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I love this CD and the additional cd is really something. Her live performance is unbelievable.
Cons - too many remakes of the same song from studio out-takes are provided and are of lower production quality. Lots of songs, whether you care for them or not, are provided on a second CD that's part of this set. Her voice is by far better in range and quality than on Back in Black, I suspect because she was younger and had smoked less. Some versions take on a hip-hop quality that unfortunately detracts significantly from her soulful jazz singer image.
I bought it for the B-sides (disc 2), especially her vocal interpretation of Someone to Watch Over Me. I immediately fell in love with Amy Winehouse's album Frank. But both sides are great, great, great.
the bonus disc is incredible as well. buy this YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED. this album in my opinion is far better than back to black, more jazzy and soulful and almost every song gets you hooked. you can hear amy singing live, which is always a treat, except when she's drunk and high.
If you can get a copy of the Regular Frank cd do so instead of this one. Your milage may vary as we all have differing taste. So bought this one since it was a little more than $3 more but had 2 disc instead of one. To me disc one is good except for Moody's Mood For Love. However the demo versions Amy has a better voice. Not sure what is going on with that. So you will know on the track Amy Amy Amy there are 2 additional songs. Magic.
The reason this is a 4 star and not a 5 is because of the 2nd disc. The song Round Midnight does sound real good so not a total waste. I had the first release of Frank but someone else has it. They are Brother and Mr. Just for the most part differant versions of the same songs on the 1st disc.
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