(Both titles are already available in Europe.) You'll find the track listing and pre-order links below.ġ2 x 7: The Singles Collection (Island/UMC, 2020)Īmazon U.S. Look for 12 x 7: The Singles Collection this Friday, December 4. The fourth CD has the audio from Winehouse's Shepherd's Bush concert of May 29, 2007, previously released on DVD only, and the fifth CD boasts remixes drawn from singles of "Stronger Than Me," "Back to Black," "You Know I'm No Good," "Love Is a Losing Game," and 11 more songs. Disc 3 has the posthumously-released Lioness: Hidden Treasures, which collected alternates, one-off covers, and collaborations with Bennett, Nas, and Back to Black producer Mark Ronson. The latter, still one of the U.K.'s best-selling albums, earned the singer her second Ivor Novello Award (the first was for "Stronger Than Me" on Frank), a Brit Award, and five Grammys - tying the record for the most wins in one night by a female artist and making her the first British woman to win five of the coveted trophies. The upcoming CD iteration of The Collection presents both of the studio albums released in her lifetime, 2003's Frank and 2006's breakthrough Back to Black. Indeed, Winehouse put body and soul into her small body of work.
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I was honored to have the opportunity to sing with her." She was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together, she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance. Upon Winehouse's untimely passing at the age of 27 in 2011, Bennett remembered her fondly: "She was an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist, and I am truly devastated that her exceptional talent has come to such an early end. Included on 12 x 7are singles like the Ivor Novello winners "Stronger Than Me," "Rehab," and "Love Is a Losing Game." Its twelve singles - totaling 23 sides (as Disc 12, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," doesn't have a B-side) - encompass both Winehouse's jazz-tinged/retro R&B originals as well as her interpretations of such classic songs as Carole King and Gerry Goffin's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard's "Our Day Will Come," and Leon Russell's "A Song for You." Also featured is her impassioned rendition of "Body and Soul" with Tony Bennett. (A 2015 vinyl variant of the album-focused The Collection included those same studio and live albums with a different compilation of rarities.) 12 x 7: The Singles Collection and The Collection (both currently available in the U.K.) will respectively collect all of the late British singer's A- and B-sides on 12 pieces of vinyl and her three studio albums on CD alongside a live concert and remix collection previously unreleased in the format. But if Winehouse’s star burned all too briefly, it left a never-ending vapor trail across the mainstream, allowing artists as varied as Adele, Janelle Monáe, Sam Smith, and Lana Del Rey to pursue their own singular visions of retro-modernism.This Friday, two new box sets will celebrate the legacy of the late Amy Winehouse across vinyl and CD. Sadly, Back to Black was both her career apex and her swan song-she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011. Back to Black transformed Winehouse into the consummate anti-diva, exuding a raw, unfiltered authenticity that was at once cheekily risque (as heard in her definitive anti-sobriety anthem, “Rehab”) and emotionally shattering (the eternally devastating title track). Adopting the soulful sound and sassy spirit-not to mention beehive hairstyle-of ’60s girl groups, Winehouse hit upon an aesthetic that was faithfully retro enough to win over Motown-reared boomers, yet possessed a brash, profane attitude (and the tattoos to go with it) that endeared her to hip-hop heads and indie kids alike.
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While Winehouse’s uncommonly gritty yet graceful voice made her a UK sensation (earning her a place on the Mercury Prize shortlist), Frank’s jazzy torch songs and chilled funk atmosphere only teased at the feisty character lurking beneath the surface of cocktail-lounge soundtracks like “F*ck Me Pumps.” However, with the help of producer Mark Ronson and Sharon Jones’ brassy backing band, The Dap-Kings, Winehouse’s outsized persona got the space to fully flourish on her Grammy-dominating 2006 sophomore release, Back to Black. Born in 1983, the London-raised singer paid her dues as a session vocalist before releasing her debut album, Frank, in 2003.
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Amy Winehouse was one of those once-in-a-generation artists who rerouted the direction of pop music and amassed a worldwide fanbase spanning grade-schoolers to grandmas.