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By Gabriella Collin<\/h1>\n

On Oct. 20, 2003, Amy Winehouse released her debut album, Frank<\/em> (2003). The album tends to fly under the radar in terms of streams and attention, likely due to its novice styling, and because Frank predates the beehive hairdo, tattoo sleeves, and heavy eyeliner that later made Winehouse identifiable. Produced<\/span><\/a> by Salaam Remi<\/span><\/a>, famous for his work with both Winehouse and rapper Nas, Frank<\/em> served as a lyrical diary for a 19 year old Winehouse, as it detailed her encounters and relationships with men to a drum beat and musical flourishes similar to work by Janet Jackson. In 2004, during touring for the album, Winehouse appeared in an interview with Johnathon Ross<\/span><\/a>, to discuss her intentions and ability as a jazz singer. Ross asks why Winehouse chose to \u201cgo to jazz\u201d, noting the trend of \u201cnew jazz\u201d that was becoming popular among rising artists. Winehouse responds, <\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call a lot of people that are doing jazz, jazz singers, you know what I mean? My albums are kind of a straight Jazz\/Hip Hop cross, there is no blues or folk, you know what I mean? It\u2019s just a straight, Jazz\/Hip Hop album.\u201d <\/p>\n

All 15 songs on the album were written by Winehouse herself on the guitar, and she performs the album with her original jazz band, an eight piece ensemble of ten rotating artists, on bass, drums, trumpets, saxophone, piano, and backup vocals. In track two, the song \u201cCherry\u201d details the relationship she has with her guitar, and Winehouse has said \u201cSinging and writing go hand in hand for me, it comes from one place.\u201d Despite lacking the person Winehouse would later adopt, Frank<\/em> is essential in understanding<\/span><\/a> her later work; Winehouse\u2019s breakup ballads, songs detailing her substance problems are the the framework for some of her most famous pieces. Without the debut, Back to Black (2006) wouldn\u2019t be possible. After its release, Winehouse was nominated<\/span><\/a> for best British Urban Act and best British Female Solo Artist by the BRIT Awards, though she didn\u2019t win any of her nominations until 2008. Frank<\/em> is named after the late Frank Sinatra, legendary jazz singer and one of Amy\u2019s early influences. In the song \u201cTake The Box\u201d, she refers to a Frank Sinatra CD her ex boyfriend bought for her, that she was returning to him during their breakup. In choosing Sinatra as the title for her album, Winehouse said, <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole mess of people better than Sinatra […] Sinatra had an emotional connection with music. That was his thing. He had the tone in his voice. But singers? I know a hundred singers that piss on Frank. […] And just as a person: he was an arsehole. But he had an emotional connection to songs that touched everyone, women, men, soldiers.\u201d <\/p>\n

In this interview<\/span><\/a>, she cuts herself off mid-sentence, to write out a song lyric she\u2019s just thought of. Winehouse later expressed regret over the quality of Frank<\/em>. In speaking with The Guardian<\/span><\/a>, Winehouse listed many of the reasons she believed the album failed, from promotion and marketing, to tracks she wasn\u2019t pleased with, and claiming she was only \u201c80 percent\u201d behind it, \u201cLook … I know it’s a terrible thing for someone to come out and say they hate their own music. It’s the worst thing you can do.\u201d Despite this, the album received critical acclaim, during its release and after her untimely passing. Frank<\/em> demonstrated Winehouse\u2019s wit and gumption, with her on-the-nose lyrics and master blending of Jazz and Hip Hop stylings. <\/p>\n

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Track 1: Intro \/ Stronger Than Me \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tThis-two track piece opens with a brief skat section, to a plucked bass. It then transitions into \u201cStronger Than Me\u201d, which discusses Winehouse\u2019s ex-boyfriend, who she believed was struggling to \u201clive up to his role\u201d. She accuses him of being gay, calling him a \u201cladyboy\u201d. The song, specifically the line about her ex-boyfriend\u2019s sexuality, received criticism from her gay fans. Winehouse responded<\/span><\/a> with \u201cThe guy says, \u201cD\u2019you think gay men are weak?\u201d I says, \u201cYeah, some of you. And some straight men are fucking weak and all.\u201d Word choice aside, this is a strong opening track, establishing Winehouse\u2019s dry, sardonic tone that is present in a majority of the album. <\/p>\n

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Track 2: You Sent Me Flying \/ Cherry \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tThe second of three, two-track songs on the album, \u201cYou Sent Me Flying\u201d utilizes the art of anticipation, Winehouse sings accompanied by short piano interludes. Her scandalous lyrics draw listeners in, waiting for the beat to drop. The band slowly accompanies her, a guitar plays alongside, until the rest joins in, after two entire verses and one chorus. The beat kicks in on an iconic line, \u201cA simple attraction that reflects right back to me \/ So I’m not as into you as I appear to be\u201d This song is a great example of why Winehouse calls this a Jazz\/Hip Hop album, it\u2019s catchy beat and honest lyrics even serve as an homage to Salt \u2018n Pepa, one of Winehouse\u2019s inspirations. <\/p>\n

Cherry is an acoustic piece about the relationship Winehouse has with her guitar, Cherry. She says, \u201cShe understands me after eighteen years \/ And you still don’t see me like you ought to do\u201d Winehouse personifies her guitar, claiming that even though she\u2019s just bought Cherry, the ex-boyfriend she speaks of will never know her as well. <\/p>\n

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Track 3: Know You Now \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\t\u2018Know You Now\u201d utilizes more of Winehouse\u2019s skills as a jazz singer, with a skat interlude, as she calls out the character of a man she believes to be \u201cjust a little boy\u201d. Because the man Winehouse is involved with is duplicitous, she swears that \u201cwhen I’m done with you \/ You’ll wish your head back the way it were\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Track 4: Fuck Me Pumps \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tThis tongue-in-cheek song pokes fun at groupie culture in London, and the promiscuous acts many women find themselves participating in. It was later revealed that producer Salaam Remi wrote a majority of the song, saying in a 2017 interview, \u201cThat\u2019s probably the only song that she just took from somebody and wrote. But she thought it was funny and that was part of our bonding as well \u2013 we had a similar sense of humor.\u201d In the song, Winehouse says, \u201cWithout girls like you, there’s no night life \/ All those men just go home to their wives\u201d. <\/p>\n

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Track 5: I Heard Love Is Blind \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tMimicking some of the acoustic nature of \u201cCherry\u201d, \u201cI Heard Love Is Blind\u201d is about pretending the person you\u2019re with is someone else. Winehouse touches on her drinking problem in this, by saying \u201cI drank so much and needed your touch\u201d She then speaks on whether or not what she\u2019s done is cheating, despite being outspoken about casual sex, Winehouse claims that this is not cheating, because love is blind. <\/p>\n

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Track 6: Moody\u2019s Mood For Love \/ Teo Licks \u2605<\/p>\n

\tThe final of the two-track songs, neither \u201cMoody\u2019s Mood For Love\u201d nor \u201cTeo Licks\u201d are particularly impressive when held up against the rest of the album. The first song is a cover of a 1952 song by James Moody of the same name, but Winehouse\u2019s version features a short musical outro by her band. <\/p>\n

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Track 7: (There Is) No Greater Love \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tIn content alone, this song is a blend of Sinatra-esque storytelling, and reminiscent of \u201cEx-Factor\u201d by Ms. Lauryn Hill. It even features similar chimes. In a 2004 interview, Winehouse said \u201cI always said I never wanted to write about love, and then I went and did that anyway.\u201d This intimate love song deviates from Winehouse\u2019s usual musings about cheating, sex, and drinking. Formatted like a poem, Winehouse sings, \u201cYou’re the sweetest thing \/ That I’ve ever known \/ And to think that you are mine, you are mine alone \/ There is no greater love\u201d<\/p>\n

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Track 8: In My Bed \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\t \u201cIn My Bed\u201d is easily the strongest song on this album and was featured on double A-Side prior to Frank<\/em>\u2019s release. I don\u2019t advise this, since this is an album review, but if you only listen to one song, let it be this one. Continuing the theme of Winehouse not being as interested in her partners as they are in her, \u201cIn My Bed\u201d is about an ex-boyfriend who believes he\u2019s the only person Winehouse is seeing. This is in fact, untrue, as she says in the chorus, \u201cYou’ll never get my mind right \/ Like two ships passing in the night\u201d as well as \u201cOh, it’s you again \/ Listen, this isn’t a reunion<\/a> \/ So sorry if I turn my head \/ Yours is a familiar face \/ But that don’t make your place safe \/ In my bed\u201d Winehouse makes it clear that she holds the power in this dynamic, the strength of the band and the beat, produced by Remi only furthers this. \u201cIn My Bed\u201d is sexy, dramatic, and one of Winehouse\u2019s best, across both albums. <\/p>\n

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Track 9: Take The Box \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tThe ballad-esque nature of this song makes it easy to identify as the \u201cbreakup song\u201d. Similar to \u201cButterfly\u201d by Mariah Carey, \u201cTake The Box\u201d details just how difficult leaving her ex-boyfriend has been. Winehouse details the items she\u2019s returning, such as a \u201cMoschino bra\u201d, and a Frank Sinatra CD, specifically In The Wee Small Hours (1955), which she calls \u201cone of the classic heartbreak albums of all time.\u201d The background singers echo \u201cput it in the box, put it in the box\u201d as she rattles off these items, and the outro flows like an R&B piece. Winehouse would say the following year, \u201cIf someone has so much of something already, there\u2019s so little you can add.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Track 10: October Song \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tWith every breakup song comes a song about rebirth. While \u201cOctober Song\u201d is about loss, specifically the death of Winehouse\u2019s pet bird, Ava, the song is more upbeat and cheerful. The lyrics describe Amy\u2019s process burying the bird, and how she almost envies how free Ava is now, \u201cWith dread, I woke in my bed \/ To shooting pains up in my head \/ Lovebird, my beautiful bird \/ Spoke until, one day, she couldn’t be heard\u201d as well as \u201cIn the sanctuary she has found \/ Birds surround her sweet sound\u201d. Since breakups often serve as the resting place for old habits and personalities, the death of Ava shows how memory lives on when you truly love someone, even a bird. <\/p>\n

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Track 11: What Is It About Men \u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tDespite being only 17 when writing the album, Winehouse demonstrated her insight even from a young age. Rather than being an ex-boyfriend or a hookup, \u201cWhat Is It About Men\u201d is about Winehouse\u2019s father, as revealed in the line \u201cEmulate all the shit my mother hates \/ I can’t help but demonstrate my Freudian fate\u201d. Winehouse\u2019s father was adulterous, just as she became known for, which she copes with by saying \u201cHistory repeats itself\u201d, calling herself destructive and asking why men act this way. This mellow ballad provides a lot of context to the environment Winehouse is writing in, but falls flat in memorability. Considering the established style of \u201cCherry\u201d, \u201cWhat Is It About Men\u201d sounds like a less impressive recreation with R&B mixing. <\/p>\n

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Track 12: Amy Amy Amy \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tAfter struggling with her breakup and ultimately reconciling with what took place, \u201cAmy Amy Amy\u201d sounds the most like Winehouse. The first song on Frank<\/em> is about how she struggles with finding a \u201creal\u201d man who can fulfill the walk and talk, and \u201cAmy Amy Amy\u201d is the resolution to this, as Winehouse becomes attracted to her science teacher. In this song, she claims her attraction to the teacher makes it harder to write about, because his masculinity acts as a spell, \u201cIt takes me half an hour to write a verse \/ He makes me imagine it from bad to worse \/ My weakness for the other sex \/ Every time his shoulders flex \/ The way the shirt hangs off his back \/ My train of thought spins right off track\u201d Winehouse then calls for her \u201cmoral parallel\u201d. <\/p>\n

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Track 14: Brother \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBrother\u201d is about Winehouse\u2019s lesser-known, older brother, Alex. In this song, she tells him that he has a responsibility to be a good man, for the sake of their mother. With the absence of their father, Winehouse sings, \u201c(Now you must look out for her the way she did for you) \/ Ooh, your priority, it must be her\u201d she admits that things will never be the same, but if Alex steps up as man of the house, the family will stay together. <\/p>\n

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Track 15: Mr Magic (Through The Smoke) \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n

\tIn many ways, \u201cMr Magic\u201d is a clearing of the smoke. This is one of Winehouse\u2019s first songs detailing her relationship with substance abuse, as the song predates \u201cAddicted\u201d, from 2006. The \u201cMr Magic\u201d in this song is weed, the \u201cone man\u201d Winehouse will always reach for. This is another example of the tongue-in-cheek nature Winehouse often wrote with, the double entendre of this song makes for an upbeat final piece, and allows for listeners to take a deep breath as Winehouse repeats \u201cI\u2019m waiting for the smoke to clear\u201d as the band plays her out. <\/p>\n

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In the days I spent researching Frank<\/em>, through interviews and old performances, I was suddenly sucked into the world of Amy Winehouse. When looking for information on her original band, I found myself on a website called Forever Amy Live<\/span><\/a>, with the tagline, \u201cA celebration of her music, life, and legacy, performed by Amy\u2019s original band.\u201d The hardest part of writing this article wasn\u2019t the research or the reviews, but writing about her in the past tense. With websites like Forever Amy, and the countless comments I would read on Youtube, I struggled with remembering that she\u2019s no longer with us. The older fanbase, who can attest to the performances they were able to see in the 2000s, as well as newer fans who mourn never being able to meet her, work so hard to keep her name in circulation. In order to keep her legacy alive, to honor her music, Frank<\/em> deserves the same pomp and circumstance as Back to Black. In the twenty years since its release, Frank<\/em> has served as the backdrop for Winehouse\u2019s later success, without her 60s persona. Frank<\/em> is a masterpiece, as far as debut albums are concerned. For an artist like Winehouse, who has talent and skill coursing through every inch of her body, Frank<\/em> was the best way she could have demonstrated that to the world.<\/p>\n

They say you die twice, once when you stop breathing, and again when people stop saying your name. As far as Amy Winehouse is concerned, it seems like she\u2019ll live forever. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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