Rockferry

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
iRockferry/i, 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 iRockferry/i 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, iRockferry/i is at times genuinely amazing. iSteve Jelbert/i

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Customer reviews

review by: lovethemusic date: 2009-06-28 rating:
A-Star buy
This has been a quality buy for me. Bought it for my dad and it was in prestine quality. The sound quality is amazing.

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review by: date: 2009-05-16 rating:
A great CD
A great debut CD from a first class singer. All that remains is to ask when is her next album out ?

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review by: A Budding Author date: 2009-05-13 rating:
Oh Dear, Once she learns to Sing.....
Well written songs, but I am afraid her warbling just isn't up to it.. What passes for talent these days.... ;-(

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review by: date: 2009-05-02 rating:
Dissappointing
Having got this on the strength of the singles 'Mercy', 'Rockferry', and 'Warwick Avenue', I have to confess to being dissappointed by the album. It's nicely put together and produced, and even hangs together well as an album, but it's all a bit too safe and predictable to be exciting. It makes for a neat, slickly done, sixties soul pastiche, but never really rises above that to become something in its own right.


review by: date: 2009-04-18 rating:
Duffy
Bought this for wife's birthday. Not my cup of tea personally but OK for any of you Duffy fans out there.

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