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| Artist: Duffy
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $5.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  164 reviews
Sales Rank: 27
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:
Throwback to 60s British Pop Era May 23, 2008
29 out of 59 found this review helpful
If your looking for Amy Winehouse here, don't. If you're looking for Dusty Springfield here, you can forget that, too, for the most part. What you'll find, mainly, is an amazing album that harkens to the ghosts of Cilla Black and Lulu from the British 60s. Both of thos artists cycled both Mersey pop and R&B ala Motown through their mod singles. Although both Winehouse and Springfield can be peripherally referenced here, it's a lazy reference at best; both of those artists are high profile at the moment, whether it be by chart status (Winehouse) or nostalgic homage (ala Shelby Lynne's latest). If you want a true point of reference for this gifted singer with fabulous taste and a great new (old) sound, go back to the early sixties Brit jukebox.
 Just Okay May 14, 2008
22 out of 38 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 Aimee 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.
 Blue eyed soul from the UK May 13, 2008
18 out of 37 found this review helpful
Duffy is the latest Blue eyed soul singer from the UK, following in the wake of Amy Winehouse. With her kohled eyes and bouffant blonde hairdo, images of Dusty Springfield come to mind, and indeed, it doesn't stop at just her image. She has got the voice to match; light, yet soulful.
Lead-off single (and UK #1 hit) "Mercy" is a bouncy retro sounding Motownish organ inflected song that Ms Springfield could have done.
The rest of the album is filled with lush, catchy ballads all touching on different aspects of love/relationships; "Serious" (sweeping strings and lovely harmonies), the sparse cinematic "Stepping stone" (my favourite), the Blues-tinged acoustic "Syrup and honey", the sweeping, soulful "Hanging on too long", "Scared", the brilliant Phil Spector-ish "Distant dreamer" (which just seems to keep building up - another favourite of mine), "Rockferry", and "Warwick avenue".
Great things were already touted of her (much like Adele) last year before she's even released her album and she's already living up to the hype. Her album hit #1 in the UK seems to have set up house in the top 10. Here's hoping she can cross over the pond and crack the US also.
Duffy - Debut of an Amazing Talent and Future Superstar May 14, 2008
15 out of 33 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 36 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.
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