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| Producer = [[Bernard Butler]] Steve Booker
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| Reviews = *''[[Alt-UK]]'' {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.alt-uk.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=476]
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* ''[[Digital Spy]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a90155/duffy-rockferry.html link]
* ''[[Digital Spy]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a90155/duffy-rockferry.html link]

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Rockferry is the debut album of Welsh singer Duffy, released on 3 March 2008. Prior to releasing the album, Duffy appeared twice on Jools Holland's music show, performing the tracks Mercy, Warwick Avenue and her version of The First Cut Is The Deepest.

Rockferry, according to Duffy[1], is loosely based on Rock Ferry, a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula and approximately 10 miles from the Welsh border and 3 miles from Liverpool.

Release and reception

Aside from a largely unenthusiastic review by NME, the album has generally received positive reviews from critics. The Observer, for example, gave the album a 5 out of 5, describing it as 'a fantastic album of burning blue soul' and drawing comparisons to Amy Winehouse and The Supremes.[2]

On its first day of release in the UK the album sold 60,000 copies, outselling the rest of the top 10 combined and setting it on course to become one of the fastest selling debuts ever.[3] It sold 180,000 copies in the UK alone in its first week, and consequently spent four weeks at the top spot. Despite falling to number 2 in the charts after the release of REM's Accelerate, it again rose to the top a week later. This makes a cumulative total of 5 weeks in the number 1 spot. It is estimated to have sold around 800,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

  1. "Rockferry" (Duffy/Bernard Butler) 4:14
  2. "Warwick Avenue" (Duffy/Jimmy Hogarth/Eg White) 4:48
  3. "Serious" (Duffy/Bernard Butler) 3:48
  4. "Stepping Stone" (Duffy/Steve Booker) 3:28
  5. "Syrup & Honey" (Duffy/Bernard Butler) 3:18
  6. "Hanging On Too Long" (Duffy/Jimmy Hogarth/Eg White) 3:56
  7. "Mercy" (Duffy/Steve Booker) 3:42
  8. "Delayed Devotion" (Duffy/Jimmy Hogarth/Eg White) 2:57
  9. "I'm Scared" (Duffy/Jimmy Hogarth) 3:08
  10. "Distant Dreamer" (Duffy/Bernard Butler) 5:05

Charts

Charts (2008) Peak
position 		Sales Cert
Australian Albums Chart 12[4]
Belgium Albums Chart 4[5]
French Albums Chart 4[6]
Denmark Albums Chart 3[5]
Greek International Albums Chart 1[7]
Irish Albums Chart 1 [5]
Netherlands Albums Chart 2[8]
Italian Albums Chart 6[9]
Norway Albums Chart 12[10]
Polish Albums Chart 49 [11]
Switzerland Albums Chart 2[12]
UK Albums Chart 1[5] 600,000 2x Platinum
United World Chart 2 [13] 800,000

Singles

Charted songs

The following songs charted on release of the album due to strong download sales.


Preceded by Irish Album Chart number-one album
March 6 2008 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by UK Album Chart number-one album (First Run)
March 9 2008 - April 6 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Album Chart number-one album(Second Run)
April 13 2008- 		Succeeded by
incumbent

References

  1. ^ Uncut Magazine 2008
  2. ^ CD: Duffy, Rockferry | Pop | guardian.co.uk Music
  3. ^ Duffy | Welsh songbird | Rocks the album charts | The Sun |HomePage|Showbiz|Bizarre
  4. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50
  5. ^ a b c d "Duffy - Rockferry worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved March 9 2008.
  6. ^ http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/topalb/alb0814.stm
  7. ^ http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm
  8. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?key=84623&cat=a
  9. ^ http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm
  10. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?key=84623&cat=a
  11. ^ "OLIS - Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaży". OLIS. Retrieved April 11 2008.
  12. ^ http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  13. ^ "United World Chart".world.Retrieved March 22 2008.
  14. ^ Chart Stats - Duffy - Warwick Avenue
  15. ^ Chart Stats - Duffy - Stepping Stone
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