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Frank [Explicit Lyrics]

Amy Winehouse Audio CD
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Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz.Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award ... Read more in Amazon's Amy Winehouse Store

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  • Audio CD (20 Oct 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Universal / Island
  • ASIN: B0000DIXN7
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 843 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Intro / Stronger Than Me (Album Version) 3:54£0.89  Buy MP3 
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Listen  5. I Heard Love Is Blind 2:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Moody's Mood For Love / Teo Licks 3:28£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. (There Is) No Greater Love 2:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
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Listen10. October Song 3:24£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. What Is It About Men 3:29£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Help Yourself 5:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
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With her debut album Frank, Amy Winehouse proved to an original, honest and brave singer/songwriter. The 13 songs comprise husky vocals with soft trumpets and laidback beats. With her fresh style, Winehouse introduced a new playful and arrogant side to soulful jazz in Frank.

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It is rare for such a young performer to debut with such assurance, confidence and to such instant acclaim, but North London sensation Amy Winehouse already has a reputation that many far more seasoned artists would swap their gold discs for.

Winehouse combines a distinctive '20 a day' voice with a serious appreciation of female jazz & soul heroes (Sarah Vaughan's scatting style seeps through Amy's vocal ad-libs as well as getting a name check). She combines considerable jazz guitar ability with a classic approach which produces a contemporary, quirky, up front, tongue in cheek and risqué lyrics. Her version of the eternally hip jazz track "Moody's Mood For Love" which rides over a dub reggae rhythm demonstrates this attitude it looks back in order to know where its going and although in print this idea might raise a musical eyebrow in reality it sounds like a perfect partnership.

The first single "Stronger Than Me" contains all of these qualities and proves that jazz influenced contemporary soul neednt be safe or sullied by the dinner or 'smooth' prefixes.

Lyrically fresh and uncompromising, the only occasional weaknesses across the collection are the sometimes obtrusive programmed beats but recent radio & television appearances confirm that Winehouse live has a wonderfully organic sound that supports her approach well.

Amy's influences (Vaughan, Dinah Washington and the more contemporary like Badu et al) are obvious but not over powering and Winehouse has enough attitude, talent and chutzpah to make any comparisons fleeting and pointless. In fact on the delicious, lush and soulful "Put It In The Box" she out Badu's Erykah brilliantly using a similar female perspective on broken relationships to get her point across very directly.

This is Amy's first release and augurs well for her future. If this is what the young lady is capable of at such an early stage it must be pretty certain that this will be the first in a long line of well crafted, funky & feisty releases. --Greg Boraman

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Deluxe Edition only worth it for diehard fans 13 May 2008
Format:Audio CD
Plenty of others have written helpful summaries of the original album 'Frank', so my contribution is to provide a review of the new 'Super Deluxe Edition', packaged as a box set with a new 17-track bonus disc of 'previously unreleased radio sessions, rare demos and mixes'. This new edition is no doubt aimed mainly at dedicated fans, who will already own the album itself; the problem is that dedicated fans will also already own most of the 'rare' songs included here.

Of the tracks featured on the bonus disc, only a handful are genuinely 'new', and all but one have been heard before in some form. Admittedly, that one unheard song - a cover of the Gershwin classic 'Someone to Watch Over Me' - is absolutely gorgeous, truly sounding like it could be a lost 1930s jazz club recording. The other demos are interesting to hear, and act as a timely reminder of how incredible Winehouse's vocal talent actually is. However, the remainder of the material isn't quite as exciting. 'What It Is' is described here as an 'original demo', but as far as I can tell, it's identical to the version used as a B-side on the single 'Stronger Than Me'. The remixes have all been featured on past singles, and I'm baffled as to why two mediocre B-sides have been included while the beautiful acoustic number 'Best Friends' - a fan favourite, and surely her best ever B-side - has been left out. The live tracks and radio sessions are nice, but even for hardcore fans, they're significantly less than thrilling.

It's hard not to feel that, in the absence of any new material from the troubled singer, this collection has been hastily cobbled together to capitalise on the success of 'Back to Black', not to mention Winehouse's continued tabloid notoriety. If you're a huge fan, you're bound to want this new edition anyway, out of curiosity or completism; but if you're a newcomer to Amy's music, my advice is to buy 'Back to Black' (undoubtedly her greatest work and a true modern classic) and then the original, one-disc version of 'Frank' - you can pick up both on Amazon for less than this box set costs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, this is worth 5 stars 7 Jun 2008
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Like most people (I guess) I bought this album after the more recent Back to Black. Some say it's better, some say not as good. I can't quite decide either way, which should tell you one thing: it's excellent. The simple advice is that if you enjoyed B2B you'll enjoy this just as much. Don't hesitate. In some ways it's more honest, even though I'm not sure what I mean by that! AFAIK Frank was Amy Winehouse's first album, and as a result presumably a lot of people, myself included, missed it completely. Unfortunately all of the high-profile publicity about her private life has drawn attention from a vastly wider audience than might otherwise have been the case, but surely there's no denying that, before the downhill slide, she had genuine talent and she's not just a top-class singer but a great songwriter too - she was at least partly responsible for writing most of the songs here.

One niggle though. Why is it a good idea to make songs sound as if you're listening to a scratchy vinyl record? It's evident on four tracks: Stronger Than Me, Cherry, There Is No Greater Love, and parts of the 13-minute final track Amy Amy Amy. I had the same complaint with an Alicia Keys album, and there are many others. It's distracting and it just makes the whole listening experience less satisfying. What on earth is the point? I wish this 'fashion' would stop.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gets the angle right 11 May 2005
Format:Audio CD
Frank is a wonderful debut album. It is a jazz album with edge both musically and lyrically: a welcome and much needed reminder that jazz does not need to be bland, it is fantastic on every level.

The music is primarily soul inflected jazz but also drawing on a host of other influences including funk and even blues. The musical arrangements are quite simple and sparse but atmospheric and effective. Amy Winehouse has a strong, husky voice which brings the songs to life and is able to convey feeling and strong emotion.

The songs chart the course of a failed relationship with a few other barbs thrown in for good measure. The lyrics, mainly written by Amy Winehouse herself, are personal, scabrous and occasionally very funny. The material has a refreshing emotional honesty spiced with arrogance, bile and spite but, fortunately, lacking in sentimentality or self-pity. The album is packed with great songs including the excellent 'Stronger than me' is a lament about the weakness of her over educated new man boyfriend; 'I Heard Love Is Blind' a confession/justification for her infidelity ('he looked liked you', 'I was thinking of you', 'it couldn't tell, it was dark and I was lying down'), 'F**k me Pumps', an attack on shallow party girls ('At least your breasts cost more than hers') amongst others.

Amy Winehouse has gained some notoriety through some entertaining, if loud mouthed, TV appearances (most notably on Never Mind the Buzzcocks) and some negative press coverage for her unladylike behaviour. She may not be the most appealing person in the world and clearly being her boyfriend carries some risks (unless you like being pilloried in song). However, this does not change the fact that she is a fantastic singer/songwriter. She is often bracketed with the other 'new' British Jazz 'sensations': Joss Stone, Katie Melua & Jamie Cullum. I guess that this is because they are all relatively recent arrivals on the music scene and they have all been labelled jazz singers. This is not a particularly sensible or useful classification - Amy Winehouse has passion and edge - this is a much more interesting album than anything the other three have produced (or are likely to produce).

Amy Winehouse apparently believes that no men bought her album. Sorry to disappoint her but at least one did and he loves it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Winehouse - Frank
An excellent album which should be in most peoples collection.
I sadly took to Winehouse late in her career so I had to put a collection together quickly and this one stands... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Adrian John Horne
4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Good music that will you will grow into because the voice is amazing! Great Cd for sunday or easy listen
Published 29 days ago by Sammira Akhtar
1.0 out of 5 stars It is lost
I buy lots of things through the Net, From every where (UK, China, USA, Spain, Portugal, ...), from a penny to thousand of pounds. It is the first time something didn't arrive. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Vitor Almeida
3.0 out of 5 stars Amy will always be missed
Not my favourite of her albumns but still - as always - a pleasure to hear Amy's wonderful soulful voice.
Published 1 month ago by James
3.0 out of 5 stars Nota-se o início de carreira, quer para o bom, quer para o mau
O CD revela-se como um bom primeiro disco, mas não é exactamente homogéneo. A voz sedutora está lá, uma certa atitude também, mas as faixas vão... Read more
Published 1 month ago by clau
5.0 out of 5 stars Magic
If you love Amy Winehouse and her work then add this to your collection. Music and the UK has lost one of the Greatest Singer/Songwriter ever.
Published 1 month ago by C. R. M. Browne
1.0 out of 5 stars dont like
like a lot of her stuff but dont like this will never play it again just didnt do any thing for me
Published 1 month ago by colin hitchen
5.0 out of 5 stars It does what it sez on the tin :O)
Typical Amy
The Woman ( not perfect ) + singing ( not perfect ) + some songs ( not perfect ) + Brilliance :o)
Love you Amy hope your happier where you are now xx... Read more
Published 1 month ago by pete
3.0 out of 5 stars Average quality sound
"FRANK" is a average sound quality cd.If only artist would listen to the poor sound quality after there recording sessions they might think about using more competent... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Paul Dalton
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as Back to Black.
I like this album and there are some real tear jerkers. however its not in the same leagure as Back to Black.
Published 2 months ago by Carnegie Heritage Centre
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