2003-10-20
Frank
Amy Winehouse
By Maeve C.
Salaam Remi, Commissioner Gordon and Jimmy Hogarth were among the producers of Frank, which Amy Winehouse recorded through 2002 and 2003 at studios including Creative Space in Miami and Abbey Road in London.
“Stronger Than Me” came out two weeks before the album. “Take the Box” and “In My Bed” followed as singles in 2004, the year Frank was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize, and the album also earned Winehouse an Ivor Novello Award. Island released it in the UK first; other territories followed over the next few years, and the US edition arrived in November 2007.
Sources
Rights-holder metadata (℗ 2003 Universal Island Records Ltd.): release date 20 October 2003.Independent corroboration: "released on 20 October 2003, by Island Records", first in the UK (release history cites an Island Records release page), later territories through to the US on 20 November 2007; producers; recording 2002 to 2003 at Creative Space, Abbey Road and others; singles ("Stronger Than Me" 6 October 2003); Ivor Novello Award; 2004 Mercury shortlist.