Sometimes they are philosophical and poised – as in Love is a Losing Game – sometimes they’re stroppy and tough. The 11 songs Amy Winehouse wrote for Back to Black are a poetic response to chaotic feelings. It’s at this point the talent takes over. Deep in the throes of addiction and with the skills of denial developed from a lifetime hiding an eating disorder, she bullishly insisted she was fine, while desperately throwing everything, utterly everything, into the lyrics for her new album as her sole salvation. This lead to a series of bleak, drunken episodes and ultimately some kind of intervention, in which friends and family tried to encourage her to look after herself.
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