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The qualities of a vocal genius don't always become clear when she's singing classic material. Often as not, her abilities to both personalize and transcend a lifeless song with a stellar performance reveal the character behind the singer. Both Billie Holiday and Otis Redding excelled no matter what they were recording, whether it was a timeless standard or a studio throwaway. This collection of Amy Winehouse material, released to coincide with the first Christmas season after her death in July 2011, does not contain a strong set of material. Besides the covers, which are well chosen, originals "Between the Cheats" and "Best Friends, Right?" and "Half Time" should not have survived the cut if Winehouse had been around to wield her veto power. But if the songwriting isn’t strong enough to make listeners confuse this with a Back to Black follow-up, the productions and performances are up to her high caliber. Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson handled virtually all of the production work, while these performances by Winehouse are just as strong as she showed on Frank and Back to Black. Thanks to the work of Remi and Ronson, the album is also strikingly uniform; only the songwriting and prevalence of covers or "original versions" reveal that this is a posthumous collection. Ronson's production on "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" is towering, although he injects a little more drama into his chart than the song can support, while a skittering version of "The Girl from Ipanema" (nearly drum’n’bass at points) nearly reinvents a tired classic. The recordings stretch from the beginning of her professional career to close to the end, but Winehouse is virtually always in strong voice; only on her Tony Bennett duet, “Body and Soul,” does she veer into self-parody.
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Mort Garson, ComposerLyricist - Bob Hilliard, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Noble, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Flute, Guitar, Horn, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Troy Auxilly-Wilson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Shomari Dillon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Clayton Purse, Trumpet, Wine Glasses, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
John Adams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Bells, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Noble, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Guitar, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Freeman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Coleman, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Glen Lewis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - John Adams, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Noble, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Flute, Guitar, Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Socorro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Davies, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Mark Ronson, Producer, String Arranger, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gabriel Roth, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Homer Steinweiss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Brenneck, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Gerry Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Michel Vendome, Translator - Perry Montague-Mason, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Movshon, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vaughan Merrick, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Guy, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Binky Griptite, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Gordon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Saundra Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Axelrod, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Winehouse, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Elliot, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Baptie, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Wheat, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Musters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cochemea Gastelum, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Keys, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Angela Blake, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Poyser, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Winehouse, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Noble, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Guitar, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Socorro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - The Czech Film Orchestra, String Quartet, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Freeman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dale Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Davies, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Noble, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Flute, Guitar, Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Jackson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott McCormick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Coleman, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Fin Greenall, ComposerLyricist - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Poyser, Flute, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Amy Winehouse, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Noble, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zalon Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Zalon, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Shomari Dillon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Heshima Thompson, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Heshima, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Acoustic Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul O'Duffy, Producer, Vibraphone, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, Rhythm Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2006 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
John Adams, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Noble, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Shomari Dillon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Clayton Purse, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Leon Russell, ComposerLyricist - John Adams, Keyboards, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - SALAAM REMI, Producer, Drums, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stuart Hawkes, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amy Winehouse, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Noble, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincent Henry, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Socorro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Coleman, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gleyder "Gee" Disla, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Dyer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
The qualities of a vocal genius don't always become clear when she's singing classic material. Often as not, her abilities to both personalize and transcend a lifeless song with a stellar performance reveal the character behind the singer. Both Billie Holiday and Otis Redding excelled no matter what they were recording, whether it was a timeless standard or a studio throwaway. This collection of Amy Winehouse material, released to coincide with the first Christmas season after her death in July 2011, does not contain a strong set of material. Besides the covers, which are well chosen, originals "Between the Cheats" and "Best Friends, Right?" and "Half Time" should not have survived the cut if Winehouse had been around to wield her veto power. But if the songwriting isn’t strong enough to make listeners confuse this with a Back to Black follow-up, the productions and performances are up to her high caliber. Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson handled virtually all of the production work, while these performances by Winehouse are just as strong as she showed on Frank and Back to Black. Thanks to the work of Remi and Ronson, the album is also strikingly uniform; only the songwriting and prevalence of covers or "original versions" reveal that this is a posthumous collection. Ronson's production on "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" is towering, although he injects a little more drama into his chart than the song can support, while a skittering version of "The Girl from Ipanema" (nearly drum’n’bass at points) nearly reinvents a tired classic. The recordings stretch from the beginning of her professional career to close to the end, but Winehouse is virtually always in strong voice; only on her Tony Bennett duet, “Body and Soul,” does she veer into self-parody.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:11
- Main artists: Amy Winehouse
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, Licensed exclusively to Universal Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 1755 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution. FBI ℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited, Licensed exclusively to Universal Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 1755 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution. FBI
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