How does an artist follow her masterpiece? Amy Winehouse squandered the opportunity. As the troubled singer plunged deeper into addiction – eventually passing away last July at twenty-seven – she failed to get her act together long enough to record the follow-up to 2006\u2019s Back to Black<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Lioness: Hidden Treasures<\/i>, the first posthumous compilation of Winehouse\u2019s music, is a hodgepodge of outtakes, demos, covers and unreleased tracks. Some of the recordings precede the singer\u2019s debut effort, Frank<\/i> (2003), while others are a reflection of her work as recently as 2011. The album is no masterpiece, but Winehouse\u2019s talent should not be overshadowed by her notoriety.<\/p>\n
On \u201cOur Day Will Come,\u201d the eighteen-year-old diva delivers a glorious, effortless vocal over a smooth reggae rhythm. \u201cOur Day Will Come\u201d might be the record\u2019s most powerful track as it depicts a genuine, budding talent ready to blossom.<\/p>\n
Like all truly great artists\u2014Billie Holiday comes to mind\u2014Winehouse masterfully transforms her substance abuse, depression and anguish into a formidable work of art. The result: Back To Black<\/i>. So it\u2019s no coincidence that the songs from that period solidify the record. The original versions of \u201cTears Dry on Their Own\u201d and \u201cWake Up Alone\u201d are slower, more mournful than the tracks on Back To Black<\/i> and <\/i>capture Winehouse\u2019s introspective side.<\/p>\n
Not everything on Lioness: Hidden Treasures<\/i> is a treasure, however. <\/p>\n
Two completed songs, \u201cBetween The Cheats\u201d and \u201cLike Smoke,\u201d were intended for the third album that never came to fruition. The fact that both songs were recorded back in 2008 and haven\u2019t been released until now might be an indication that Winehouse wasn\u2019t particularly thrilled with them.<\/p>\n
The songstress roars on most of Lioness: Hidden Treasures<\/i>. On the recycled standards \u201cGirl From Ipanema,\u201d \u201cWill You Still Love Me Tomorrow\u201d and \u201cBody And Soul,\u201d her duet with Tony Bennett, the chanteuse is in top form. But on \u201cA Song For You\u201d Winehouse delivers a virtually incomprehensible lyric that will remind the listener that she was in profound trouble.<\/p>\n
Amy Winehouse\u2019s unorthodox style and individuality were a breath of fresh air. In a world that embraces superficial and commonplace pop stars, Winehouse\u2019s music will endure because in the end talent always prevails.<\/p>\n
Lioness: Hidden Treasures<\/i> spans a promising career that was cut down in its prime, and will leave you wanting more\u2014another masterpiece from the soulful singer, for instance, or at least another compilation album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":30831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8315],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42505","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-amy-winehouse","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42505"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42505"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}