@thetimes: What was it like to work on Amy Winehouse's Back to Black?⁠ ⁠ It had been a year since Winehouse’s debut, Frank, a sarcastic, funny jazz/hip-hop break-up record, had been released to polite rather than deafening interest. Looking out of her bedroom window and worrying that a couple of passing skateboarders might fall over and hurt themselves, she didn’t seem like a tortured soul; a bit wild maybe, but no more so than countless other London girls.⁠ ⁠ That was before drugs, fame and mad love with her boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil, who went to rehab for addiction issues, changed everything. Winehouse’s life was unquestionably destroyed by those three forces — she died in 2011 from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. But they also fuelled the passion and pain that she poured into her 2006 album Back to Black.⁠ ⁠ Twenty years on, the rapper Nas, producer Salaam Remi and the team behind the singer’s Grammy-winning album remember her wit, talent — and frailty.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Tap the link to read the full story by @blancaschofield #amywinehouse #ukmusic #backtoblack #album #grammys

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