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However anybody feels about Winehouse, I don't think enough credit is given to her producer(s). Remember that most of what someone sounds like is a product of good production and not necessarily the artist.
HEARING her music is kinda enjoyable but to me, her IMAGE is a manufactured rock-and-roll cliche. Personally, I opt for the sound of her fellow Brits Portishead, particularly Beth Gibbons, who captures the soul but who has never felt the need to demonstrate some sort of paparazzi-pleasing depravity for "street cred." Listen to "Glory Box" off of their first album (1994) and tell me if you don't agree. Now THAT sends chills up the nape of my neck!
