Amy Winehouse: Back To Black [ISLAND]

Why you'll love it

Back to Black has sold 20 million copies, won Winehouse five Grammys in one night and stands as the U.K.'s second best-selling album of the 21st century. Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi produced, with Sharon Jones' Dap-Kings supplying that killer '60s soul backing.

This edition

• U.S. pressing (cat# B000899401) with the "You Know I'm No Good" remix featuring Ghostface Killah
• Produced by Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, backed by the Dap-Kings

About the album

Amy Winehouse's affably jazzy debut, Frank, was veritably teeming with potential, and the young London singer more than lived up to expectations when Back To Black came around three years later in 2006.

Mining her private life and her tumultuous relationship with then-boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil for warts-and-all details, Winehouse comes off as notably more confident as a lyricist and a songwriter here, while also taking growing command of her powerful voice. Producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi enlisted ace New York soul/R&B outfit the Dap-Kings to add some grit and swagger to her performances, and the end result was an instant classic (seriously, the moment "Rehab" rips out of the gate you know something special is going on here) and a transatlantic smash hit that has since sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. She went out on a high note.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Island / Universal Republic (cat# B000899401), first out in 2006.