Customer Reviews:
 quality lacking in mp3 encoding May 22, 2008
Triplefault (Earth)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
re: Duffy's Mercy mp3 from Amazon
Quality of the mp3 is rough sounding. There is NO headroom; the original source sounds rough, as if the levels were clipped -- they certainly are in this mp3. The encoder does not use gapless metadata that can be found in LAME and even Apple's iTunes (for mp3) encoders, but compared to the lack of quality of THIS PARTICULAR mp3 (only one I have bought), that's secondary.
No lyrics, yes jpeg pic. Rest of id3 (both 2.3 and 1.1) is there. I don't know if the CD track of "Mercy" is better; I can only hope so but I'm sure it too is too "hot" only to sound louder, distortion be damned. Take a look at the signal levels and you can see there is practically no dynamic range - everything is LOUD and volume-compressed, even the parts where she is trying to be soft it's still LOUD. Rarely is there any point where the level is less than 3 dB from max. No wonder it sounds so bad.
 Duffy in Memphis June 11, 2008
Amaranth (Northern California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Duffy's "Mercy" is brash,blue-eyed British soul. Her ode to sexual liberation is as feisty as Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man." She sings with gusto and passion. Duffy, with her retro sound, is an Amy Winehouse without the baggage. Her song is reminiscent of the '60s. One can imagine the bell bottoms, the psychedelia, and the Beatles in their heyday. "Mercy" is soulful. Have mercy,indeed!
Here Comes The Brit- Mercy May 19, 2008
jrtsjukejoint
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Up and coming Artist, Duffy, has crossed the pond.
Her performance on Ellen has me intrigued.
"Mercy" has a rocky feel, and if I didn't know better, I'd believe she is from another era. It's hard pop, a little rock star, and jazzy all at once!
 No Mercy June 14, 2008
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
There honestly has not really a lot of great music that has came out this past year, which is very sad. It is just surprising that artists from the U.K. have really shown their stuff even better than American acts. That has shown well from newcomers Estelle, Leona Lewis, and that could also be shown with newcomer Duffy. Her debut single Mercy really brings in a classic distinctive rhythm of classic 60's Blues and Soul, which is something we haven't heard on radio in awhile. The song isn't a bad song at all, but I just wish though that she could've brought in a little more grit into her voice on the song. Thankfully, though she does have a strong attitude on the song. I really hope she comes out with better material with her career.
Song: C+
I don't like it at all. July 24, 2008
Aisha A. Ahmed (AZ)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It wasn't my type of music. The rhythm was completely different, and wasn't what I was expecting. I wasn't impressed.
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