Amy Winehouse Biography

The bass lines get jiggy again. And consistently Amy 'knocks the shit' out of the songs, whether sultry, teasing, grieving or soulfully communing.

"If you're coming from a place where you feel it naturally, it comes out," she says. "You don't even have to think 'I'm going to do this sexy', it just comes out."

Crucially Amy's debut collection reveals a singer who can sing for the heart but also find light and shade in the city turbulence. There is mischief amongst Missy Amy's confessions. In 'Fuck Me Pumps' (co-written with Salaam Remi) she pokes fun at "girls who genuinely think they have to go out and meet an athlete, and then their life will be perfect". 'I Heard Love Is Blind' is a mock admission of love-cheating with a lookalike. "Close To The Front' deals with the three infatuations of Amy's life, starting of with her science teacher. And an update on the old standard 'Mr Magic' finds Amy serenading a somewhat combustible, stress relieving, metaphorical 'lover'.

On a straighter note, the album also catalogues her trials and tribulations in the jungle of love. 'What It Is About Men' is as hard on herself as it is about the un-fairer sex. 'Stronger Than Me' tries to make a man out of a passive paramour. The beautiful blue-black ballad 'Take The Box' was written right after the 'returning belongings 'moment in a break up. Meanwhile, the incendiary, chandelier -shaking vocal on the piano and voice piece 'You Sent Me Flying' graphically captures the intensity of new love.

"I just hope that people won't hear my stuff and go, this is that white girl from London," concludes Amy. "I hope they'll go 'this is a girl who's actually got some soul, and she's young but she's had some experiences, and she's relating to them and I can relate to that'
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