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''Rockferry'' is the debut studio album by Welsh recording artist Duffy, released on 3 March 2008 in the United Kingdom by A&M Records. It was released in the United States by Mercury Records. Duffy worked with several producers and writers on the album, including Bernard Butler, Steve Booker, Jimmy Hogarth and Eg White. The album took four years to record in total. 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).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Music - New Music News, Reviews, Pictures, and Videos )〕 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 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〔(Biggest Selling albums of 2008 (Worldwide) ) ''IFPI''〕 and the highest of that year in the United Kingdom. In the UK the album was still in the top five 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 the 22nd best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. A total of five singles were released from the album. The first single, "Rockferry" had little impact, whilst the second and lead single internationally, "Mercy", was an international hit, topping over twelve music charts. It was the third-best-selling single of 2008 in the UK.〔 Follow-up single "Warwick Avenue" was another successful single, whilst "Stepping Stone" and "Rain on Your Parade" did not replicate the earlier success. ''Rockferry'' was re-released as a deluxe edition on 24 November 2008 in the UK, preceded by the lead single "Rain on Your Parade" which became the fifth overall single from the album. ==Background== In 2004, following success on ''Wawffactor'', Duffy recorded a three-song Welsh extended play, titled'' Aimée Duffy,'' while working part-time in two jobs as waitress and in a fishmongers. It later achieved 2008 Welsh chart success, charting at number-one on the "Siart C2" music chart. Duffy, now in high demand, appeared on Mint Royale's ''See You in the Morning'' as a back-up singer. Duffy was introduced to Jeanette Lee of Rough Trade Records in August 2004, after singing Richard J. Parfitt's "Oh Boy".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Duffy )〕 Lee moved Duffy to Crouch End in London, orchestrating a meeting between Duffy and Suede's ex-guitar player Bernard Butler. Lee with Rough Trade would eventually manage Duffy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Duffy turns her back on record company )〕 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. The music included tracks Al Green, Bettye Swann, Ann Peebles, Doris Duke, Scott Walker, Phil Spector and Burt Bacharach. Duffy was quoted as saying Bettye Swann "is one of my biggest inspirations" particularly 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." Duffy was contracted to A&M Records (UK) on 23 November 2007. She performed on the BBC Two television show ''Later with Jools Holland'', 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'', for acts to emerge in the coming year. In Wales, following Duffy's recent promotion of her music, ''Aimée Duffy'' reached number-one on the "Siart C2" music chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cymru – Jeni Lyn ar C2 )〕 By 2007, Duffy was finalising her debut album effort, to be titled ''Rockferry'', after Rock Ferry, where her grandmother lives. She subsequently struck a US label deal with Mercury Records, a newly re-activated imprint of Island Def Jam Music Group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rockferry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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