FRANK (AMY WINEHOUSE ALBUM)

'''Frank''' is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, released by Island Records in October 2003. It was nominated for two BRIT Awards and was short-listed for the Mercury Music Prize. The album spawned the singles "Stronger Than Me", "Take the Box", "In My Bed"/"You Sent Me Flying", and "Pumps"/"Help Yourself". The title is a reference to jazz-oriented singer Frank Sinatra.
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No.60 before climbing to number thirteen in January 2004. It has since been certified platinum for shipment of more than 300,000 copies. During the chart run of Winehouse's second album, 2006's ''Back to Black'', ''Frank'' re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number twenty-two in February 2007, as well as at number forty on two separate occasions in May 2007. It has sold well over 160,000 copies in 2007 alone, and as of September 2007 has sold a total of 415,647 copies in the UK.
According to Amazon.com, ''Frank'' will be released in the United States on 13 November 2007. This is because of the success ''Back to Black'' has achieved and the demand for the album from Winehouse's American fans. The U.S. release of the album will come over four years after its original release in the UK.
The album is mainly a collaboration between Winehouse, who was still a teenager at the time of writing and recording, and noted hip-hop producer Salaam Remi; it features one entirely self-penned Winehouse original, "I Heard Love Is Blind". The rest of the album is mainly composed of Remi's beats and arrangements and Winehouse's lyrics, vocal melodies and guitar work. The album also features two jazz cover versions: the standard "(There Is) No Greater Love" and "Moody's Mood for Love".

Contents

Track listing

Alternate listing

Personnel

Track listing

#"Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" (Salaam Remi, Winehouse) – 3:54
#"You Sent Me Flying / Cherry" (Felix Howard, Remi, Winehouse) – 6:50
#"Know You Now" (Delroy Cooper, Donovan Jackson, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Luke Smith, Gordan Williams, Winehouse) – 3:03
#"Fuck Me Pumps" (Remi, Winehouse) – 3:20
#"I Heard Love Is Blind" (Winehouse) – 2:10
#"Moody's Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody) – 3:28
#"(There Is) No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 2:08
#"In My Bed" (Remi, Winehouse) – 5:17
#"Take the Box" (L. Smith, Winehouse) – 3:20
#"October Song" (Matt Rowe, Stefan Skarbak, Winehouse) – 3:24
#"What It Is About Men" (Wilburn Cole, Cooper, Howard, Jackson, Smith, Paul Watson, Williams, Winehouse) – 3:29
#"Help Yourself" (Jimmy Hogarth, Winehouse) – 5:01
#"Amy Amy Amy / Outro" (Rowe, Skarbek, Winehouse) – 4:14

Alternate listing

According to Discogs.com, this tracklisting is from the Northern American release of the album in 2003.
#"Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" – 3:54
#"You Sent Me Flying / Cherry" – 6:50
#"Fuck Me Pumps" – 3:20
#"I Heard Love Is Blind / Teo Licks" – 2:10
#"(There Is) No Greater Love" - 2:47
#"In My Bed" – 5:17
#"Take the Box" – 3:20
#"October Song" – 3:24
#"What Is It About Men" – 3:29
#"Help Yourself" – 5:01
#"Amy Amy Amy / Outro / Moody's Mood for Love / Know You Know" – 13:16

Personnel

★ Vocals: Amy Winehouse

★ Guitar: Binky Griptite, Thomas Brenneck

★ Harp: Helen Tunstall

★ Violin: Perry Montague-Mason, Chris Tombling, Tom Pigott-Smith, Warren Zielinski, Boguslaw Kostecki, Liz Edwards, Mark Berrow, Peter Hanson, Everton Nelson, Jonathan Rees

★ Viola: Jon Thorne, Katie Wilkinson, Rachel Bolt, Bruce White

★ Cello: John Heley, Joely Koos, Anthony Pleeth

★ Alto Saxophone: Andy Mackintosh, Chris Davies

★ Tenor Saxophone: Jamie Talbot, Mike Smith, Neal Sugarman

★ Baritone Saxophone: Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Vincent Henry, Dave Bishop

★ Trumpet: Steve Sidwell, Dave Guy

★ Bass Trumpet: Bruce Purse

★ Tenor Trombone: Richard Edwards

★ Bass Guitar: Salaam Remi, Nick Movshon

★ Rhodes Piano: John Adams

★ Drums: Troy Auxilly-Wilson, Homer Steinweiss

★ Percussion: Frank Ricotti

★ Hand-Claps: Vaughan Merrick, Mark Ronson, Victor Axelrod