Back To Black (studio album) by Amy Winehouse
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 08/24/2025 11:08 | Ilovesuicide | | 68/100 |
90/100 | 08/22/2025 03:21 | brent13 | | 72/100 |
85/100 | 08/20/2025 20:19 | liquidbottle | | 89/100 |
95/100 | 07/23/2025 21:48 | davidbalo | | 76/100 |
70/100 | 07/17/2025 00:35 | rfowler | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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SomethingSpecial 06/29/2025 12:12
Like Ms. Lauryn Hill with her debut album, almost a decade prior, Amy Winehouse changed the game with one album. Although her previous record, Frank, was inspired and original, no one could have predicted what Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson were cooking up on her 2nd, and ultimately, final album.
Like Ms. Hill, Amy Winehouse displayed a maturity and a musical ability beyond her years, as proven by the artists that influenced her work, from Aretha Franklin to girl groups like The Ronettes. With that gift, and her myriads of other influences, she was able to create instant classics like Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, Back to Black, and He Can Only Hold Her.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2008 Grammys. The winner was River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock
Tears Dry On Their Own is amazing. Back to Black and You Know I'm No Good are also brilliant. She has such an awesome voice and the songs are incredibly catchy. Just a shame there are a few weaker tracks that bring the standard down, otherwise this would be in my top 100 easily.
Taking a refreshingly new (but old) flavor to the masses. I do like the songs and style but have found by the final 2 or 3 songs, I've had enough.
The tragedy of so short a recording career and a lack of material is encapsulated in this, her best release. The music was wonderful but there could have been so much more. Most of her greatest songs are here for all to admire and enjoy.
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katerpillar 05/27/2024 19:33
She has a great voice, and has some great songs, but I still think this album is overrated.
The musical sound and style are highly derivative and yet Amy Winehouse brings her own personality to to the album.
Amy Winehouse demonstrates her amazing talent and is backed beautifully on this record. They take a classic sound and modernise it to create this new soul style which sounds fantastic. This is primarily due to the stellar production which elevates this album tremendously. It is Winehouse herself who steals the show with her phenomenal vocal display that is packed full of power and soul. She commands songs like Love Is A Losing Game, You Know I'm No Good and Tears Dry On Their Own and make them into instant classics. Instrumentally, this record is very strong as well with their being a huge array of instrumentation which create a beautiful sound across the whole release. Overall, this is an album that drags soul into the modern era in a fun and enjoyable way whilst making it more accessible to the newer generation.
The voice and personality of Winehouse is extraordinary. But the production is what really makes this album a classic.
It's not an easy feat to make a classic style sound contemporary and fresh.
If Winehouse had lived today, I would have loved to hear her on a Sault album, since they do something similar productionwise.
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