At the BBC [Live] - Amy Winehouse
Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. BBC Music
    Nov 26, 2012
    80
    It is beautiful and bereft and hard to listen to with easy joy--as are much of the best of these essential recordings.
  2. All Music Guide
    Nov 26, 2012
    80
    This live CD shows all of her brilliance and promise, her command and vitality, and much of that is shown on the videos as well.
  3. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Nov 26, 2012
    80
    Winehouse's progression from fresh-faced ingénue to agonised diva is operatic stuff.
  4. The Independent (UK)
    Dec 30, 2012
    60
    The erosion of control is palpable as the show progresses, though it's hard to tell whether it's due to damage or just boredom.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 26, 2012
    60
    Winehouse's live performances were (sometimes brutal) indicators of how far she'd gone into her own personal darkness for inspiration. It's perhaps predictable that it's the earliest material here that makes for the less harrowing listen.
  6. Pitchfork
    Dec 11, 2012
    31
    The versions of Winehouse's repertoire that turn up on At the BBC's audio disc, though, are almost all sloppier than their studio counterparts, and she rarely manages to reveal anything we didn't already know about her songs.

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