The most hotly anticipated album release of 2008 comes not from someone rammed into the collective consciousness by their media ubiquity. Duffy is an unknown quantity at this point, having performed but a small number of gigs, mostly in support of... more
Her once-heard-never-forgotten voice incorporates the aristocratic pain of Dusty Springfield, the showy gravity of Shirley Bassey and the smooching sensuality of Amy Winehouse. — The Standard
"Duffy: Female Otis Redding anyone? .. Seek out a track called 'Warwick Avenue.' Have someone on standby with a mop because you'll melt down to a puddle on the floor." — Los Angeles Times
"And so to the year's brightest new talent: the pocket-sized Welsh girl with the voice of a '60s soul diva. Move over Amy Winehouse..." — Q Magazine