

Amy Winehouse  Back to Black (2CD, Island Records, 2006) ****  

Genre: Jazz, RnB, soul, Hip Hop 

Places I remember: Kings Recording (Abu Dhabi)

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Back to Black

Gear costume: Tears Dry On Their Own (BTB)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8

Active compensatory factors: Amy's two studio albums nail her legacy and are both testament to a phenomenal talent. On her debut, Frank, she is in full command of a range of styles. I fully agree with The Times critic who called the album "a staggeringly assured, sit-up-and-listen debut, both commercial and eclectic, accessible and uncompromising".

Second album, Back to Black, creates a lusher/tougher sound that reflects her torrid relationship with her on/off partner, Therefore, it contains themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma. It has more of a pop/soul approach that suits that situation.  

I have the deluxe version of Back to Black - a double CD with 7 studio recordings post Back to Black.

Where do they all belong? She would flame out five years after Back to Black. Poor Amy. What a tragic ending to a short life.