Music CD - Duffy: Rockferry

	Music CD: Rockferry Artist: Duffy List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $6.99 Your Save: $ 6.99 ( 50% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Mercury
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Tracks: 1. Rockferry 2. Warwick Avenue 3. Serious 4. Stepping Stone 5. Syrup & Honey 6. Hanging On Too Long 7. Mercy 8. Delayed Devotion 9. Scared 10. Distant Dreamer
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517629769 Label: Mercury Manufacturer: Mercury Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mercury Release Date: 2008-05-13 Studio: Mercury
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: No Filler... how rare is that? Comment: I think a lot of the negative reviews must reflect people's displeasure with the obviously massive marketing effort being carried out on Duffy's behalf. Either that, those reviewers just don't like soulful pop music. In addition, they seem to be making a concerted effort to cast negative votes on any positive review. All I can say is, I enjoyed Rockferry the whole way through, which is always a shock when I'm more used to being sucked in by hype, paying full price for a recording, and then only liking a couple of songs. On Rockferry, there were only one or two songs that I didn't love at first listen, but even then, they had excellent choruses that captured my attention, and I came around to appreciating the songs just a few listens later. To those who say Duffy doesn't seem like she really FEELS the soul, I would say that sincerity of that sort is difficult to quantify, and whether a particular singer has it or not is debatable. There's also the youth angle... some seem to think that no one who is as young as Duffy can convincingly sing soul music. There is an argument to be made there, as well as an argument against. No doubt, the older a singer gets, the more life experience he or she has to put into the work, but I think life is sufficiently difficult and complicated that young people DO know what it's like to go through difficult experiences. Nor do I think you have to have grown up in a trailer or to have been abused by your parents from the age of two to experience depression, sadness, existential angst and the like. So give Duffy a break. She is the age she is. Don't hate her because you hate her marketing campaign! If you at all like soulful music, go out and buy this. Well, let me revise that... listen to a couple of the 30 second samples and make sure that this is your type of music, and if you like what you hear, believe me, the rest of the album won't let you down. It's sinfully cheap right now on Amazon, but it would easily be worth it at full price. Customer Rating: Summary: the white Brit soul invasion continues Comment: I had heard Duffy's "Rockferry" a few months ago when it came out in the UK and immediately liked the song and her voice. After to listening to the cd I do like it as a whole. She's sort of Dusty Springfield meets Amy Winehouse without the lesbianism, alcohol and drug abuse (or at least for now, who knows she could self-destruct down the line). Her voice has that raspy quality that is prevalent in a number of the blue-eyed soul ladies coming out of the UK now (Adele, Gabriella Cilmi, Ms. Winehouse, Estelle to name a few). 60's soul sounding songs with a modern take seem to be a big thing over there and every now and then one of those artists does breakthrough over here and I hope Duffy will take off. This is a good first effort I look forward to seeing how things go for her. Customer Rating: Summary: 10 tracks a solid 10 Comment: Goodbye Amy Winehouse, Hello Duffy. Duffy's got the same retro sound--some liken her to Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Petula Clark, or yep, Amy Winehouse. Duffy's got a strong soulful voice that cuts right to the bone. "Mercy" was the cut that got my attention, but listen to the dark "Rockferry" or "Warwick Avenue." Those are the three header cuts, but they're all worth a repeat or three on the turntable. Just listen for yourself and see what I mean. You need longer cuts than what's on this page, Youtube has several to pick from and they'll sell this CD. My only complaint is this CD is short at only ten tracks. It's still well worth the price. Customer Rating: Summary: Ho hum Comment: 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Manufactured "Next Big Thing" Comment: 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. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Rockferry, the Welsh singer's lovingly constructed debut album, has already succeeded beyond expectations, and although Duffy may not quite be the ingénue portrayed by a clever press campaign (she nearly won a local television talent show a few years back while a single credited to Aimee Duffy is still available on iTunes) she is surely the most appealing of the current flood of young soul sirens. The astonishing title track, co-written by Bernard Butler, sounded like a lost transmission that had taken decades to get through as soon as it hit radio last year. But the gently rolling soul ballad "Stepping Stone", that strapping, inescapable monster hit "Mercy", the ice cool "Serious" (the one time she really does channel the spirit of Dusty Springfield) and the wistful, elegant "Warwick Avenue" are similarly effective. Suggestions by some that Rockferry is little more than sixties pastiche are churlish. Butler's previous work with David McAlmont (featured here as a backing singer) showed his skill at writing and arranging the dramatic, while her other collaborators such as Steve Booker and the team of Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White are hardly lightweights. But despite some wonderful orchestral settings, it's Duffy's terrific voice that makes this so satisfying, even overpowering Butler's exquisitely underplayed guitar work on "Rockferry" itself. Growling the blues on "Syrup & Honey" or belting it out over his lovingly arranged wall of sound on "Distant Dreamer", she sets the tone throughout, several of her songs dealing with escape, both physical and romantic. The sound of someone singing herself to stardom, Rockferry is at times genuinely amazing. --Steve Jelbert