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| Artist: Duffy
Label: Universal Int'l
Category: Music
New (13) Used (1) from £1.73
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 50101
Format: Single
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517642782
EAN: 0602517642782
ASIN: B001463772
Release Date: March 21, 2008
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 Surprisingly fresh.... February 28, 2008
I first heard of Duffy when on the internet as one of the few musicians to look out for in 2008. I can say they got that right! This song showcases Duffy's immense talent she has a singer. Her powerful voice is enough to blast anyone off their seat. But don't be fooled into thinking that she just screeches on the top of her lungs. Oh my God no! She stays with the beat of the song perfectly, continuously surprising. The beat in itself is 60s sounding and as a 19-year-old I never thought I'd say this but its pretty catchy! Of course it has some 'modern' elements such as the quiet rap in the background. Absolutely great! Didn't want the song to end but I am content with the fact Duffy will be back with even better beats and like everybody else I'll be keeping an eye out for her.
A superb genuine talent with tremendous single that augers well for the debut album. February 18, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
You would never believe that Welsh singer Duffy is only 23 when you hear her sing .Her voice has a timbre and tone that speaks of experience way beyond her tender years and not only that -It's powerful enough to blow the roofs of bungalows. Duffy says she did not fully discover how to use her voice until she was spotted by Jeanette Lee, a former member of Public Image Limited and now Duffy's manager and mentor.
Her debut album "Rockferry" will be released In March and Mercy the single lifted of the album has been getting heavy rotational play on Radio 2 and quite right too because like Amy Winehouse,s( An artist it is inevitable she will be compared to) "Rehab" which also garnered lots of airplay - it has a distinctly retro soul feel. "Rehab" is a great song but I truly believe that Mercy is even better.
Where "Rehab" has a classic soul vibe Mercy is centred around a tangible Northern soul groove and ambience with insistent backing vocals, rich sensuous keyboards and bottomed out percussion. It has a delicious hip swinging rhythmic grace but allied to prowling emotional clout abetted wonderfully by her slightly husky barnstormer of a voice.
She has been compared to Lulu, Dolly Parton????? And Dusty Springfield but in truth with the exception of Dusty she is already way way better than the comparisons. The B-side or other track if you prefer is also good and her album on what I have heard(The title track is a brilliant evocative 60,s style ballad) promises to be a belter. A genuine talent , Duffy may soon be so omnipresent that it is us who may be begging for mercy but somehow I doubt it.
 Fits the current mood February 16, 2008
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
Following on from Joss Stone & Amy Winehouse, Duffy continues to mine the 60's soul scene. Its nice to see somebody from North Wales get a break, and she does have a distinctive voice. I do think her voice sounds a little bit thin on Mercy, she needs to fatten up so she can get the bass boost! Anyway, good luck Duffy, but please do look to develop beyond the 60's Mark Ronson soul fad, because it will be over as quickly as it began. Its going to make you money, but take your record label by the globes and spin your own ideas out to them!
Westlife v Duffy race to no 1 February 12, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm annoyed. Just wrote lenghty rewiew concurring with previous reviewer, when pc crashed, so shortened version instead.I am the hypothetical dad (57) and used to dance to Tamla,soul and the likes in South London, not Wigan!
Anyway Mercy is brilliant and Duffy invokes nostalgia of that era nobody has managed yet to do for me! I detect influences of the likes of Martha Reeves and Booker T.
Do buy, but please not until Westlife have notched 15th no 1.
Adele v Duffy? To me, no contest.
Instant Classic February 3, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Wow.. Heard this on the Terry Wogan Radio 2 show and that beat! That voice! They grab you and don't let go a song that doesn't outstay its almost 4 minutes for a millisecond.... This is a timeless recording and would not be out of place on the Wigan Casino Northern Soul dance floor (Ask your Dad!)
Strange to say the backing is outstanding and reminds me of how Robert Plant and Alison Krause's Gone Gone Gone hits you the first time you hear that. But the magnificent musicianship and playing is matched by Duffy's searing voice relentless as a young Aretha Franklin and as hot, she is that GOOD.
The song has that tortured love affair of a paramour relationship with a married man. Angst abounds I urge you to listen to the spoken commentary thru' headphones...
Forget the fact that Duffy seems to have looks to match that voice ala Goldfrappe et al. Now the obvious comparisons will begin to compare Duffy with Amy Winehouse's vocal brilliance. No contest there's room for both.....
Buy the CD just for this single.
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