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"There are two clear traditions of diva in soul music. On one side there is Diana Ross -- and her natural heir, Beyonce -- all immaculate polish and surface. And on the other there are the likes of Etta James -- a woman whose music reeks of desire and emotion. Its to this Dark Soul tradition that Amy Winehouse aspires - shes certainly got the voice for it. And the music. The much praised opening track, Rehab, comes across like an obscure northern soul gem, riddled with pathos and melodrama. In fact none of the music here sounds like it was made after 1967... Much of the rest of this pleasingly short album - eleven three-minute or so tracks -- goes on to explore the joyful misery of being young, messy and in love/lust. -- Matt Harvey, bbc.co.uk (Republic)
