Endlessly (Duffy album)

Endlessly
Endlessly
Studio album by Duffy
Released	26 November 2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Studio	MSR Studios NYC, United States, Cake Studio, Sacramento; British Grove Studios; Sotogrande Studios, Spain
Genre	Pop; dance-pop; soul;
Length	33:52
Label	A&M (UK); Mercury (US);
Producer	Aimée Duffy; Albert Hammond;
Duffy chronology
Duffy studio album chronology
Singles from Endlessly
	"Well, Well, Well"; Released: 19 October 2010;

Endlessly is the second studio album by Welsh singer Duffy. It was released on 26 November 2010 in the United Kingdom by A&M Records (under Polydor) and on 7 December 2010 in the United States by Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart.

Background

Duffy worked mostly with Albert Hammond on the album, with all but one of the songs being written by Hammond and Duffy. Four of the songs received additional or co-production by Stuart Price with music is also provided by The Roots and Questlove. The album is mostly soul like her debut studio album Rockferry (2008), although she drew inspiration from other genres, including disco and soft rock. She wrote the album in three weeks and recorded the album between 2009 and 2010.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Albert Hammond and Aimée Ann Duffy, except "Girl"; written by Don Paul and Paddy Chambers.
Additional production by Stuart Price on "Keeping My Baby", "Don't Forsake Me" and "Lovestruck", with co-production on "Well, Well, Well". String production by Oliver Kraus.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Boy"	3:27
2.	"Too Hurt to Dance"	3:15
3.	"Keeping My Baby"	2:49
4.	"Well, Well, Well"	2:45
5.	"Don't Forsake Me"	4:01
6.	"Endlessly"	2:59
7.	"Breath Away"	4:12
8.	"Lovestruck"	2:52
9.	"Girl"	2:26
10.	"Hard for the Heart"	4:57
Total length:		33:52

Personnel

Adapted from Endlessly's liner notes.

Duffy – vocals, background vocals, producer, handclaps, songwriting
Lachlan Bailey – photography
Nick Banns – assistant
Roger Beaujolais – vibraphone
Owen Biddle – bass
Adam Bishop – baritone saxophone
Adam Blake – programming
Dan Carpenter – flugelhorn, trumpet
Jason Elliott – assistant
Ben Epstein – bass, guitar
Albert Hammond – acoustic guitar, background vocals, bottle, guitar, handclaps, percussion, producer
Tyrone Henry – backing vocals, crowd noise
Matt Johnson – bass, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, synthesiser, synthesiser bass, tambourine
Jon Kelly – engineer, mixing, sounds
Oliver Kraus – arranger, producer (strings), string arrangements, strings
Mike Moore – guitar

Mazen Murad – mastering
John Parricelli – guitar, electric guitar, nylon string guitar
James Poyser – glockenspiel, harpsichord, keyboards, organ, piano, synthesiser strings, wurlitzer
Owen Poyser – piano
Becky Price – accordion
Stuart Price – additional production, mixing, producer
Questlove – drums, percussion
Emre Ramazanoglu – drums, editing, engineer, programming, shaker
Brendan Reilly – backing vocals, crowd noise
Jon Smeltz – engineer
Aaron Sokell – backing vocals, crowd noise
Sam Swallow – keyboards
Neal Wilkinson – drums
Simon Willescroft – saxophones
David Williamson – trombone

Charts

Chart (2010–11)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[1]	27
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4]	24
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[7]	9
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	15
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[10]	27
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[11]	85
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[12]	19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[13]	20
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	16
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[15]	40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16]	4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17]	10
UK Albums (OCC)^[18]	9
US Billboard 200^[19]	72

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[20]	Gold	0^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[21]	Gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[22]	Gold	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[23]	Gold	205,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "Australiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Duffy – Endlessly" (in German). Hung Medien.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Duffy – Endlessly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Duffy – Endlessly" (in French). Hung Medien.
↑ "Danishcharts.dk – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Duffy – Endlessly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
↑ "Duffy: Endlessly" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Duffy". Hung Medien.
↑ "Italiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Charts.nz – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
↑ "Duffy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
↑ "Duffy "Endlessly" (UMG)" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012.
↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2011" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Endlessly')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
↑ "British album certifications – Duffy – Endlessly". British Phonographic Industry.

[ac_Australia_Duffy-1] "Australiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Austria_Duffy-2] "Austriancharts.at – Duffy – Endlessly" (in German). Hung Medien.

[ac_Flanders_Duffy-3] "Ultratop.be – Duffy – Endlessly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

[ac_Wallonia_Duffy-4] "Ultratop.be – Duffy – Endlessly" (in French). Hung Medien.

[ac_Denmark_Duffy-5] "Danishcharts.dk – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Netherlands_Duffy-6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Duffy – Endlessly" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.

[ac_Finland_Duffy-7] "Duffy: Endlessly" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

[ac_France_Duffy-8] "Lescharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Germany_Duffy-9] "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.

[ac_Ireland2_Duffy-10] "Irish-charts.com – Discography Duffy". Hung Medien.

[ac_Italy_Duffy-11] "Italiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_New_Zealand_Duffy-12] "Charts.nz – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Norway_Duffy-13] "Norwegiancharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Scotland_-14] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[ac_Spain_Duffy-15] "Spanishcharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Sweden_Duffy-16] "Swedishcharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_Switzerland_Duffy-17] "Swisscharts.com – Duffy – Endlessly". Hung Medien.

[ac_UK2_-18] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[ac_Billboard200_Duffy-19] "Duffy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[20] "Duffy "Endlessly" (UMG)" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012.

[swecert-21] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2011" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.

[SwitzerlandDuffyEndlesslyalbumCertRef-22] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Endlessly')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

[United_KingdomDuffyEndlesslyalbumCertRef-23] "British album certifications – Duffy – Endlessly". British Phonographic Industry.

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