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| Artist: Duffy
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $7.95
You Save: $6.03 (43%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  183 reviews
Sales Rank: 55
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 001082202
UPC: 602517629769
EAN: 0602517629769
ASIN: B0014I4KIK
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Rockferry May 20, 2008
27 out of 33 found this review helpful
Duffy-Rockferry ****1/2
Listen, good tunes is good tunes. Those naysayers who are calling this just a trendy, marketed album that wouldn't sell if it weren't for the advertising, well I must argue that untrue as I have never seen, nor heard an add for the album. I heard the voice on the radio and bought the album. So there ya go. She is apparently Welsh which must be where the charm in her looks and vocals come from. The smokey feel of her voice and the martini lounge attitude of the instrumentation make Rockferry a very rewarding debut album. On that note, this sounds very advanced for a debut.
Songs like the sultry lead single (destined to be a massive hit) 'Mercy' and the defiant 'Stepping Stone' so a heavier more intense side to Duffy, while others like the elegant 'Warwick Avenue' and the Dusty Springfield-ish 'Serious' show a more refined, but none the less soulful side of her.
While I do see that yes, there could be improvement but, not much, and for a debut, this is a damn good one. Duffy is destined to be a big star and rightfully so. The girls got soul!
 Just Okay May 14, 2008
22 out of 35 found this review helpful
The fictional biography that the marketing groups created for this girl ("growing up in isolation listening to old records") did not really take hold in the U.S. for this foreign (American Idol-type) contest runner-up. This is actually Aimée Duffy's second album, produced to sound a bit like Amy Winehouse-lite. But the vocals are a little summery thin and one-dimensional, closer to Norah Jones than Amy Winehouse or even newcomer Adele. The album is just okay. Worth a listen for $6.99 but not much more.
Duffy - Debut of an Amazing Talent and Future Superstar May 14, 2008
15 out of 23 found this review helpful
A friend described "Rockferry" as the greatest debut album released since the first Pretenders album. Reviewers liken her to 1960's British icon Dusty Springfield, while others term her a new "Amy Winehouse." Duffy apparently was a runner-up on the Welsh version of American Idol in 2003 or so. If she was the runner-up, then who the heck won?
She's an original and charming performer with a voice that will blast you out of your seat. All 10 songs on this debut that Duffy also co-wrote with Suede's Bernard Butler are potential breakout hits. Duffy delivers "Warwick Avenue," "Mercy," "Rockferry" and most of the other songs and B-sides linked to the album with total sincerity.
Along with friends, I attended her May 12, 2008 concert at NYC's Apollo Theater, an appropriate venue for a blue-eyed queen of soul (hence the Dusty comparisons). The set was short, only about 70 minutes or so. But Duffy and her wonderful band rocked the house, leaving the audience in awe of her vocal pyrotechnics. If you get the chance, do not hesitate to see her live.
We liked her so much that I stood in line the next day to hear her at an in-store appearance where she did a great acoustic three-song set. I haven't stood in line to meet an artist before. But it was a pleasure to have a chance to say hello and wish her well with this awesome CD. Buy a copy now when it's $6.99 on Amazon. Otherwise, the price is going to jack up as more hits emerge from this beautifully-produced set. Kudos to Rough Trade Records for putting her together with Butler and striking solid gold (do they have gold and platinum albums anymore?)
If you can, also seek out an Internet copy or check out YouTube to listen to another future #1 hit - "Breaking My Own Heart" (not a track on Rockferry).
Duffy is the real deal and deserves an amazing career. She's attractive enough to be a movie star with a voice that comes along once in a generation. She also seems like a genuinely nice person and someone who really appreciates what is sure to be a devoted fan base.
 Manufactured "Next Big Thing" May 15, 2008
12 out of 35 found this review helpful
Evidently some music industry executive has decided that this album is going to be the Next Big Thing in music, because of the amazing advertising ... free song video download from iTunes using redeemable cards at Starbucks, ads on prominent webpages (possibly the way you got to this webpage), etc.
This would be necessary as the music won't sell itself on your own, unless you're looking for the latest in music fashion or bubblegum sounds. It's empty. Overused pop music hooks twisted around and sold again ... annoying, screeching vocals ... the usual vapid lyrics. It's just so boring. Any of the last ten contestants on American Idol could have done better.
Ho hum May 15, 2008
11 out of 20 found this review helpful
Duffy does have a lovely voice and I especially like Mercy, which was the basis on which I preordered this CD, via a local radio station. But I was very disappointed with the rest of the album. The other songs are forgettable, roll into each other, and quite frankly bored me. I do believe she has alot of potential and a great voice but her song choices really need to be looked at.
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