Frank (Edited Version)

Amy Winehouse - Frank (Edited Version)

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Artist: Amy Winehouse
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Clean
CD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Music Label: Universal Republic
Soundtracks:
  1. Intro/Stronger Than Me
  2. You Sent Me Flying/Cherry
  3. Know You Now
  4. F*** Me Pumps
  5. I Heard Love Is Blind/Teo Licks
  6. Moody's Mood for Love
  7. (There Is) No Greater Love
  8. In My Bed
  9. Take the Box
  10. October Song
  11. What Is It About Men
  12. Amy Amy Amy/Outro

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Free Music Review: Whether it's about a dog, Sinatra, or being honest, it's goodies to your ears
Hit: 5 Stars

I'm not entirely sure what Frank exactly means. I originally thought it had to do with her blunt honesty, but a friend told me she's a huge fan of Sinatra and named her dog (I think he's the one on the cover) after him.

Anyway, Amy's voice is amazing and while her vocals are reminiscent of Billie, Sarah, and Ella, she manages to pull off her own style. Something I love about this album is that it's very straight forward and what you see is what you get. Her second album Back To Black, while also good, relies too heavily on the 40's and 50's jazz sound and sometimes borders on gimmicky. Frank pulls from the past, but sounds very much of today.

First up is the debut single "Stronger Than Me". Over a wobbly hip hop beat, Amy complains about her "lady boy" who needs to man up and stop letting her be the guy in the relationship. Amy's personality shines through and makes this an enjoyable track. "You Sent Me Flying" starts off with a disco meets piano beat and is carried by a vocal brimming with regret. Amy getting kicked to the curb never sounded so good. Who knew? "Cherry" at first sounds like a relationship with the another girl, but has a twist no one saw coming.

"Take The Box" is the first song I ever heard from this album and got me hooked. With a shout out to Frank (the dog or the singer) in the chorus, Amy sings about a love affair that has ended badly, but she can't completely let her guy go. The music is top notch and intoxicating. "In My Bed" finds the singer letting a guy know that she only wants sex from him, but not his heart over a Nas beat. I read that it was a single and it deserved to be.

I can't compare Amy's cover of "Moody's Mood for Love" to any others, but this reggae tinged song is a highlight. "There Is No Greater Love" is just a love song. Not to weed or booze, but to a guy. Weird, I know. I love the late night cricket chirping feel to the production.

In "I Heard Love Is Blind", Amy makes excuses for her cheating ways. "It's ok, honey. I thought about you when I came." I wonder how that one went over. "October Song" is a bouncy, bright tribute to her deceased bird who is now "reborn like Sarah Vaughan". She can even make a song about her dead bird sound amazing.

By the end of the album, Amy seems tired of her hunger for bad men in the hip-hop influenced "What Is It About Men", but she falls for another one on the "Chicago" sounding "Amy Amy Amy". When will this girl learn?

Two gripes from me. One, I liked "Pumps" on the first few listens, but now I just skip it. Very little replay value for me. Second, the fact that both hidden tracks (which I love) are literally hidden behind "Amy Amy Amy" and the outro. Why not make them separate tracks? And where is the World War II era sounding "Help Yourself"? Anyway, "Brother" is a heartfelt track about the singer's own troubled sibling and "Mr. Magic" adds beautiful lyrics to Grover Washington's 70's instrumental classic.

I really hope that Amy will clean up her life and return to this type of music. She has too much talent to let it all go to waste.
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