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Rockferry is a fantastic album of burning blue soul.
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Once the Dusty Springfield-flecked closer, 'Distant Dreamer,' comes round, you'll be wishin' and hopin' for more.
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Duffy's not a belter, but she boasts a cool power that is immensely aided by the cleverness of Rockferry's instrumental settings, which employ mostly acoustic instruments for a warmer sound that, in combination with Duffy's vocal prowess, stays sweet, soulful and satisfying.
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That ice-queen intrigue adds a certain cachet to the 23-year-old's occasionally overstudied lyrics.
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Butler's production makes her solid voice and intriguing songwriting into an excellent album; although he stays in the background, the occasional guitar flourishes or sweetened strings make Rockferry a better debut than Joss Stone's or Amy Winehouse's.
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80It all adds up to an impressive first step that ticks plenty of the right boxes, as does Duffy herself. [Apr 2008, p.100]
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80The shadows come richly dark, and the brillance pierces. [May 2008, p.104]
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80For a debut album it's remarkably consistent and confident, and promises great things to come for the future.
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80Duffy is a major talent, and Rockferry is little short of outstanding.
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80Husky-sweet and preternaturally seasoned, Duffy's delivery is as pungent as it is unaffected, and the songs, which the singer co-wrote, follow suit.
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The album is a credit to all involved; if merely pastiche, it's a marvelous one.
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70Rockferry works as a very promising calling card.
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70Rockferry splits its time between paying tribute to its source material and knocking it off, but its principal's vocals, and generally pleasing wall-of-sound treatment, make it a good move anyway.
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Although flawed, Rockferry holds a startling amount of promise.
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60Sometimes Duffy tries just that little too hard to capture the sound of soul music's glorious past. [Apr 2008, p.102]
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60Rockferry is almost a very good album, but, for all the classic hallmarks, there's little insight into the soul of Duffy herself. [Apr 2008, p.84]
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60There's a complancency about this record. [June 2008, p.73]
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60There's nothing dislikable about Rockferry - but nothing that dazzles, either.
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Unfortunately, its during these rather naked moments where the album falters, mostly because Duffy's robust voice often overmatches the music that surrounds it.
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Rockferry is a pretty nifty party trick of a record, but it's not enough to justify Duffy's Next Big Thing billing.
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60At this point, however, the movement of white UK female artists using 60s nostalgia to reinvent pop music is not all that original, but at least it's a welcome break from the previous trends.
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60Certainly Rockferry doesn't do anything new, but it doesn't do anything that's been done in a while either, and for Duffy, that should be enough for Duffy to carve out her name amongst the stagnant realms of current mainstream pop.
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Duffy's debut is hoovered of personality, principally, because on this evidence, she hasn't got any.
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Duffy's the Clay Aiken of nuevo "soul."
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