Rockferry is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Duffy released on 3 March 2008.[11] The album was
the fourth best selling album of 2008 worldwide.
Prior to releasing the album, Duffy appeared twice on Jools Holland's music show, performing the tracks
"Mercy", "Warwick Avenue" and her version of "The First Cut Is the Deepest". The album title Rockferry,
according to Duffy,
is loosely based on Rock Ferry, a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula and approximately ten miles
from the Welsh border and three miles from Liverpool. The album art and video for the title track were shot
on and around the Ffestiniog Railway in Porthmadog, which was renamed 'Rockferry' for the occasion. The timing
of the photoshoot was somewhat before the release of the album, when Duffy was still a relatively unknown
performer.[14]
The album won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, which were presented 8 February 2009.
Rockferry was ranked number 30th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Best Albums of 2008. At the end of 2008, Q named the
album the 6th best album of 2008 and Mojo named it the 31st best album of 2008.[16][17] Rockferry also received the award for
Mastercard British Album at the 2009 BRIT Awards, in a night that saw Duffy take home three awards. The album was the 4th
biggest selling of 2008 in the world, as according to the IFPI,[18] as well as being the biggest selling of the UK.
The album is considered a commercial success, especially in the UK, where it was at number four a full year after its release,
spending most of them in the top ten albums, and a significant amount in the top three.
No. Title Writers Length
1. "Rockferry" Duffy, Bernard Butler 4:14
2. "Warwick Avenue" Duffy, Jimmy Hogarth, Eg White 3:46
3. "Serious" Duffy, B. Butler 4:10
4. "Stepping Stone" Duffy, Steve Booker 3:28
5. "Syrup & Honey" Duffy, B. Butler 3:18
6. "Hanging on Too Long" Duffy, J. Hogarth, E. White 3:56
7. "Mercy" Duffy, Steve Booker 3:41
8. "Delayed Devotion" Duffy, J. Hogarth, E. White 2:57
9. "I'm Scared" Duffy, J. Hogarth 3:08
10. "Distant Dreamer" Duffy, B. Butler 5:05
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