Winehouse had been working on her follow-up to Black for two years before her death, but it is unknown if the upcoming release represents the totality of the music she recorded during that period, of if there could be another collection in the offing sometime in the future. Fans will also hear "Best Friends," a Remi-produced track from 2003 that used to serve as Amy's live show opener. Another unheard song, "Between the Cheats," is reportedly a take on Winehouse's troubled marriage to ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, recorded in May 2008 for possible inclusion on her third album. One of the most recent tracks is a duet with Amy's hip-hop pal Nas titled "Like Smoke," which was recorded in May 2008. Mitch Winehouse said he'd never heard the "incredibly beautiful" song "Halftime" before, but that if the family "had felt that this album wasn't up to the standard of Frank and Back to Black, we would never have agreed to release it and we believe it will stand as a fitting tribute to Amy's musical legacy." Her approach to the song was so young and fresh, it really inspired the rest of our sessions." The standard "Ipanema," in fact, was the first song an 18-year-old Winehouse sang when she flew to Miami to record with Remi, who said in the release that Amy's reinterpretation of the bossa nova classic made him realize that, "I was dealing with a very special talent. "It wasn't until I sat down with the rest of the family and listened to this album that I fully appreciated the breadth of Amy's talent, from jazz standards to hip-hop songs, it really took my breath away."Īmong the unreleased songs are "Halftime" and "The Girl From Ipanema," which were cut during sessions for Winehouse's debut, Frank. "I spent so much time chasing after Amy, telling her off, that I never realized what a true genius she was," her father, Mitch Winehouse, said. Winehouse died in July at age 27 as a result of excessive alcohol intake. It will also have a number of covers, such as the Shirelles' "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," Donny Hathaway's "A Song for You" (with just Amy and her guitar, recorded at her London home in the spring of 2009 in the midst of the singer's struggles with drugs and alcohol) and a 2002 reggae version of the classic '60s doo-wop song by Ruby & the Romantics "Our Day Will Come." It will please neither avid devotees nor cynics, because it’s neither a lost masterpiece nor an insult to her memory neither a bang nor a whimper but something in between.The disc is a "chronicle of her musical development" and will feature alternate takes of previously released songs, including a demo version of "Wake Up Alone" and mellower takes of "Tears Dry on Their Own" and "Valerie," as well as her recently released Tony Bennett duet, "Body & Soul." This, in comparison, is not a proper album it has no coherent, unifying “sound” (a reminder that Winehouse's success owed a great deal to her producers), and most of the vocal performances are far from fully fledged. So is this, as her father Mitch claims, “a fitting tribute to Amy’s musical legacy”? I think not for that, you need go no further than Frank and Back to Black. It’s all a bit overdone, and Winehouse’s vocal is, even by her standards, slurr-y. This was recorded with just a guitar at home in 2009, but Salaam Remi has seen fit to add in the whole band thing, complete with introductory rain-on-the-windows soundtrack. Less impressive is her version of the Leon Russell classic (in turn made famous by Donny Hathaway) “A Song for You”. She makes a good job of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, and even breathes fresh life into “The Girl From Ipanema” (recorded when she was 18). LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES, the third album from Amy Winehouse, is a 12-track collection of previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of.
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Assembled by Winehouse producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, it’s a patchwork of alternative versions, some newer stuff, some bits and bobs, plus her famous duet from earlier this year with Tony Bennett.
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