Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Artist: Amy Winehouse
Title: Back To Black
Genre: Jazz, R&B, Neo-Soul
Label: © Universal Music
Release Date: 2006/2013
Recorded: 2006
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 0:34:50
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 26321 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3677 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3071 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)

Amy Winehouse’s second album, Back to Black, is one of the finest soul albums, British or otherwise, to come out in decades. Frank, her first album, was a sparse and stripped-down affair; Back to Black, meanwhile, is neither of these things. This time around, she’s taken her inspiration from some of the classic 1960’s girl groups like the Supremes and the Shangri-Las, a sound particularly suited to her textured vocal delivery, while adding a contemporary songwriting sensibility.

With the help of producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, “Rehab” becomes a gospel-tinged stomp, while the title track (and album highlight) is a heartbreaking musical tribute to Phil Spector, with it’s echoey bass drum, rhythmic piano, chimes, saxophone and close harmonies. Best of all, though, is the fact that Back to Black bucks the trends in R&B by being unabashedly grown-up in both style and content.

Winehouse’s lyrics deal with relationships from a grown-up perspective, and are honest, direct and, often, complicated: on “You Know I’m No Good,” she’s unapologetic about her unfaithfulness. But she can also be witty, as on “Me & Mrs Jones” when she berates a boyfriend with “You made me miss the Slick Rick gig.” Back to Black is a refreshingly mature soul album, the best of its kind in years!

Back To Black took home five 2008 Grammy Awards including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album while Mark Ronson also won for Producer of the Year.

Blu-ray Pure Audio Discs:

Audio is taken from the original master tapes and mastered in 24-bit/96kHz resolution with a choice of three sound formats: PCM, Dolby True HD, or DTS-HD Master Audio. You can finally enjoy the music in the fidelity originally experienced in the studio.

Tracklist:

1. Rehab
2. You Know I’m No Good
3. Me & Mr. Jones
4. Just Friends
5. Back To Black
6. Love Is A Losing Game
7. Tears Dry On Their Own
8. Wake Up Alone
9. Some Unholy War
10. He Can Only Hold Her

Personnel:
Amy Winehouse – vocals, backing vocals, guitar
John Adams – organ, piano, Rhodes
Ade – backing vocals
Troy Auxilly-Wilson – drums, tambourine
Victor Axelrod – claps, Wurlitzer
Mark Berrow – violin
Dave Bishop – baritone saxophone
Rachel Bolt – viola
Thomas Brenneck – guitar
Chris Davis – alto saxophone
Liz Edwards – violin
Richard Edwards – tenor trombone
Chris Elliott – orchestra arrangement and conducting
Cochemea Gastelum – baritone saxophone
Binky Griptite – guitar
Dave Guy – trumpet
Peter Hanson – violin
John Heley – cello
Ian Hendrickson-Smith – baritone saxophone
Vincent Henry – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, celesta, clarinet, flute, guitar, piano, saxophone, tenor saxophone
Joely Koos – cello
Sam Koppelman – percussion
Boguslaw Kostecki – violin
Andy Mackintosh – alto saxophone
Perry Montague-Mason – violin, orchestra leader
Nick Movshon – bass
Everton Nelson – violin
Tom Piggott-Smith – violin
Anthony Pleeth – cello
Bruce Purse – bass trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet
Jonathan Rees – violin
Salaam Remi – bass, drums, guitar, piano, producer, upright bass
Frank Ricotti – percussion
Mark Ronson – band arrangement, claps, engineer, producer, snaps, tambourine
Gabriel Roth – band arrangement, engineer
Steve Sidwell – trumpet
Mike Smith – tenor saxophone
Homer Steinweiss – drums
Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone
Jamie Talbot – tenor saxophone
Jon Thorne – viola
Chris Tombling – violin
Helen Tunstall – harp
Bruce White – viola
Katie Wilkinson – viola
James Wisner – mixing assistant
Zalon – backing vocals
Warren Zielinski – violin

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK
Disc Size:      11,438,458,422 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.6

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