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| Artist: Duffy
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $7.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  184 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
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:
 Thin Mimicry At Best June 24, 2008
5 out of 25 found this review helpful
This album is not worth even $1.99. The music is unoriginal, and the performance is thin. It is what you would expect from a runner up performer from the Welsh version of American Idol. The music is as false as her biography, and the only genuine thing is her failed attempt to be the next Amy Winehouse.
Must be something in the water in Wales May 14, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Tom Jones and Duffy - both are from Wales, so maybe there's something in the water...
I loathe Amy Wino-house - her "Rehab" song is like a nail on a chalkboard: she's the worst singer to ever come out of England.
Duffy is everything Wino-house isn't: talented, pretty, modest and real. A fantastic voice with outstanding phrasing, but please don't compare her with Dusty (very different voice) - her closest "voice sister" on several of the tracks would be Ronnie Spector. However, it's when she "quiets" down a wee bit, when the big Phil Spector sound is absent and the sound is more Stax or Motown that she really shines.
"Mercy" is getting the most attention and it's very good - the video is fab. But the best track hands-down is #4 "Stepping Stone" - I get shivers when I listen to it.
Sadly, I fear that the hype, the tour supporting this album and the packaging that the evil marketing people are doing might doom her - people will tire of her fairly soon and move on to the next thrill and that's a real shame.
It's obviously not her fault that she's white and British, but I can't blame some folks if they roll their eyes at the parading of yet another Great White Hope in the soul/pop genre. But: let's judge her for her talent, her voice and her song writing (she writes the lyrics and co-writes the music).
I give it four stars because there's a little too much Phil Spector on it - at times it borders on pastiche... albeit very good pastiche. But there are enough excellent tracks that make up for the Wall of Sound overkill.
As for Amy Wino-House: could someone lock her up and throw away the key, please? Now.
Pretty impressive debut with a throwback sound May 14, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Until a couple weeks ago I had never heard of Duffy, but I caught her on The Tonight Show singing "Mercy". At first glance I thought it was actress Kristen Chenoweth. The song is quite catchy and I saught out her album. Welsh born Duffy is being compared to Amy Winehouse in that she has a 60's girlgroup throwback sound. Indeed the album does sound like it was recorded in the 60's and just recently unearthed. The difference between Winehouse and Duffy is that Winehouse uses a 60's sound with modern lyrics, Duffy is going for the complete 60's sound complete with the dramatic lyrics. Favorite tracks include "Warwick Avenue", "Hanging On Too Long", "Mercy" and "Distant Dreamer"
It's a really good album if you like that throwback style. Lately it seems that the UK is breeding all the new artists with something interesting to offer.
 Excited For Duffy May 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Love her sound! It does sound almost soulful to me, and kind of stripped down to a point. I like her the most out of the girls so far whom have come over to the US from Europe. Can't say I like Amy Winehouse but I do like this girl!! So far this is one of my favorites in 2008. I hope she has a long career ahead of herself.
 Great single, pleasant but not great album May 21, 2008
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
'Mercy' was/is a great single ... but those who bought the album solely on the strength of this will be somewhat disappointed by it ... as I was. OK, so its pleasant enough and it grows on you with each hearing ... but its not a great album. Mercy is a great single and stands out by a mile ... then there are a few songs which are pretty good but not great ... then there are a few songs which feel like album fillers and are not memorable.
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