Album · Duffy
Rockferry by Duffy
Rockferry is an album by Duffy, released in 2008. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 15 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Mercy”, on 15 lists with a best position of #2.
Rockferry, the debut album from Welsh singer Duffy, arrived on A&M in the UK on 3 March 2008, and it's a slow-cooked piece of retro soul four years in the making. Bernard Butler, Steve Booker, Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White all had a hand in the writing and production, and between them they built a warm, contemporary frame around a voice that critics kept comparing to Dusty Springfield and to Duffy's contemporary Amy Winehouse.
It moves from lonely torch songs and ballads to up-tempo retro pop, with enough shadow in the lyrics to keep it from being mere nostalgia. "Mercy", with its stomping beat, became an international hit and one of the UK's best-selling singles of 2008, "Warwick Avenue" followed it up, and the album was the biggest seller of the year in Britain. It won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album, and at the 2009 Brits it took Best British Album while Butler collected the Producer's Award.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Rockferry on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy | 15 | #2 | – | 2008–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.