Frank is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse. It was released on 20 October 2003 by Island Records. Production for the album took place during 2002 to 2003 and was handled by Winehouse, Salaam Remi, Commissioner Gordon, Jimmy Hogarth and Matt Rowe. Its title alludes to the nature and tone of Winehouse's lyrics on the album,[3] as well as one of her influences, Frank Sinatra.[4]
Upon its release, Frank received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Winehouse several accolades, including an Ivor Novello Award. The album has sold over one million copies in the United Kingdom and has been certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
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In the liner notes for Winehouse's 2011 album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, producer Salaam Remi wrote about the track "Half Time", an outtake from the recording sessions for Frank, and revealed that Frank's title refers partly to Frank Sinatra, an early influence on Winehouse.[4]
Frank was first released in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2003 through Island Records.[11] In 2004, the album was released to European countries, including Poland and Germany, as well as being released in Canada through Universal Music Group.[12][13][14]In 2007 the album was released once again to Australia in March and the United States in November, with the latter being released via Universal Republic Records.[15][16]
In 2008, the album was re-released as a deluxe edition, including an 18-track bonus disc of rare tracks, remixes, B-sides and live performances.[17][18] It was first released in Germany on 9 May 2008,[19] followed by its release in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2008 through Island Records.[18] Over May, June and July the album was released in Australia,[20] Canada,[21] United States[22] and Japan.[23]
Frank received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 11 reviews.[25] AllMusic's John Bush called Winehouse "an excellent vocalist possessing both power and subtlety".[26] Nate Chinen of The New York Times complimented her original lyrics and called the music a "glossy admixture of breezy funk, dub and jazz-inflected soul".[36] The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin commended its loose, organic songcraft and wrote that it "features languid, wide-open neo-soul grooves and jazzy vamping".[27] Beccy Lindon of The Guardian described Winehouse's sound as "somewhere between Nina Simone and Erykah Badu ... at once innocent and sleazy".[30] Entertainment Weekly's Chris Willman found its musical style reminiscent of Sade.[29] MusicOMH's John Murphy said that her lyrics are "commendably feisty and, as the album title suggests, frank".[3] Dan Cairns of The Times called Frank "a staggeringly assured, sit-up-and-listen debut, both commercial and eclectic, accessible and uncompromising".[37] Robert Christgau, writing for MSN Music, was less enthusiastic and graded the album a "dud",[28] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."[38]
Frank entered the UK Albums Chart at number 60 before climbing to number 13 in late January 2004.[45][46] Following Winehouse's death on 23 July 2011, the album re-entered the UK chart at number five,[47] before reaching a new peak position of number three the following week, with 19,811 copies sold.[48] The album was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 19 December 2008,[49] and had sold over one million copies as of September 2014.[50]
Frank debuted at number 61 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 22,000 copies in its opening week.[51] In the wake of Winehouse's death, the album sold 8,000 copies to re-enter the chart at number 57 on the issue dated 6 August 2011.[52] The following week, it rose to a new peak of number 33 with sales of 12,000 copies.[53] The album had sold 315,000 copies in the US by July 2011.[54]
Elsewhere, the album charted inside the top five in Austria and Poland, and the top 10 in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal.[55][56][57] In late 2011, Frank was certified double platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales in excess of two million copies across Europe.[58]
International Deluxe Edition contains her debut album plus a bonus disc including previously unreleased BBC performances, b-sides and lots more. Tracks, CD1: Intro/Stronger Than Me (Album Version), You Sent Me Flying/Cherry, Know You Now, Fuck Me Pumps, I Heard Love Is Blind, Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks, (There is) No Greater Love, in My Bed, Take the Box, October Song, What Is It About Men, Help Yourself, Amy Amy Amy/Outro, CD2, Take the Box (Demo), You Sent Me Flying (Demo), I Heard Love Is Blind (Demo), Someone to Watch Over Me (Demo), What It Is (Demo), Teach Me Tonight (Hootenanny), 'Round Midnight, Fool's Gold (B-side), Stronger Than Me (Later with Jools Holland), I Heard Love Is Blind (Live at Concorde), Take the Box (Live at Concorde), in My Bed (Live at Concorde), Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) (Janice Long Session), (There Is) No Greater Love (Janice Long Session), Fuck Me Pumps (MJ Cole Remix), Take the Box (Seijis Buggin' Mix), Stronger Than Me (Harmonic 33 Remix), in My Bed (CJ Mix). Universal. 2008.
Import vinyl LP pressing of the debut album from the British Rock/R&B diva and gossip column favorite. Frank achieved fantastic critical and commercial acclaim. Rarely out of the Top 40 since January 2004, it has been certified double platinum and was one of the UK's fastest selling albums of 2007 despite the fact that it was released three years earlier. Universal. 2008.
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