Songs from Amy Winehouse’s album revealed

12 tracks, dating back to 2002 announced

More details have been revealed about Amy Winehouse’s posthumous album.

Released on December 5, Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures contains original tracks and covers.

Producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson spent two weeks on the material after the singer died on July 23, aged 27, and most of the recordings are the first takes of songs which were then reworked.

Remi previously worked with Winehouse on her two albums Frank and Back to Black.

Seven of the 12 tracks were played to journalists in a Soho recording studio earlier this week.

One song, Between the Cheats, reportedly tells of cheating ex-husband Blake Fielder Civil while Winehouse is alleged to have recorded another while high on drugs.

From each album sold, £1 will be donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity set up in the singer's honour.

Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures

1) Our Day Will Come (Reggae Version) – Reggae re-working of classic 60’s doo wop song produced by Salaam Remi. Recorded May 2002.

2) Between The Cheats – New Amy composition recorded in London in May 2008 for potential inclusion on album three produced by Salaam Remi.

3) Tears Dry – Originally written by Amy as a ballad, this is the original version she recorded in November 2005 in Miami with Salaam. The later uptempo version  appears on “Back To Black”.

4) Wake Up Alone – the first song recorded for the “Back To Black” sessions. This is the one-take demo recorded in March 2006 by Paul O’Duffy.

5) Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Amy’s beautiful reading of the Carole King written Shirelles classic. Produced by Mark Ronson and featuring the Dap Kings with string arrangements by Chris Elliott who did all the strings for Mark’s tracks on “Back To Black”. Recorded in September 2004.

6) Valerie – one of Amy’s jukebox favourites. This is the original slower tempo version of the Mark Ronson produced post Back To Black single. Recorded in December 2006.

7) Like Smoke featuring NAS  – Amy and Nas became really good friends after Amy name checked the New York rapper on Back To Black’s Me & Mr Jones.  Like Smoke is finally Amy doing a song with one of her favourite artists. Produced by Salaam Remi. Recorded in May 2008.

8) The Girl From Ipanema – The first song the 18 year old Amy sang when she first went to Miami to record with Salaam. “The way she re-interpreted this bossa nova classic made me realise that I was dealing with a very special talent. Her approach to the song was so young and fresh, it really inspired the rest of our sessions,” Salaam said at the time. Recorded in May 2002.

9) Halftime – Amy had talked to Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of the Roots about working together. “Halftime” is a song that Amy and Salaam had worked on since the Frank sessions.  The result is beautiful. Recorded in August 2002.

10) Best Friends – Frank era live set opener produced by Salaam Remi. Probably the first song that early Amy fans would have heard live. Recorded in February 2003.

11) Body & Soul with Tony Bennett - Cover of 30s jazz standard with hero Tony Bennett. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios London in March 2011 and produced by Phil Ramone. Amy’s final studio recording.

12) A Song For You – Heartbreaking and emotional version of the Leon Russell classic made famous by Donny Hathaway. Hathaway was Amy’s all-time favourite artist and the song was recorded in one take, just Amy and her guitar, at her home in London during the spring of 2009 as she battled her demons. Produced by Salaam Remi.

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