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Posthumous Winehouse album- Before her tragic death Saturday, Amy Winehouse had been working on a third album — a follow-up to her Grammy-winning hit Back to Black — that she was planning to release next year.
Record industry insiders are now floating the idea of posthumously releasing the work she's done so far, which was quite successful following the deaths of John Lennon and Otis Redding, among others. But given the troubled, unhealthy state the singer was in when she recorded these songs, would it be disrespectful to publish the unfinished tracks?
It's a delicate situation: A posthumous release of new music "can be both a boon for the artist's legacy and a gift to the fan," says Billboard's Keith Caulfield, as quoted by The Christian Science Monitor. But only "if handled correctly." It's key to have someone who knew the artist well dictate what songs get put out, to avoid "the whiff of exploitation" that tainted the posthumous release of Michael Jackson's music. If chosen well, a fresh batch of tracks could "extend" Winehouse's career, as it did for Buddy Holly, Tupac Shakur, and Elvis.
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Record industry insiders are now floating the idea of posthumously releasing the work she's done so far, which was quite successful following the deaths of John Lennon and Otis Redding, among others. But given the troubled, unhealthy state the singer was in when she recorded these songs, would it be disrespectful to publish the unfinished tracks?
It's a delicate situation: A posthumous release of new music "can be both a boon for the artist's legacy and a gift to the fan," says Billboard's Keith Caulfield, as quoted by The Christian Science Monitor. But only "if handled correctly." It's key to have someone who knew the artist well dictate what songs get put out, to avoid "the whiff of exploitation" that tainted the posthumous release of Michael Jackson's music. If chosen well, a fresh batch of tracks could "extend" Winehouse's career, as it did for Buddy Holly, Tupac Shakur, and Elvis.
Read more: Yahoo
