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The Dutchess Deluxe is a reissue of American singer Fergie's debut studio album, The Dutchess (2006).

Background and release
In September 2006, Fergie released her first solo studio album The Dutchess. Regarding the album the singer stated that she is about to show more vulnerability on the record than on the albums she recorded with the Black Eyed Peas, "this album is kind of introducing myself to people who don't really know who I am. It's interesting because I feel like I'm very open and very honest in interviews and such, but I don't know if a lot of people know who I am or what I've been through and all the different phases of my life." In an interview with MTV News, producer will.i.am explained that they recorded the album while touring, on different locations including London, Beijing, Australia among other regions and places. After its initial release, The Dutchess received generally mixed reviews from music critics; at Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 58, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "average reviews". The album was a commercial success and reached the top-twenty on over 12 national album charts including number two on the US Billboard 200.

A&M Records approached Fergie with the idea of re-releasing The Dutchess, to which she thought: "Well, OK, if this is another way for me to put out these songs that I've been wanting people to hear, then great". She commented that: "The music business is changing, and this repackage thing is a new way for people to put out songs that they want people to hear, so I'm cool with it".

Track listing

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