“"They tried to make me go to rehab," wails Amy Winehouse on the opening track and first single from her second album *Back to Black*. It's not typical pop song fodder, but Winehouse isn't a typical pop singer. If she winds up as popular in the U.S. as she is at home in the UK, it'll be despite her reluctance to embrace the monotonous realities of promotional mechanics. Oh, she'll talk, but there's”
“"Rehab," the must-hear song that opens the second album from British soul singer Amy Winehouse, is a Motown-style winner with a banging beat and a lovesick bad girl testifying like Etta James about how she won’t clean up her act. It’s followed by the excellently funky "You Know I’m No Good" and "Me & Mr. […]”
“This is a diary entry. A journal of a heartbroken alcohol/drug addict. Oddly this album doesn’t sound as depressing as the lyrics. The instrumentals are straight out of the coolest jazz bar you could come across. Amy’s vocals are stunning. Her delivery is a throwback to 60’s Motown. She’s very charming over an arrangement of bluesy horns. Also some great bass and keyboard playing on this album too. A very haunting listen in hindsight after her passing. A young lady venting about her sorrows. The song Rehab takes on a whole new meaning. It’s a cautionary tale.”
“Love her songs on this album and her voice is amazing to listen to, will almost never skip a song from this album”
“I don’t think this is going to become one of my favorites anytime soon”
