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Music chiefs: We didn't say no, no, no to Amy
Last updated at 13:03pm on 23.03.09Amy Winehouse's record company today denied she had been told to re-record her new album.
Demo tracks: Amy Winehouse
The troubled 25-year-old singer laid down some demo tracks while on a recent three-month break in the Caribbean. It was reported that when she played them to bosses at Island Records on her return to the UK, she was told they were not happy with her new sound and they told her to come up with a different set of songs.
A source told The Sun: "Amy was very productive during her stay in St Lucia. She wrote a hell of a lot of songs, but the majority of them just aren't hitting the mark. She seems to have ditched her trademark vintage soul sound and is now heavily influenced by reggae. Her bosses don't think it's a wise move for her to change her style so sharply and they have told her that plainly." The source also claimed that the lyrics for Winehouse's new songs, which were focused on husband Blake Fielder-Civil, were too "dark" for the company. But a spokesman for Island Records denied the story, saying: "It's absolutely not true."
