Duffy is simply a fantastic new artist with a bit of a different style than we're used to hearing. I love this music--I can't say who she reminds me of but she's got a great voice and a wide range of pitch in her music. You can preview her music/video on the net before buying...I like her a lot!

I went ahead and bought this album online after only hearing the single "Mercy" (which is actually starting to drive me nuts after hearing it so many times in commercials, etc) and was really pleasantly surprised at how good of an album it turned out to be. The rest of the songs are more mellow than the first single, but I liked it anyways, as it wasn't as "poppy" sounding. I also bought the Leona Lewis album at the same time, impressed by her performance at the closing ceremonies at the Olympics and found I liked this album a lot better than the Leona Lewis one. Overall a good buy and listen.

Wow, I was not impressed, maybe because of all the hyp about this album. I'll listen again to see if I'm wrong.

This is definitely the best album for me this year.
She is fabulous and her music is so good to listen to.
Will go a long way.
I rate this 5 star plus.

Duffy (originating from Wales) has seemingly come out of nowhere with this album, inviting obvious comparisons to other recent Brit-girl invasions of the US like Amy Winehouse and Adele.

"Rockferry" (10 tracks. 38 min.) starts off with the Motown-sounding title track (and first UK single) and the album rolls on from there, with "Warwick Avenue" (3rd UK single), a very nice tune. The girl has the singing chops, no question about it, check out the almost a-cappella "Syrup & Honey". One of the highlights of the album is of course "Mercy" (2nd UK single), which is finding airplay on US mainstream radio stations. In all, the album flows by effortlessly and sounds great from start to finish. Other highlights include a great "Serious" and the pensive but beautiful closer "Distant Closer".

I saw Duffy at Coachella earlier this year, her first concert appearance in the US. She acknowledged as much, and she was visibly nervous, but put on a nice set anyway, bringing pretty much all of the songs of this album, although when I compare her set to Amy Winehouse's set last year at Coachella, it paled (Amy Winehouse had major stage presence, Duffy is still learning). That said, "Rockferry" is a pleasant debut album, and I will keep an eye on her.