Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 155 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 175
  3. Negative: 14 out of 175

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  1. KatieP
    May 9, 2007
    0
    She is AWFUL. i cannot comprehend how ANYONE can like her?! she makes me want to rip my ears off.
  2. LJJ.
    Jun 5, 2007
    4
    Overhyped, overrated. I really dislike her voice, and I love R&B. Seems ppl are so desperate to hear something other than the slick dance R&B; that this is getting better reviews than it deserves on its own merit. I'd have forgotten all about this, if I didn't keep seeing the hype in so many places.
  3. OthoS.
    Aug 18, 2007
    3
    Blah, blah, blah. I am so sick of bad girls promoting their badness. Get your ass inro the rehab that you disdain so that you can have a career, you little cunt.
  4. Lucky
    May 22, 2007
    4
    Not my cup of tea.
  5. DuaneJ.
    Mar 15, 2008
    2
    A Grammy??? I know people go for the bad boy image but the but girl? Fell asleep through most of the songs.
  6. EC
    Jul 3, 2008
    4
    I know this is new and exciting for a lot of people, but am I the only one who has heard this done before, and done better? It's not an awful album. It just didn't strike me as unique or fresh, which is what so many have hailed it as. I was kind of bored, to be honest.
  7. TomY
    Mar 13, 2007
    1
    rich drunken british brat attempts to complain about being depressed and recreate soul in an era where there is none.
  8. Edward
    May 16, 2007
    2
    Overated garbage!
  9. AnthonyB
    Jun 14, 2007
    2
    Nice eye candy but there's nothing new here. Imagine a drunk, british Fergie with worse beats. Come 2008 we'll be seeing Amy Winehouse in the 'One Hit Wonder' bin along with Rico Suave and The Vengaboys.
  10. Jack
    Feb 16, 2008
    0
    Rename: "Whinehouse" because that's pretty much all she does; whining.
  11. GeorgeC.
    Feb 7, 2008
    2
    Is anyone else tired of hipster irony? Somebody please throw her a sandwich!
  12. MarkD
    Oct 21, 2007
    4
    Go to rehab. Don't go to rehab. I don't give one. I just wish i could go a day without hearing your whiney voice on the radio or your stupid horsey face in the papers, ya big weirdo!!!
  13. BreL.
    Jun 14, 2007
    3
    She has a pretty nice voice, but she lacks something. Sure, she's different, but different doesn't equal an automatic "wow that rulz".

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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Prefix Magazine
    90
    Back to Black stands in testament to the fact that talent and originality still exist.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    It's precisely Winehouse's lyrics... that raise this expertly crafted set into the realm of true, of-the-minute originality. [16 Mar 2007, p.67]
  3. Blender
    70
    [It] sounds fantastic--partly because the production nails sample-ready '60s soul right down to the drum sound' and partly because Winehouse is one hell of an impressive singer. [Apr 2007, p.121]
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