Original, made in EU Knjizica od 12 str. Odlicno ocuvano knjizica 5 Cd 5 Rockferry is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Duffy, released on 3 March 2008 in the United Kingdom by A&M Records. It was released in the United States by Mercury Records. Taking four years to record the album, Duffy worked with several producers and writers including Bernard Butler, Steve Booker, Jimmy Hogarth, and Eg White. Primarily a soul recording musically, Rockferry is composed of ballads, torch songs, and up tempo songs in the style of 1960s pop music. It was well received by music critics, who praised the record`s musical and lyrical depth and occasional darkness, Duffy`s vocal performance, and the record`s contemporary instrumentation and production which created a warm sound. Music critics favourably compared Duffy`s work on Rockferry to the music of Dusty Springfield and Duffy`s contemporary Amy Winehouse. Rockferry was a commercial success, reaching number-one in several music markets. It was the fourth best-selling album of 2008 worldwide according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry[1][2] and the highest of that year in the United Kingdom.[3] The album was still in the top five of the UK Albums Chart a full year after its release, spending most of those weeks in the top ten albums, and a significant amount in the top three. In 2010, it was ranked as the 22nd best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.[4] The album has won a number of awards since its release, including the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 51st annual ceremony (2009).[5] Duffy also won three awards at the 2009 BRIT Awards for her work on Rockferry including Best British Album, whilst Butler was given the Producer`s Award. It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010.[6] A total of five singles were released from the album. The first single, `Rockferry`, introduced Duffy`s music to European music industries, whilst the second and lead single internationally, `Mercy`, was an international hit, topping over twelve music charts and becoming the third-best-selling single of 2008 in the UK.[3] Follow-up single `Warwick Avenue` was another successful single, whilst `Stepping Stone` did not replicate this earlier success. Rockferry was re-released as a deluxe edition on 24 November 2008, preceded by the lead single `Rain on Your Parade` which became the fifth overall single from the album. Released 3 March 2008 Recorded 2004–2008 Studio Home & Maiko`s; Bookerland Studios; West Heath Studios; RAK Studios Genre Soulpoprock Length 37:50 Label A&M Producer Bernard ButlerSteve BookerJimmy Hogarth In 2004, following success on Wawffactor, a Welsh language televised singing contest in which Duffy, then performing under her birth name Aimeé Duffy, the singer recorded a three-song Welsh extended play, titled Aimée Duffy, while working part-time in two jobs as waitress and in a fishmonger`s.[7] The EP later achieved chart success in Wales, charting at number one on the `Siart C2` music chart[8] The following year, Duffy appeared on Mint Royale`s See You in the Morning as a back-up singer.[9] Duffy was introduced to Jeanette Lee of Rough Trade Records in August 2004, after singing Richard J. Parfitt`s `Oh Boy`; the song was later released as a B-side to the single `Rockferry`.[10] Lee moved Duffy to Crouch End in London, orchestrating a meeting between Duffy and Suede`s ex-guitar player Bernard Butler.[11] Lee, with independent record label Rough Trade Records, would eventually manage Duffy.[12] After Butler had given Duffy a soul music `education` by downloading tracks on to her iPod that she could listen to while around London or travelling back to Wales, the pair co-wrote with her and helped create a new retro sound.[13] The music included tracks by Al Green, Bettye Swann, Ann Peebles, Doris Duke, Scott Walker, Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach.[14] Duffy later told The Guardian that Bettye Swann became one of her `biggest inspirations`, with Duffy being particularly influenced by her song `Cover Me` because `it marks the time I got interested in physical contact. I was 19, and here was a woman singing `Cover me, spread your precious love all over me.` It`s very tender, but it`s also, hilariously, quite crude.`[15] Duffy was contracted to A&M Records (UK) on 23 November 2007.[16] By this time, she was finalising her debut album, to be titled Rockferry, after Rock Ferry, a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, where her grandmother lives.[17] She performed on the BBC Two television show Later with Jools Holland,[18] which resulted in a second appearance on the related broadcast Hootenanny, where Duffy performed with Eddie Floyd. On 22 February 2008, she appeared on Later with Jools Holland for a third time and performed `Rockferry`, `Mercy`, and `Stepping Stone`. Duffy also made appearances on the BBC Two television programme The Culture Show on 23 February 2008, performing `Mercy`. In January 2008, Duffy came second to Adele in the annual BBC News Online poll of industry experts `Sound of... 2008`, which ranks acts about to emerge in the coming year.[19] According to Duffy, `The album took nearly four years to make. We had to hire cheap, tiny studios and sometimes there would be three-week periods between writing and recording.` Bernard Butler, who was not initially paid, produced four songs for the album, including the single, `Rockferry`.[20] The singles `Mercy` and `Stepping Stone`, were co-written and produced by Steve Booker, and the second single `Warwick Avenue`, by Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White. `Mercy` was the last song written for the album.[21] Music and lyrics Duffy revealed that both `Mercy` and `Stepping Stone` are autobiographical; `Mercy` is about `sexual liberty` and `not doing something somebody else wants you to do`, and `Stepping Stone` is about not expressing her feelings to a person she fell in love with.[22] `Warwick Avenue` was the second single released from the album. The song occurred when Duffy, then 19 years old, was familiarising herself with the London Underground and accidentally found herself at the Warwick Avenue station. The following day the song `just sort of came out` Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length 1. `Rockferry` Aimée Anne DuffyBernard Butler Butler 4:14 2. `Warwick Avenue` DuffyJimmy HogarthEg White Hogarth 3:46 3. `Serious` DuffyButler Butler 4:10 4. `Stepping Stone` DuffySteve Booker Booker 3:28 5. `Syrup & Honey` DuffyButler Butler 3:18 6. `Hanging on Too Long` DuffyHogarthWhite Hogarth 3:56 7. `Mercy` DuffyBooker Booker 3:41 8. `Delayed Devotion` DuffyHogarthWhite Hogarth 2:57 9. `I`m Scared` DuffyHogarth Hogarth 3:08 10. `Distant Dreamer` DuffyButler Butler 5:05 Personnel Aimée Duffy – vocals, backing vocals, glockenspiel Bernard Butler – producer, guitars, piano, keyboards, drums Makoto Sakamoto – drums David McAlmont – backing vocals Jimmy Hogarth – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar, percussion, hammond organ, bass Eg White – acoustic guitar, bass, drums, piano, backing vocals Sam Dixon – bass Steve Booker – guitars, bass, keyboards Martin Slatterly – live drums, drums, piano, Wurlitzer, rhodes piano, hammond organ Jim Hunt – saxophone Nichol Thomson – trombone The Wrecking Crew – strings