Review: Amy Winehouse

Review: Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse 'Frank': Aidin Vaziri | This is not the Amy Winehouse you know. "Frank" originally came out in Britain four years ago, before the then-19-year-old singer covered her arms with tattoos of naked girls, fought in the streets of London with her dazed husband and made amazing records that sounded like they were from 1967. Back then she was just another pop star singing gently swaying jazz and R&B tunes in the style of Erykah Badu. You're thinking: How could that possibly be any good? Well, the whole thing could do with a lot fewer flute solos, but the young Winehouse arrived with a load of gold-plated melodies, that enormous voice and brazen songs such as "Stronger Than Me" and "In My Bed," which goes like this: "The only time I hold your hand is to get the angle right." Was there ever any doubt she would someday rule the earth?