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Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul, Pop, R&B
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Studio album by Amy Winehouse
Released 20 October 2003
Recorded 2002–2003
Studio
Creative Space, Miami
EMI, London
The Headquarters, New Jersey
Mayfair, London
Platinum Sound Recording, New York City
Genre
JazzR&Bsoulhip hop[1]bossa nova[2]
Length 58:48
Label Island
Producer
Commissioner GordonJimmy HogarthSalaam RemiMatt RoweAmy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse chronology
Frank
(2003) Back to Black
(2006)

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).

Background
After playing around with her brother`s guitar, Winehouse bought her own when she was 15 and began writing music a year later. Soon after, she began working for a living, including, at one time, as an entertainment journalist for the World Entertainment News Network, in addition to singing with local group the Bolsha Band.[5][6] In July 2000, she became the featured female vocalist with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra; her influences were to include Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington,[7] the latter whom she was already listening to at home.[1]

Winehouse`s best friend, soul singer Tyler James, sent her demo tape to an artists and repertoire (A&R) executive.[1] Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller`s 19 Management in 2002 and was paid £250 a week against future earnings.[8] While being developed by the management company, she was kept as a recording industry secret,[9] although she was a regular jazz standards singer at the Cobden Club.[8] Her soon-to-be A&R representative at Island Records, Darcus Beese, heard of her by accident when the manager of The Lewinson Brothers showed him some productions of his clients, which featured Winehouse as key vocalist. When he asked who the singer was, the manager told him he was not allowed to say. Having decided that he wanted to sign her, it took several months of asking around for Beese to eventually discover who the singer was. However, Winehouse had already recorded a number of songs and signed a publishing deal with EMI by this time. She formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi through these record publishers.[9]

Beese introduced Winehouse to his boss, Nick Gatfield, and the Island head shared his enthusiasm in signing her. Winehouse was signed to Island, as rival interest in Winehouse had started to build to include representatives of EMI and Virgin starting to make moves. Beese told HitQuarters that he felt the reason behind the excitement, over an artist who was an atypical pop star for the time, was due to a backlash against reality TV music shows, which included audiences starved for fresh, genuine young talent.[9]

In a 2004 interview with The Observer, Winehouse expressed dissatisfaction with the album, stating:

Some things on this album make me go to a little place that`s fucking bitter. I`ve never heard the album from start to finish. I don`t have it in my house. Well, the marketing was fucked, the promotion was terrible. Everything was a shambles. It`s frustrating, because you work with so many idiots—but they`re nice idiots. So you can`t be like, `You`re an idiot.` They know that they`re idiots.[10]

Release and promotion
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]

Following the release of the critically acclaimed documentary film about Winehouse, Amy (2015), Frank was reissued on vinyl on 31 July 2015 by Republic Records.[24]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Intro`/`Stronger Than Me`
Amy Winehouse/WinehouseSalaam Remi
Commissioner Gordon/Salaam `The Chameleon` Remi 3:54
2. `You Sent Me Flying`/`Cherry`
WinehouseFelix Howard/WinehouseRemi
Remi 6:50
3. `Know You Now`
WinehouseGordon WilliamsEarl `Chinna` SmithDelroy `Chris` CooperAstor CampbellDonovan Jackson
Commissioner Gordon 3:03
4. `Fuck Me Pumps`
WinehouseRemi
Remi 3:20
5. `I Heard Love Is Blind` Winehouse Remi 2:10
6. `Moody`s Mood for Love`/`Teo Licks`
Jimmy McHughDorothy FieldsJames Moody/Winehouse
Remi/Commissioner Gordon 3:28
7. `(There Is) No Greater Love`
Isham JonesMarty Symes
Commissioner Gordon 2:08
8. `In My Bed`
WinehouseRemi
Remi 5:17
9. `Take the Box`
WinehouseLuke Smith
WinehouseJony Rockstar[a]
3:20
10. `October Song`
WinehouseMatt RoweStefan Skarbek
Commissioner Gordon 3:24
11. `What Is It About Men`
WinehouseHowardPaul WatsonL. SmithWilliamsE. SmithWilburn `Squiddley` ColeCooperD. Jackson
Commissioner Gordon 3:29
12. `Help Yourself`
WinehouseJimmy Hogarth
Hogarth 5:01
13. `Amy Amy Amy`/`Outro`/`Brother` (hidden track)/`Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)` (hidden track)
WinehouseRoweSkarbek/WinehouseRemi/WinehouseE. SmithTeodross AveryD. JacksonCampbellWilliams/WinehouseRalph MacDonaldWilliam Salter
Rowe/Remi

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Frank.[65]

Amy Winehouse – vocals, guitar, production
21st Century Jazz – accompaniment
John Adams – organ, Rhodes
Robert Aaron – flute, saxophone
Teodross Avery – saxophone
Ian Barter – guitar
Rudy Bird – percussion, shaker
Houston `House` Bowen – engineering assistance
Ben Bryant – engineering assistance
Errol Campbell – drums, percussion
Wilburn `Squiddley` Cole – drums
Commissioner Gordon – drums, effects, engineering, mixing, percussion, production, programming, turntables
Delroy `Chris` Cooper – bass
Tom Coyne – mastering
Cameron Craig – mixing
Tanya Darby – trumpet
Tom Elmhirst – mixing
Jeni Fujita – backing vocals
Vincent Henry – alto flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Hogarth – bass, drums, guitar, mixing, percussion, production, programming
Felix Howard – backing vocals
Stafford Hunter – trombone
Timothy Hutton – horn
Donovan Jackson – keyboards, organ, Rhodes
Gregory Jackson – bass
Kate Lower – coordinator
Michael Nash Associates – cover design
Charles Moriarty – cover photography
Gary `Mon` Noble – engineering, mixing
Steve `Esp` Nowa – engineering assistance
Valerie Phillips – photography
John Piretti – engineering assistance
Bruce Purse – baritone horn, bass trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet
Salaam Remi – arrangement, drum programming, drums, electric bass, electric upright bass, mixing, organ, percussion, production
Jony Rockstar – additional production
Matt Rowe – backing vocals, production, trumpet
Jeremy Shaw – guitar
Stefan Skarbek – backing vocals, trumpet
Martin Slattery – Hammond organ, horn, Wurlitzer
Earl `Chinna` Smith – guitar
Luke Smith – bass, keyboards, piano
Lenny Underwood – keyboards, piano
Richard Wilkinson – additional drums
Brent Williams – mixing assistance
Troy Wilson – drums