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| Frank | 
 enlarge | Artist: Amy Winehouse
Label: Universal Republic
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 1992
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 602517265882
UPC: 602517265882
EAN: 6025172658822
ASIN: B000PKG7I4
Release Date: November 20, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro / Stronger Than Me | | • | You Sent Me Flying / Cherry (Cherry is a hidden track) | | • | F**k Me Pumps | | • | I Heard Love Is Blind | | • | (There Is) No Greater Love | | • | In My Bed | | • | Take The Box | | • | October Song | | • | What Is It About Men | | • | Amy Amy Amy / Outro |
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From Amazon.co.uk
With her debut album Frank, Amy Winehouse proves to be one of the most original, honest, and brave singer/songwriters to emerge in recent years. Over the course of the 13 songs, she manages to do everything required of a classic album. This is a stark piece of work, comprising husky, frequently sexually charged vocals, painfully honest lyrics and soft trumpets, laidback beats, and sparse guitar work. It seems that soulful jazz doesn't always have to be bland--it can also be playful, twisted, and arrogant ("Amy Amy Amy"). "F*** Me Pumps" charts a seemingly guilt-free act of infidelity: "What do you expect when you leave me here alone?" she asks coyly, as if by way of justifiable explanation. "You wouldn't want me to be lonely," she adds. You can't help warming to her, despite what she's saying. A unique sense of humour (how rare in music now) and a no-bull attitude make for an interesting, compelling debut. Frank? Yes, but refreshingly so. You wouldn't want her for a girlfriend, but as a life companion she may yet prove indispensable. --Cortman Virtue
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| Customer Reviews: Read 67 more reviews...
 Perfection July 6, 2007
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
I stumbled upon Amy Winehouse through a music profile on a friend's myspace page. The song was "Back To Black" from the same-titled recent release.
I was completely blown away by the sound. Her voice is like silk over the tripped up beats and rehash of the 1960's.
I looked deeper into her book of work and picked up "Frank". While "Back to Black" is a flawless piece of work... "Frank" is simply perfection. It's much simplier but in it's simplicity lies it's beauty. She allows the beats to remain scarce so that her voice is the anchor to each song.
This album is definitely worth hunting for.
brilliant July 4, 2007
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
If you think Back to Black is brilliant, wait until you hear Frank! Soul and Jazz stylings meet together here and the end result is magnificent.
a glowing and powerful debut from Amy Winehouse..... May 3, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Amy, Amy, Amy.....(to quote a song from this album)
FRANK, the debut by the wildly talented Amy Winehouse, released five years ago, is a fusion of 1940s and 1950s jazz/blues and contemporary soul. These songs were released when Ms. Winehouse was nineteen and filled with worldly insight. Yes, most of it's pretty bitter and uncensored accounts of her bad experiences with men, the infamous subjects of her song "F-Me Pumps," who are aging golddiggers, and frank observances about substance abuse and sex.
The band is tight and seamless here. The combination of a soaring horn section, soulful percussion and Amy's sultry vocals make the album as technically brilliant as it is entertaining. I found myself giggling, because her lyrics are just so honest and real! Amy doesn't pull any punches. I particularly love "Amy, Amy, Amy" which is a grand nod to the great jazz and soul bands of the 1930s and 1940s. Damn, that horn is seductive. Also, she penned all of the tunes on this album herself, with the exception of her beautiful, reggae-inspired cover of "Moody's In the Mood For Love." You really can't compare her to anyone! One of a kind.......Brilliant, wonderful and bitingly intelligent..........
 dont waste your time November 27, 2007
16 out of 37 found this review helpful
i picked this album up the week it was released in 2003 when i was in london and the first two listens are reasonably enjoyable, but the album doesnt age well, the songs arent terribly well written, and it gets grating after a while.
do yourself a favor and check out Alice Russell, Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators, or Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings instead.
i'm feeling this cd! December 16, 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
okay yes amy has her "issues" but this cd is great. as an artist she has produced a great cd. i've listened to the whole album 3 times in a row so i can for sure say i'm digging it. my fav is stronger than me because of the message. i like her voice. i have her previous cd and this one is as good or better.
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