AMY WINEHOUSE

Lioness: Hidden Treasures
Island / Universal

Last year, 2011, at the age of 27, Amy Winehouse famously died from ‘acute alcohol poisoning’. It was the terrible loss of a supremely talented singer, one whose life will be remembered for music, fame, drugs, booze, love, loss, drugs, booze, rehab and a retro style. Sadly, the world would never see another of her beehive hairstyles, or Amy strolling belligerently, fag in hand, from court to waiting taxi. We would expect and have though, soon enough, to find a new Amy Winehouse record on the (hypothetical) shelves.

It’s an interesting thing; Kurt Cobain left many hours of music behind, of which very little has seen the light of day. On the other hand, Jeff Buckley has been more prolific since his death than he ever was before. What would happen to Amy’s unreleased legacy?

So here it is, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, a mismatched collection of six covers and six originals. Highlights are Like Smoke, with Nas, and her version of Carol King’s Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. There’s also another Mark Ronson version of Valerie and a lounge duet with Tony Bennett called Body And Soul. The first posthumous release of Amy Winehouse’s music is a collection of alternative original versions and standards, not the remains of a brilliant yet unfinished album. That album probably doesn’t exist.

_DANIEL PARKINSON

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