( EW.com ) -- `` Like smoke , I stick around , '' Winehouse purrs on `` Lioness : Hidden Treasures . '' It 's a strange thing to hear the late songstress promise : Sticking around was never really her thing . For her , anything not meant to last -- the golden years of Motown , doomed romance -- was always worth loving more fiercely . So it 's bittersweet that this not-totally-essential set of covers and rarities refuses to let her leave us for good . True , as posthumous albums go , it 's leagues beyond hastily assembled fare like Michael Jackson 's `` Immortal . '' That 's a credit to producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson , who also helmed her 2006 classic `` Back to Black . '' Wisely sticking to early versions of girl-group gems ( Ruby & the Romantics ' `` Our Day Will Come '' ) , outtakes ( 2002 's ? uestlove-aided `` Halftime '' ) , and alternate versions of singles , the album largely sidesteps the dozen or so post- '' Black '' recordings that Winehouse made while battling her addictions . ( `` Lioness '' includes just two original tracks . ) Hearing the clear-eyed , full-voiced Winehouse of 2004 's `` Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow '' give way to the scorched rasp of 2008 's `` Between the Cheats '' is heartbreaking . It 's only on Leon Russell 's `` A Song for You '' that it 's clear she had anything left to give after `` Black . '' Recorded at home in the spring of 2009 , it reveals the singer at her most raw : `` When my life is over/Remember when we were together/And I was singing this song for you , '' she cries , her voice growing quieter and quieter . Like smoke , she was fading away before she was gone . EW.com rating : B. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
`` Lioness '' is leagues beyond hastily assembled fare like Michael Jackson 's `` Immortal . '' The album largely sidesteps the dozen or so post- '' Black '' recordings . Recorded at home in the spring of 2009 , it reveals the singer at her most raw .