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MojoMay 31, 2012[Amy Winehouse had] something compelling, human and wonderful, and it surfaces just enough on this compilation to make it worthy of her name. [Jan 2012, p.91]
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Feb 7, 2012It's a gift to hear anything from Winehouse in the wake of her untimely death, and this new compilation features true treasures.
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Q MagazineDec 22, 2011An admirable tribute if frequently deafened by the echo of its tragic catalyst. [Jan 2012, p.121]
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Dec 22, 2011Only three tracks are of sufficient quality to have seen the light of day and it means you can't help but question the motives behind the release of such an inessential collection.
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Dec 20, 2011Lioness: Hidden Treasures preserves the gift of a true diamond in the rough.
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Dec 19, 2011While Lioness may not be the perfect Amy Winehouse album, it's all we have, which seems to be enough.
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Dec 14, 2011Lioness: Hidden Treasures is an appropriately muted set, with Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi producing an honourable and moving tribute to the Amy Winehouse.
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Dec 13, 2011Her talent and voice makes up for the fact that Lioness isn't really an album, but more like a collection of unfinished business.
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Dec 13, 2011The result is a collection so clean-scrubbed that it sometimes seems to be eulogizing an entirely different singer than the one fans remember.
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UncutDec 12, 2011Most of it so beautiful and effortless and easy, and no matter how much you want to look for ghoulish clues, it sounds like a great new record by someone spectacularly alive. [Jan 2012, p.83]
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Dec 12, 2011Half of the dozen tunes here are good enough to make this release essential listening for Winehouse fans, but if you are not one already, buy one of her other releases first.
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Dec 9, 2011Winehouse was an undeniably gifted singer and a unique talent. There are pieces of Lioness that reflect that clearly, and others that don't do as good a job.
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Dec 9, 2011There's little on Lioness: Hidden Treasures that sounds throwaway, or like it should have never been released; but there's equally little that sounds absolutely essential.
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Dec 8, 2011With an emphasis on covers, the overall mood is frustratingly lighter than Winehouse's two studio LPs. It's missing the pointed wit, energy and hard-fought candour that marked her best material, but her considerable vocal swagger is unmistakable.
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Dec 8, 2011The selections range from pre-Frank material to the last song she ever recorded, all united by a distinctive rawness, her voice kept naked and slightly flawed, despite the sophisticated production.
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Dec 6, 2011If the songwriting isn't strong enough to make listeners confuse this with a Back to Black follow-up, the productions and performances are up to her high caliber.
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Dec 6, 2011This is a sad record. A grab bag of outtakes, unreleased tracks, demos, covers and song sketches, these recordings feel like a gut punch.
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Dec 5, 2011A cash-in thin on new songs that confirms Winehouse was still a long way from finishing up the five-years-in-the-making follow-up to "Back to Black."
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Dec 5, 2011The 12-song compilation is slight on new insights....But as vault-emptying collections go, Lioness helps rebut the tabloid qualities of her life and death, and return some of the focus back to what won her such allegiance--her voice.
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Dec 5, 2011Covers make up the backbone of this perfectly enjoyable, but tame release.
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Dec 5, 2011"Lioness" reinforces what we already knew: Winehouse was, in every sense, wasted.
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Dec 5, 2011"Lioness" adds nothing of substance to the Winehouse narrative, nor do its individual tracks showcase the best of her writing or singing.
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Dec 5, 2011"Lioness" is just the scraps of what might have been.
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Dec 2, 2011Leaves listeners sadly wondering where a less-troubled Amy might have been able to take her incredible talent.
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Dec 1, 2011There are early recordings that would probably never have seen the light of day had the artist lived.
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Nov 30, 2011As posthumous albums go, it's leagues beyond hastily assembled fare like Michael Jackson's Immortal. That's a credit to producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson.
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Nov 30, 2011While "Lioness" is a far better posthumous collection than Michael Jackson's Michael, from almost exactly a year ago, it's a poor substitute for the high-octane musicality of Frank and Back To Black.
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Nov 30, 2011It's a pleasure to hear her scatting her way through moods and melodies, sketching vocals out, even when they don't work.
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Positive: 50 out of 63
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Mixed: 9 out of 63
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Negative: 4 out of 63
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