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* DoubleEntendre: The album title bots refers to Music/FrankSinatra, as well as "being frank".

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* DoubleEntendre: DoubleMeaningTitle: The album title bots refers to Music/FrankSinatra, as well as "being frank".
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* BreakUpSong: "Stronger Than Me", where she leaves her man because he is not strong enough for her.

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* BreakUpSong: "Stronger Than Me", where she leaves her man because he is not strong enough for her. Also "Take the Box", in which the eponymous box is one with stuff left after a breakup.
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* {{Adultery}} In "I Heard Love is Blind" though she doesn't seem to see it that way
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* HiddenTrack: "Cherry", sort of. It's not listed on the back of the sleeve, although it is in the lyrics sheet. Technically it's part of the same track as "You Sent Me Flying", but they're entirely different songs.
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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Music/AmyWinehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.

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'''Frank''' ''Frank'' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Music/AmyWinehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.
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* GoldDigger: "Fuck Me Pumps" is about women who go seeking out wealthy men, especially footballers, with the goal of obtaining their money.
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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.

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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse.Music/AmyWinehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.

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# "Intro/Stronger Than Me"
# "You Sent Me Flying/Cherry"
# "Know You Now"
# "I Heard Love Is Blind"
# "Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks
# "(There is) No Greater Love"
# "In My Bed"
# "Take The Box"
# "October Song"
# "What Is It About Men"
# "Help Yourself"
# "Amy, Amy, Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother" (hidden track) "Mr Magic" (Through the Smoke)(hidden track)

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# "Intro/Stronger Than Me"
Me" (3:54)
# "You Sent Me Flying/Cherry"
Flying/Cherry" (6:50)
# "Know You Now"
Now" (3:03)
# "Fuck Me Pumps" (3:20)
# "I Heard Love Is Blind"
Blind" (2:10)
# "Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks
Licks (3:28)
# "(There is) No Greater Love"
Love" (2:08)
# "In My Bed"
Bed" (5:17)
# "Take The Box"
Box" (3:20)
# "October Song"
Song" (3:24)
# "What Is It About Men"
Men" (3:29)
# "Help Yourself"
Yourself" (5:01)
# "Amy, Amy, Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother" (hidden track) "Mr Magic" (Through the Smoke)(hidden track)
track) (13:14)



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* BreakUpSong: "Stronger Than Me"

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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''A'''my '''A'''my '''A'''my".
* BreakUpSong: "Stronger Than Me"Me", where she leaves her man because he is not strong enough for her.



* {{Sampling}}: "In My Bed" samples Naz's 2003 hit "Made You Look" which in turn sampled The Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 cover of Apache.

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* ProductPlacement: "Fuck Me Pumps"
--> ''With your Gucci bag crew''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Fuck Me Pumps"
--> ''Don't be too upset,''
--> ''If they call you a skank,''
--> ''Cause like the news everyday you get pressed.''
* QuestioningTitle: "What Is It About Men?"
* {{Sampling}}: "In My Bed" samples Naz's 2003 hit "Made You Look" which in turn sampled The Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 cover of Apache."Apache".



* ShoutOut: "October Song" name checks legendary jazz singer Sarah Vaughan in the chorus.

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* ShoutOut: "October Song" name checks legendary jazz singer Sarah Vaughan Music/SarahVaughan in the chorus.chorus.
--> ''Ava was the morning, now she's gone''
--> ''She's reborn like Music/SarahVaughan''



* TakeThat: "Fuck Me Pumps" is an attack on a certain type of women.

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* TakeThat: "Fuck Me Pumps" is an attack on a certain type of women.women who only want to hook up with rich men.



-->''“Hope you all enjoyed your time at the Amy Winehouse Show. Feel free to come back whenever you like but, for now, you can exit to the left and the rear. Take your time and slowly, but quickly, get out, get out..”''

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-->''“Hope -->''Hope you all enjoyed your time at the Amy Winehouse Show. Feel free to come back whenever you like but, for now, you can exit to the left and the rear. Take your time and slowly, but quickly, get out, get out..”''''
* WomenAreDelicate: Subverted by "Stronger Than Me", where Amy thinks her man isn't tough enough for her and even assumes he is gay''
--> ''You should be stronger than me,''
--> ''But instead you're longer than frozen turkey,''
--> ''Why'd you always put me in control?''
--> ''All I need is for my man to live up to his role,''
--> ''Always wanna talk it through - I'm OK''
--> ''Always have to comfort you every day,''
--> ''But that's what I need you to do - are you gay?''
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Winehouse said she was "only 80 percent" behind the album.



* PainfulRhyme: Amy rhymes "Say" and "player" with "Millionaire" in "Fuck Me Pumps". She pronounced it "Millio-naya" to fit.
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* ThatsAllFolks: The emcee's announcement at the end of "Amy Amy Amy" (in a bizarre quirk of CD programming, immediately followed by two more songs).
-->''“Hope you all enjoyed your time at the Amy Winehouse Show. Feel free to come back whenever you like but, for now, you can exit to the left and the rear. Take your time and slowly, but quickly, get out, get out..”''

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Amy, Amy, Amy" also the end of the video for "In My Bed"

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Amy, Amy, Amy" also the end of the video for "In My Bed"Bed".
* OneWordTitle: "Frank".
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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more Soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.

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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. ''Frank'' was unlike Winehouse's later more Soulful soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.



* GriefSong: "The October Song" is about Winehouse's Pet Canary named Ava.

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* GriefSong: "The October Song" is about Winehouse's Pet Canary pet canary named Ava.



* {{Sampling}}: "In My Bed" samples Naz's 2003 hit "Made You Look" which in turn sampled The Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 cver of Apache.

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* {{Sampling}}: "In My Bed" samples Naz's 2003 hit "Made You Look" which in turn sampled The Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 cver cover of Apache.

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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album Music/BackToBlack it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. Frank was unlike Wnehouse's later more Soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.

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'''Frank''' (2003) is the debut album of the late English recording artist Amy Winehouse. Though it was not as popular as her second album Music/BackToBlack ''Music/BackToBlack'' it was still nevertheless very successful and received numerous accolades including an Ivor Novello award and a Brit Award nomination. It has sold over 7 million albums worldwide. Frank ''Frank'' was unlike Wnehouse's Winehouse's later more Soulful work. It was primarily a {{Jazz}} album. It was also much lighter in tone compared to her later darker material as well.



* {{Adultery}} In "I heard Love is Blind" though she doesn't seem to see it that way

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* {{Adultery}} In "I heard Heard Love is Blind" though she doesn't seem to see it that way



* FaceOnTheCover: Amy shown in a pink shirt, laughing.



** {{Adele}} would in turn reference "October Song" when she named her tribute to Amy Winehouse "Amy flies in Paradise" after a line from "October Song" about Amy's pet canary Ava "Ava flies in paradise"

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** {{Adele}} Music/{{Adele}} would in turn reference "October Song" when she named her tribute to Amy Winehouse "Amy flies in Paradise" after a line from "October Song" about Amy's pet canary Ava "Ava flies in paradise"



* TakeThat: "Fuck Me Pumps" is an attack on a certain type of women.

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* TheSomethingSong: "October Song".
* TakeThat: "Fuck Me Pumps" is an attack on a certain type of women.women.
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* BrutalHonesty: She really doesn't hold anything back, not that that's a bad thing.

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* BrutalHonesty: She really doesn't hold anything back, not that that's a bad thing. Even the album title "Frank" symbolizes this (=being frank).



* DoubleEntendre: The album title bots refers to Music/FrankSinatra, as well as "being frank".



* ShoutOut: "October Song" name checks legendary {{Soul}} singer Sarah Vaughan in the chorus.

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* ShoutOut: "October Song" name checks legendary {{Soul}} jazz singer Sarah Vaughan in the chorus.



*** The album is also named after FrankSinatra Amy's biggest influence and idol.

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*** The album title is also named after FrankSinatra a shout-out to Music/FrankSinatra, Amy's biggest influence and idol.idol.
* TakeThat: "Fuck Me Pumps" is an attack on a certain type of women.
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