Endlessly (Duffy album)

Endlessly is the second studio album by Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy. The album was released on 29 November 2010 on A&M Records.^[3]

In late January 2010 Rough Trade Management, who with Jeanette Lee had managed Duffy, announced that they and the singer had parted amicably with the company. Duffy's new management said that "professional relationship between Duffy and Rough Trade management has run its course."^[4]^[5]

On 16 September Duffy announced the release of her second album Endlessly. The album was recorded in New York and London in the year prior to the announcement. Duffy formed a songwriting partnership with Albert Hammond for the record. Endlessly was released in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2010. The album's lead single was scheduled on 21 November and is entitled "Well, Well, Well". It features a rhythm section by United States hip hop group The Roots.^[5]^[6]^[7] The music video for "Well, Well, Well" premiered on Duffy's Youtube channel on 11 October 2010.^[8] The album received mixed to negative reviews, some thinking that its appeal had been limited by Duffy's exclusive collaboration with Hammond.^[9].

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[10]
The A.V. Club	(C-)^[11]
Chicago Tribune	^[12]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[13]
The Guardian	^[14]
Los Angeles Times	^[15]
Paste	(6.8/10)^[16]
Rolling Stone	^[17]
Slant Magazine	^[18]
SPIN	(7/10)^[19]

Upon its release, Endlessly received generally mixed reviews from most music critics.^[20] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".^[20]

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Albert Hammond and Duffy, except track 9 written by Don Paul and Paddy Chambers, track 3, 5, 8 additional producer by Stuart Price (also co-produced on track 4)

Standard edition^[21]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Boy"	3:27
2.	"Too Hurt to Dance"	3:15
3.	"Keeping My Baby"	2:49
4.	"Well, Well, Well"	2:45
5.	"Don't Forsake Me"	4:01
6.	"Endlessly"	2:59
7.	"Breath Away"	4:12
8.	"Lovestruck"	2:52
9.	"Girl"	2:26
10.	"Hard for the Heart"	4:57

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[22]	27
Austrian Albums Chart	17
Belgian Albums Chart	28
Danish Albums Chart	17
Dutch Albums Chart	18
Finland Albums Chart^[23]	10
French Albums Chart	18
German Albums Chart^[24]	15
German Downloads Chart^[25]	4
Greek Albums Chart^[26]	10
Irish Albums Chart^[27]	27
Italy Albums Chart^[28]	85
Spanish Album Chart	40
New Zealand Albums Chart	19
UK Albums Chart	9
Swedish Albums Chart	4
Swiss Music Charts	10
U.S Billboard 200	62

Release history

Standard edition

Region	Date	Label
Germany,^[29] Australia	November 26, 2010	Polydor, Universal Music
Argentina^[30]	November 26, 2010	Universal Music
Brazil^[31]	November 27, 2010	Universal Music
United Kingdom	November 29, 2010	A&M Records, Polydor
United States^[32]	December 7, 2010	Mercury Records

References

^ "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Endlessly single on Amazon.com
^ "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ Duffy turns her back on record company Wales online 29 January 2010
^ ^a ^b Duffy Teams With Roots, Albert Hammond Billboard 16 September 2010
^ Duffy unveils new 'hip hop' album BBC Radio 1 8 October 2010
^ Murray, Robin (16 September 2010). "Duffy Confirms Second Album". Clash. Clash Music. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
^ "Duffy - Well, Well, Well". YouTube.
^ See, for example, Mojo, January 2011.
^ Bush, John (2010-12-07). "Endlessly - Duffy". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Koski, Genevieve (2010-12-07). "Duffy: Endlessly | Music | Music Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Turn It Up: Album review: Duffy, 'Endlessly'". Leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Reviewed by Melissa Maerz (2010-12-01). "Endlessly | Music". EW.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Text "Dec 01, 2010" ignored (help)
^ Dean, Will (November 25, 2010). "Duffy: Endlessly – review". The Guardian. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
^ December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07). "Album review: Duffy's 'Endlessly' | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Text " 6:00 am" ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Duffy: Endlessly :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ By Jody Rosen (2010-12-07). "Endlessly by Duffy | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Cole, Matthew (November 28, 2010). "Album Review: Duffy:: Endlessly". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
^ Petrusich, Amanda. "Duffy, 'Endlessly' (Mercury)". SPIN. Retrieved November 30, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Endlessly Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
^ "Endlessly:Duffy: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ Steffen Hung. "Duffy - Endlessly". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Unheilig wieder on top der Album-Charts - media control". Media-control.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Black Eyed Peas von null auf eins in die Download-Charts - media control". Media-control.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ Greek Top 75 Albums Chart
^ Irish Top 100 Albums Chart
^ "Chart Track". Italy Albums Chart. GfK. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
^ "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ Duffy - Endlessly (Brazil release date)
^ Amazon.com page

[1] "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[2] Endlessly single on Amazon.com

[3] "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[SplitRoughTrade-4] Duffy turns her back on record company Wales online 29 January 2010

[BillboardEndlessly-5] Duffy Teams With Roots, Albert Hammond Billboard 16 September 2010

[BBCEndlesslyPatagonia-6] Duffy unveils new 'hip hop' album BBC Radio 1 8 October 2010

[clash-7] Murray, Robin (16 September 2010). "Duffy Confirms Second Album". Clash. Clash Music. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

[8] "Duffy - Well, Well, Well". YouTube.

[9] See, for example, Mojo, January 2011.

[10] Bush, John (2010-12-07). "Endlessly - Duffy". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[11] Koski, Genevieve (2010-12-07). "Duffy: Endlessly | Music | Music Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[12] "Turn It Up: Album review: Duffy, 'Endlessly'". Leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[13] Reviewed by Melissa Maerz (2010-12-01). "Endlessly | Music". EW.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Text "Dec 01, 2010" ignored (help)

[14] Dean, Will (November 25, 2010). "Duffy: Endlessly – review". The Guardian. Retrieved December 1, 2010.

[15] December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07). "Album review: Duffy's 'Endlessly' | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Text " 6:00 am" ignored (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[16] "Duffy: Endlessly :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[17] By Jody Rosen (2010-12-07). "Endlessly by Duffy | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[18] Cole, Matthew (November 28, 2010). "Album Review: Duffy:: Endlessly". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2010.

[19] Petrusich, Amanda. "Duffy, 'Endlessly' (Mercury)". SPIN. Retrieved November 30, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[Metacritic-20] "Endlessly Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-11-30.

[21] "Endlessly:Duffy: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

[22] Steffen Hung. "Duffy - Endlessly". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[23] "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[24] "Unheilig wieder on top der Album-Charts - media control". Media-control.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[25] "Black Eyed Peas von null auf eins in die Download-Charts - media control". Media-control.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[26] Greek Top 75 Albums Chart

[27] Irish Top 100 Albums Chart

[28] "Chart Track". Italy Albums Chart. GfK. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

[29] "Endlessly: Duffy: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

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[31] Duffy - Endlessly (Brazil release date)

[32] Amazon.com page

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