Significant longplayerts from yesteryear.
27 October 2026
The late great voice/songwriter AMY WINEHOUSE (1983 – 2011) had her second
and final album, named BACK TO BLACK on 27 October 2006, today 20 years ago.
It went to #1 in the UK and several European countries.
#2 in the US, #4 in Australia
Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue an ex-girlfriend. Their brief separation spurred Winehouse to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.
The Guardian (British newspaper): “Something had happened to Amy Winehouse in the three years that separated her second album from her debut: skinny, covered in tattoos, dressed like a cartoon of a 60s girl-group member, complete with a vertiginous beehive modelled on that of the Ronettes’ Ronnie Spector, she was almost unrecognisable.
The lyrics of its lead single suggested that whatever had happened wasn’t good – no one pleads with you to go to rehab if your life is in perfect shape – but the music was so ebullient you could easily overlook that.
Back to Black offered an update of 60s soul and girl-group pop. Producer Mick Ronson has suggested that his primary contribution to the album was keeping Winehouse out of the pub, but in reality his decision to relocate the recording sessions to Brooklyn’s analogue Daptone studios and employ its house band, the Dap-Kings, was a masterstroke.”
TUTV: Great voice, great tunes, great looks.
Sad story, sad end, sad loss.
Singles.
– REHAB –
More than 741 million streams on Spotify.
More than 431 million views on You Tube.
– BACK TO BLACK –
More than 1,760 billion views on Sportify
More than 1,535 billion views on YouTube.
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