Emily: This album is simply amazing. Winehouse combines a retro soul sound with intimate lyrics and a voice rife with raw emotion. It is clear that she puts her entire heart and soul into her music. Every lyric is personal, every arrangement unique. Unfortunately, all of the troubles she sings about have played out in her personal life and the public has lost sight of her music. She's capable of a comeback, though - the music is just too good.
Favorite Tracks: You Know I'm No Good, Rehab, Back to Black
Zack: I would be willing to forgive the drug addiction, overall craziness, and even Britishness for anyone with a voice like that. Go ahead ladies, open another tab and try to find a voice coach in your area. I'll wait. What I love most is how she takes the most classy and refined forms of music and adds dirty lyrics about drugs and infidelity. The contradiction that lies between the gospel-like feel to her voice and the content of her words, or the reversal of starting with rehab and ending in addiction, is simply magnificent. Everything about this album is well-crafted and hearkens back to another era of music that I, for one, am quite fond of.
Favorite Tracks: Back to Black, Addicted, Rehab
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