Back to Black revealed Winehouse as a sharp, powerful lyricist, whose writing switched from quietly beautiful – “All I can ever be to you is a darkness that we knew / And this regret I got accustomed to” – to blunt and earthily funny: “What kind of fuckery is this?”. Of course, Amy Winehouse had already released her debut album, 2003’s Frank, but, her voice aside, it sounded more or less like the work of a different artist. Several makes, variant versions – it is very confusing.

Moreover, it didn’t sound like a knowing pastiche, largely because Winehouse had dispensed with the hired songwriting help and written a set of songs that were strong enough to bear comparison to those she had been influenced by. Her sound had changed as dramatically as her appearance: with Frank’s producer Salaam Remi joined by Mark Ronson, then a virtual unknown, Back to Black offered an update of 60s soul and girl-group pop. There are still question marks in my mind whether I'd continue to perform with a new singer if a mate of mine died. All rights reserved.

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You could tell how good they were by the artists they attracted: within months of Back to Black’s release, Prince had taken to covering Love Is a Losing Game on stage. We want to hear from you!

When you write about stuff that’s so personal, you don’t have to dig that deep.”.

I can probably blame Back in Black for that – a record that, ultimately, is the reason I have to stop myself head-banging when I hear the six o'clock news bongs on Radio 4.

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The references to girl groups, northern soul, and ska are there, but no one would confuse these approximations (split evenly between Ronson and Salaam Remi, who produced Winehouse's since-disowned debut) with the real thing. "They tried to make me go to rehab," wails Amy Winehouse on the opening track and first single from her second album Back to Black. There are umpteen mentions of booze and drugs but none to partying or having a good time – only to their ability to obliterate. "Rehab," the must-hear song that opens the second album from British soul singer Amy Winehouse, is a Motown-style winner with a banging beat and a lovesick bad girl testifying like Etta J…