Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. I (Who Have Nothing)

2. You've Got a Friend

3. Baby I Love You

4. Be Real Black for Me

5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

6. For All We Know

7. Where Is the Love

8. When Love Has Grown

9. Come Ye Disconsolate

10. Mood

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway,Roberta Flack,Atlantic / Wea,Chicago Soul,Pop,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soft Rock,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Tracks:

Killing Me Softly With His Song
Where Is The Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Feel Like Makin Love
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
And So It Goes
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love with Peabo Bryson
The Closer I Get To You with Donny Hathaway
Til The Morning Comes
Back Together Again with Donny Hathaway
Making Love
Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)
Set The Night To Music Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest
You Are My Heaven with Donny Hathaway
Oasis
Dont Make Me Wait Too Long with Donny Hathaway
And So It Goes (Reprise)
Trade Winds

Album Description

An elegant and legendary vocal superstar, four-time Grammy honoree Roberta Flack's unmistakable delivery wraps a timeless R&B sound with beautiful flourishes of jazz, pop and soul. She first climbed to the top of the charts with her definitive version of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." The very next year, "Killing Me Softly," her first duet with the late, great Donnie Hathaway took the same prize, and also hit #1. Also featuring her hit-making collaborations with Peabo Bryson and Maxi Priest, as well as many selections on which she shines solo, this must-have collection spotlights Flack's masterful song interpretation and rich emotional resonance.

Customer Reviews:

She's still got it.......2007-06-27

Roberta has always been a favorite female singer of mine. When listening to her music, it's just as if she right here with me. I love the smooth tones, mellow voice and the energy she puts into her songs. She is my girl.

Thanks Roberta

Its about the music.......2007-06-11

The music speaks for itself, its a piece of classic history. The 3 weeks it took to arrive were unexceptable and make me very unlikely to purchase from Amazon in the near future.

BEST THAT'S OUT THERE.......2007-04-03

This is the simply the greatest Flack comp that's out there. Remastered hits from one of the great pop divas. The only slight is this-- there's perhaps too much of a focus on her 1980s work. An even-handed, comprehensive treatment would've included more stuff from the 1970s.

Flack's Best.......2007-04-02

This is her best CD yet. It has all the good songs that take me back to a better time.

I recommend this for all Roberta Flack fans.

She's One of the Best.......2007-01-04

Roberta Flack is one the best and brightest of singers whose appeal spans many generations. This album is surely one of her best!!

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Chapter Two
fine as wine...
Roberta Flack Chapter two still the best
One of the 5 Greatest Albums of All Time, Period.
Roberta's Greatest Work...

Chapter Two
Roberta Flack
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ASIN: B000002I60
Release Date: 1992-09-15

Tracks:

Reverend Lee
Do What You Gotta Do
Just Like A Woman
Let It Be Me
Gone Away
Until It's Time For You To Go
The Impossible Dream
Business Goes On As Usual

Customer Reviews:

Chapter Two.......2007-04-10

Get this before it goes out of print. Roberta Flack is an artist who personafies excellence. Such a beautiful "touch" on the piano and velvety smoothness in her voice. She is truly one of the best entertainers ever. My personal favorite, next to Sam Cooke. I wish this CD were a DVD.

fine as wine..........2007-01-28

This woman's voice has convinced me that there is a God...it could not have happened by chance.

When I was 15 a friend played side one of this almost everyday, I was in a summer enrichment program (Upward Bound)at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and to this day when I hear 'Do what you gotta do' I melt. I'm still in search of that baffled dream so I can come on back and see her when I can...what a woman, what a voice, what a soul...we are blessed to have ears to hear and hearts to feel...go on 'Berta

Roberta Flack Chapter two still the best.......2004-11-18

I first received this Album as a gift in 1972 and fell in love with it from the start. I played it so much that the record is now scratched but I still have it along with the cover. I never thought about checking to see if it had been made on a CD when I saw it on Target.com I had to have it and ordered it. I know that I will be getting hours of listening enjoyment as I did in the 1970's. I recomend Roberta Flack Chapter Two to anyone if you don't buy another Roberta Flack CD ever you must hear this one.

One of the 5 Greatest Albums of All Time, Period........2003-05-29

I was a child when this album came out and it has haunted me ever since. Turn the lights out, light a fire in the fireplace, select your favorite bottle of wine, kick the kids out, curl up on the couch with your loved one, put this album on and enjoy. Hell, this albums so good you don't need anyone. Kick everyone out. "Reverend Lee", with good reason, is the classic of this album. You'll feel Roberta's warm breath on your neck as she sings of sin and lust. It'll take you back in time to that someone whom you couldn't resist, even though you knew better. Other favorites are "Do What You Gotta Do", "Gone Away", and "Until It's Time For You To Go". Those three songs along with "Just Like A Woman" are beautiful in their meaning and the mood they create. "Business Goes On As Usual" is placed last. It's a haunting anti-war song and you'd think it wouldn't fit in with the other songs of love and regret but it does. That's because it too is about love and the lose of that loved one. My personal favorite is "Let It Be Me". Like "Impossible Dream", Roberta's voice, the tempo, what I believe is a French Horn in the background, all combine to make you realize how beautiful songs can be, even songs you've heard a hundred times, when given to a vocal talent such as Roberta Flack. After you've recharged your soul with this album, let the spouce and kids back in and give them a hug.

Roberta's Greatest Work..........2003-04-16

I remembered my parents playing this album and I just HAD to have it! I am not disappointed...as an adult, I can REALLY appreciate the soulfulness, haunting beauty of her music and superb talent of Roberta Flack. The entire CD is great but if you only buy it for "Reverend Lee", "Let It Be Me" and "Gone Away" its worth it! I only wish when Roberta performs live that she would sing some of these classics ... they are her greatest work!

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Immortal Duet Album From Two Stellar Artists!!
good music but they both have done better work
Absolute Classic
a very warm and beautiful album
Perfection.......

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack
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ASIN: B000002J5V
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

I (Who Have Nothing)
You've Got A Friend
Baby I Love You
Be Real Black For Me
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
For All We Know
Where Is The Love
When Love Has Grown
Come Ye Disconsolate
Mood

Customer Reviews:

Immortal Duet Album From Two Stellar Artists!!.......2006-07-27

I was 8 yr old when this album came out and
it got heavy rotation from my mother and her freinds!
The musical marriage of Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack
was just musical perfection!
Both were prodigious talents vocal-wise and
in their fluency as instrumentalists!
There are a few covers on here..the only one I
could've done without was their rendition of Aretha's
classic "Baby, I Love You" because they brought
absolutely nothing to it.
But make no errors!
They absolutely put their foot in "I Who Have Nothing"
with it's deep bluesy longing that just captures the
pathos perfectly of wanting someone who doesn't want
you as much as you want them! (Woo!--Timeless!)

Donny Hathaway's rendition of "For All We Know" has
become the stuff of legend, and quite a few people
actually think that he was the originator
of this standard!
Now that's when you know that an artist has put
their mark on a song!...When everybody just assumes
that their rendition is the definitive one!
(Kinda like Luther and "A House Is Not A Home"
or "Superstar"!!)
Donny's voice was like buttah!
That man was just so brilliant that it hurts!

I also like what he and Roberta did on
"You've Lost That Loving Feeling"..
a kind of early 70's R&B / Jazz experiment that
opened it up more.
But now, nobody can top the Righteous Brothers version!

Donny & Roberta's version of "You've Got A Freind"
has also become one of legend!--(Just wonderful!)

"Come Ye Dissconsolate" is a church standard and
both Donny and Roberta put some down-home stank on it!
They both were raised up in the black gospel tradition
and it truly shows on this track!

Now on to the original compositions of this album...

"Be Real Black For Me" was a smooth but militant song
about not having to change your african-american
attributes to appeal to the object of your affection.
They did it to death, and any fan of either
Donny or Roberta would be remiss if they
didn't like this one!

"Where Is The Love" was a huge hit and won a
grammy back in 1972 for the duo!
It is another song that just lives on and on!

"When Love Has Grown" has a smooth early 70's
Carpenters meets Fifth Dimension kind of groove
and the two give a laid back but nonetheless
stirring performance on it.

"Mood" is a very dark and moving classical instrumental
piece that shows off their instrumental genius
and well as their Howard University School of
Music training.
All-n-All, this album is just plain CLASSIC!!

Though Donny's been gone 27 yrs now and is a legend
of epic proportions whose influence to black music
as a vocalist / songwriter / arranger & instrumentalist
is immeasurable, and of course Roberta Flack is
no slouch either! This was the first of their
timeless and perfect pairing, and a must-have for any
fan of great music!--Bar None!!

good music but they both have done better work.......2006-03-04

I WAS NOT HAS ENAMORED WITH THIS EFFORT BY THESE TWO ARTISTS.

I HAVE HEARD BETTER COMING FROM THESE VERY PROLIFIC SONGWRITERS/

SINGERS. I'D SAY 50% WAS GOOD 25% MEDIOCRE AND 25% NOT SO GOOD

ASIDE FROM THE MATERIAL THEIR VOICES WERE NEVER BETTER.

Absolute Classic.......2005-02-20

I can't say that I was around when this album was first released, but many current soul artists have invoked the names of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway so I figured I'd check this album out. This album is a wonderful collection of standards and original compositions. Roberta and Donny have made each of these songs their own, the emotion is overflowing. The instrumentation and vocal arrangements are superb, they help this album transcend genre. I'd recommend this album to just about anyone.

a very warm and beautiful album.......2004-10-22

this 1972 classic album came out when i was 8 going on 9 years
old.roberta flack and donny hathaway represent the best of
classic duos in music history.my favorite tracks on this album
are:"be real black for me" the hit single-"where is the love"
and the very beautiful "when love has grown" and the very dark
beautiful instrumental piano piece entitled "mood"/it is genius
on how beautiful the way they have the songs "where is the love"
and "when love has grown" back 2 back.this is a very warm and
beautiful album from 2 music legends.roberta&donny along with
marvin&tammi and ashford&simpson and stevie&syreeta and rick&teena are the measuring stick 2 follow by.duets of this caliber in music will never be again.as i've said before,this is a very warm and beautiful album...

Perfection..............2004-04-08

This is a perfect album - the artists perform magnificent vocal and piano harmonies; the musical styles move effortlessly from country, to R&B, to religious, to classical - so that with each hearing the listener is taken on a new and exciting journey. This CD is a timeless, masterpiece - a treasure. It is a tribute to the extraordinary talents of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack

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Relaxing and soothing music
It doesn't get any better than this.
Soft and passionate
An insistent infectiousness
Remaster

Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
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ASIN: B000002IVU
Release Date: 1993-06-22

Tracks:

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Where Is The Love
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Feel Like Makin' Love
The Closer I Get To You
More Than Everything
Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)
Back Together Again
Making Love
Tonight. I Celebrate My Love
Oasis
And So It Goes
You Know What It's Like
Set The Night To Music
My Foolish Heart
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)

Album Description

1986 collection, deleted domestically, 11 tracks showcases her biggest ballads. Atlantic/WEA Int.

Album Details

11 Song Collection from the Former Schoolteacher Turned Pop Star's Great Career.

Customer Reviews:

Relaxing and soothing music.......2007-07-04

First,I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Amazon for asking me to express my opinion about this CD.I have always enjoyed Roberta Flack's voice,but somehow I never got around to including two of her biggest hits("Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love")in my collection.For many years,I've had the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the album that contains it("First Take")as well as her biggest duets with the late Donny Hathaway in my collection and now I have all of these songs on one disc.When I'm feeling in a mellow mood,I've often thought of her songs.There is something truly remarkable about her voice which no other singer possesses.The closest comparison that I can think of is Aretha Franklin,and I'm sure that even the "Queen of Soul" herself must have felt challenged during Ms. Flack's '70s hit-making heyday.Now both stars' moment in the sun has faded and we're left with new performers like Nora Jones.Somehow though,the music of today just doesn't give me the same feeling as that of the past.You know,it's funny:I've often considered myself to be a heavy-metal type of guy,but when I'm in the mood for mellowing out,Ms. Flack's singing really hits the spot.This really is a great overview of her career,but it's not concise.There are several of her lesser known hits missing(which are available on another compilation titled,"The Best of Roberta Flack"),but it's more thorough than any other collection because it contains her most recent recordings(now well over a decade old).While it's unfortunate that her more contemporary recordings aren't of the same caliber as her '70s hits,it is nice to have her biggest recordings all in one place.If you're a fan of her earlier recordings as I am,who knows,you just may be pleasantly surprised by some of her later work.I can certainly appreciate her voice...it's just the arrangements that I'm not too crazy about.All in all,this disc is well worth investigating,especially for fans of the Quiet Storm genre.

It doesn't get any better than this........2007-05-03

You won't find a better selection of Roberta Flack's greatest hits on one disc. They did a wonderful job far as putting together this collaboration. I'm really enjoying them.

Soft and passionate.......2006-09-07

Mmmm. I just love Roberta Flack - her silky smooth voice, and those soft and passionate love songs. This album is indeed some of her best work, and it is a really sensual experience just to listen to it. Every once in a while, we pull out this album, light a fire, and share the couch - watching the flames, listening to the music, and falling in love.

If you want an album of passionate mood music to share with the one you love, then this is definitely the CD to get. We love it, and give it our highest recommendations!

(Review of Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack)

An insistent infectiousness.......2006-06-18

There are certain songs which enter the mind and heart, and then are played over and over within us through our lifetimes. They have a certain kind infectiousness that just stays with us. One of those songs for me is Roberta Flack's 'Killing her softly with his song'.
Flack's voice never had for me the kind of distinctiveness of say a Nina Simone, or a Nancy Wilson but it does have a rich and calming pleasantness. I think of her and her best songs, including Jessie I Celebrate My Love For You,The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, as insistent rhythmic songs . And her voice is for me more a pleasant persistence than sensational Streisand or Garland - like emotional rollercoaster.

Remaster.......2006-03-30

Roberta Flack deserved a far better remastering of her lovely songs than is represented by this inferior product. The equalization is poor overall, but in Killing Me Softly the bass amplification is a crime. I will be more cognizant of Joe Gastwirt's work on future labels.

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GREAT DEBUT
First Take
oh, what a album...
First Take
A Timeless Gem of Soul Stirring Beauty

First Take
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Compared To What
Angelitos Negros
Our Ages Or Our Hearts
I Told Jesus
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
The First Time EverI Saw Your Face
Tryin' Times
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men

Customer Reviews:

GREAT DEBUT.......2007-04-03

The songs on this album are not typical of the smoother kind of material Flack would be singing in the 1970s. It's a jazz crossover featuring respected sidemen, who create a sound that sweeps, lifts and lulls. 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' only serves as the door. Open it.

First Take.......2007-03-24

Roberta Flack's voice is like a cool drink of water on a hot summer day -she's not a belter - she is an original whose voice can move my soul with its subtly & power.

This entire disc is exquisite but my two favorite tracks are: THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE & OUR AGES OR OUR HEARTS.

Other tracks that feature great arrangements and lyrical storytelling are: BALLAD OF SAD YOUNG MEN, ANGELITOS NEGROS & HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE.

The liner notes detailing Roberta's discovery make me sad for the music industry today because not many new singers are allowed to just be themselves - they have to conform. Would a Roberta Flack of today be allowed to grow & flourish as an artist? I don't think so but at least music lovers get to experience true artistry by adding this disc to their collection.

oh, what a album..........2006-12-21

Like a previous reviewer noted, this album is truly a "plug-and-play" album--one of those one-in-every-hundred (or more) albums whose every track is able to stand on its own as a fully-realized piece of artistic perfection. Everything here is flawless, from the deep-down-in-your-bones melody to Ms. Flack's incomparable voice and intelligent delivery (backed up by an exquisitely spare production). This album is one of the great monuments to human sadness, best enjoyed (perhaped "cherished" would be a better word) alone and with a willingness to feel good feeling sad.

First Take.......2006-03-09

When I was a kid, I remember listening to this album because my parents used to play it to death. Now that I'm grown, I see why. This album was true to the times and still is. Roberta has captured audiences for years. She is talented. I've seen her perform these songs live and all I can say is, "Wow!" There's nothing fake about her music and this album, like I said, hits it for the times we live in. From this first album you knew that she was a main stay.

A Timeless Gem of Soul Stirring Beauty.......2004-10-19

I was born the year that Roberta Flack was being discovered and only a couple of years before the release of this album. I've never had the priviledge of seeing her perform live like many of the reveiwers here either. But at the age of 12 as I rifled through my father's rather eclectic music collection...I found this 12" LP among his most treasured...and my appreciation for music changed forever. Some 24 years later, I've finally added it formerly to my own collection...it is truly a masterpiece of song. Before hitting play, release yourself from any pre-conceived perception of what her music will sound like, what genre this is supposed to be, or how you expect it to make you feel, and just....listen. Her golden voice seems to echo for miles around you, embracing your every emotion and spirit in its depth. Tryin' Times was the first song that arrested my soul at that tender age...and it remains the song that defines the album for me. The well known "First Time.." along with "Hey that's no way...." will leave you equally moved and sooner or later....singing along with her. Treat yourself to this classic as soon as possible. Sunday afternoon around the house...candlelit moments with a glass of merlot...allow yourself to be stirred deep into your soul. Just you and Roberta. You won't be disappointed.

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Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack
As good a smusic gets
Completing a triumvirate of great Roberta Flack albums
Roberta's best... by far! And that's sayin something
Sublime, sumptuous Ro Flack....

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Customer Reviews:

Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack.......2007-01-03

This disc finds Roberta Flack at her peak -- flush with her initial success, and building on that with an album that combines soul and jazz feeling. It captures the times, employing themes of mass movement as well as individual passion. Highly recommended.

As good a smusic gets.......2006-02-28

Roberta Flack is as good as music gets and any chance to hear her sing is worthwhile. This album is more than worthwhile. Listen to "Will You Still Love Me Tommorow" and see if you can think of anything more haunting or beautiful. All the music here is supurb but that one song should be enough to satisfy anyone. This is an album you'll be sorry if you miss.

Completing a triumvirate of great Roberta Flack albums.......2002-07-26

"Quiet Fire", Roberta Flack's third solo album, has been unfairly overshadowed by the incandescent "First Take" and its masterful follow up, "Chapter Two". Unfairly because it is in every way an equal partner to its two luminous predecessors in constituting the third instalment of a triumvirate of great Roberta Flack albums. Significantly, even its immediate successor, the excellent "Killing Me Softly", doesn't quite measure up artistically with anything she did before that. Just as "Chapter Two" surprised with inspired covers of familiar standards, "Quiet Fire" serves up majestic versions of Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Goffin & King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and the Gibb brothers' "To Love Somebody" which Nina Simone had a huge UK hit with in 1969. Unlike Aretha Franklin whose penchant for turning melodies inside out is legendary, Roberta's approach with a song is more conservative. She may slow it down a tad but always tries to preserve the melody and the cadence of the song. What she does is use her peerless phrasing and majestic performance to transform a song into something precious and personal. Listening to Roberta's voice build and rise above the piano is akin to a religious experience and it can't get more seriously churchy than "Go Up Moses", the opening track, which has Roberta feverishly incanting over a racuous rhythmn. Continuing in the same vein is "Sunday and Sister Jones", featuring the album's most powerful moments and a tour de force performance from Roberta that has to be heard to be believed. Winding up are sensitive treatments of "Let Them Talk" and the Dinah Washington standard "Sweet Bitter Love" which are at least equal, in my opinion, to the best versions ever recorded, including Aretha's in the case of the latter song. "Quiet Fire" is indeed the middle name of Roberta Flack and the sound of velvet melting...

Roberta's best... by far! And that's sayin something.......2002-04-27

Roberta Flack is as always incomparable but this one is just absolutely amazing. And I loved both of her earlier albums and thought that each of them was pretty close to perfect. But without question this album is the pinnacle of her talent and emotion.

Sweet Bitter Love is what I categorize as an A++ cut. Not just A+ but A double-plus. So much beauty, pain, and irony all in one cut. Just incredible! And personally I love Sunday and Sister Jones and To Love Somebody (A+) in and of themselves but some nights i'll play Sweet Bitter Love 3 or 4 times a night.

Cover to cover. High quality. Beauty and feeling. Depth and simplicity.

Just an out and out winner!

Sublime, sumptuous Ro Flack...........2000-03-23

...this is a listening experience like no other, Roberta Flack's "Quiet Fire". If her "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Sweet Bitter Love" doesn't move you, then maybe your life is actually passing you by. Slow down and savor this one, it is truly a gift.

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Smooth Music
UNDERRATED GEM
My best advice...
How incredible is this voice
Her last great album before venturing into a MOR career

Killing Me Softly
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Jesse
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I'm The Girl
River
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Customer Reviews:

Smooth Music.......2007-06-15

Right out of High School "Killing Me Softly" was a huge hit. And the album of the same title has equally fantastic numbers. Along with the title song, my other favorites are "Jesse", "I'm the Girl" and the final track "Suzanne". Just make yourself comfortable, put on your headphones and enjoy a great listen. And when you get to "Suzanne", turn the volume up a bit and let the beautiful string arrangements carry you away. A great CD from one of Roberta's best efforts.

UNDERRATED GEM.......2007-04-03

Why doesn't Roberta Flack get the same attention as so many other singers of the 1970s? Is it because she never wrote many of her songs? This is a lovely album from start to finish. The title track, for Don McLean (although not written by Flack) takes on a more powerful lustre in its proper context. 'Jesse' is tear-jerkingly glorious, and 'Suzanne' an unexpected treat.

My best advice..........2004-04-04

I can only say on thing about Roberta: there's you and there's Aretha. I'm not kidding, and on this set, her most soulful album ever, you'll see what I mean. Roberta Flack is an artist, period. Her voice is truly amazing, so strong and yet so soft, and always on key...and this voice comes from a former piano player and elementary school teacher. One of the highlights here is "Jesse," which is not available elsewhere - it's one of her best vocals ever.

How incredible is this voice.......2003-08-30

There is music and then there is something like this...a smoky voice that owns every song...every word a part of her...this is an album for late nights and fireplaces. The songs are well mixed if somewhat eclectic (if you haven't been to that place by the river with the mysterious Suzanne...do yourself a favor and take the tour...)and despite an earlier reviewers faux pas Ms Flack and the soulful "Killing me softly with HIS Song" (rather than THIS song) will be around somewhere close to forever!

Her last great album before venturing into a MOR career.......2002-07-30

Roberta Flack's recording career traces back to 1968 but it wasn't until 1973 that she achieved widespread commercial success with "Killing Me Softly With This Song (KMSWTS)". Sure, she had had major successes prior to that with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" as well as four chart albums including a collaboration with Donny Hathaway but her relationship with the pop audience was always compromised by the fact that she was perceived as a serious black artiste....and classically trained at that.

So, riding on the back of her massive hit with KMSWTS, "Killing Me Softly (KMS)" presented the ideal opportunity for her to achieve a convincing cross over. No, she didn't sell out and make an all out pop album but she did include more commercial elements in it than was evident in her earlier albums. While Joel Dorn remained firmly at the producer's helm and Roberta's love for slow moody ballads (eg, "Jesse", "I Am The Girl") was still very much evident judging by her choice of material, the kitschy "When You Smile" seemed more than a casual nod at the supper club crowd. As it turned out, "KMS" was the precursor to the smooth midnight soul of "Feel Like Making Love" in 1975 and a couple more steps away from her metamorphosis into full fledged MOR artiste by the time she made "Blue Lights In The Basement" in 1977.

Be that as it may, "KMS" was an excellent album showcasing wonderful performances by Roberta throughout, particularly on the title track and on Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" which closes the album on a deeply resonant note. The gently rocking "River", the funky "No Tears (In The End)" and the lovely "Conversation Love" are other highlights showcasing Roberta's versatility. While "KMS" was the last great album she would make until she wisely abandoned her Adult Contemporary career to return to her roots with the phenomenal "Roberta" in 1994, I would still rate "KMS" a tad below "First Take", "Chapter Two" and "Quiet Fire", the albums on which she had established herself as a truly world class virtuoso performer. "KMS" was in some ways a transitional album but it was still an excellent one which gained her a broader audience and paved the way for the next phase of her career as MOR artiste.

The Best of Roberta Flack
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It doesn't get any better than this.

Soft and passionate

An insistent infectiousness

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The Best of Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
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ASIN: B00000DOZM
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Killing Me Softly with His Song
Closer I Get to You
You've Got a Friend
Feel Like Makin' Love
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Where Is the Love
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Back Together Again
You Are My Heaven
If Ever I See You Again
Jesse

Album Description

1986 collection, deleted domestically, 11 tracks showcases her biggest ballads. Atlantic/WEA Int.

Album Details

11 Song Collection from the Former Schoolteacher Turned Pop Star's Great Career.

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Relaxing and soothing music.......2007-07-04

It doesn't get any better than this........2007-05-03

You won't find a better selection of Roberta Flack's greatest hits on one disc. They did a wonderful job far as putting together this collaboration. I'm really enjoying them.

Soft and passionate.......2006-09-07

An insistent infectiousness.......2006-06-18

Remaster.......2006-03-30

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Dont go crazy to have this one
Essential Live CD
Two (actually three) of the greatest voices....
a must
Excellent live cd

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Roberta Flack
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ASIN: B000002I6N
Release Date: 1996-07-30

Tracks:

A. Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)/B. You Are My Heaven
Make The World Stand Still
Feel The Fire
God Don't Like Ugly
If Only For One Night
Love Is A Waiting Game
Reachin' For The Sky

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More Than Everything
Feel Like Makin' Love
When Will I Learn
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
Back Together Again
Love In Every Season/I Believe In You

Customer Reviews:

Dont go crazy to have this one.......2007-07-21

I would have given this a 5, but the recording of this was bad. Other than that, the list of songs are good, but the audio recording was not what I thought it would be. I understand this stuff was recorded back in the day, but come on now.

Another good thing was to hear Luther Vandross all over this singing backgrounds!

Essential Live CD.......2002-05-21

I usually don't care much for live CDs. After much hesitation, I recently purchased this CD. Man, am I glad I made that decision. This CD is fantastic!

Both artists are in top form, sounding very energetic and they compliment each other very well. This set features both live solo performances as well as duets.

Of particular interest to me was Roberta's reading of the late Gwen Guthrie's "God Don't Like Ugly". Her live performance of this song has always been more bouncy and vigorous than the version she originally recorded on the 'Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway' album.

Bryson sounds as soulful and stunning as ever, putting in a superb performance on each and every song. Both he and Flack are consummate artists.

If you dig either artist, this CD is absolutely essential for your collection. It is a pure delight from beginning to end.

Two (actually three) of the greatest voices...........2001-08-02

the world has had the pleasure of hearing. I have a special place in my heart for this CD. I bought the album when it was released over 20 years ago....almost wore it out! And I once sang "If Only For One Night" in a talent competition. This was before Luther did the song and worked his magic on it (there was no magic when I sang it). And speaking of Luther...guess who's doing background vocals on this album. Yes, Luther, before he stepped up to the foreground! Both Roberta and Peabo have wonderful voices and together, they are fantastic as well. By now, some of the songs are a little dated but if you like both of these singers, the songs work because of the singers.

a must.......2001-01-08

this a classic Soulful Live Album.Roberta Flack&Peabo Bryson sound Great together.the songs&vibe are right on time.this is a must have.

Excellent live cd.......2000-01-21

This is a fantastic live album...Peabo and Roberta toured in the 80's and they captured their beautiful music on this cd. If you like live music, then this is a must buy.

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Final posthumous album feat. the late Donny Hathaway
From the finest voices in R&B
A good final tribute to Donny Hathaway
Roberta's disco album was among her better 80s work
"Don't wait, buy this CD"

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Release Date: 1996-06-04

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Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)
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Customer Reviews:

Final posthumous album feat. the late Donny Hathaway.......2005-01-18

This is a special tribute to him right after he passed. 'Cuz this was something he was working be he died. Y'know Roberta did a lotta work on this record. 'Cuz she knows how she loves him and how she missed him dearly. So sadly Donny's not here be he lives on in our hearts tho even he is truly a musical legend. Well I first got this on LP just b/c it'll be different before I buy it on CD. It does feat. Luther Vandross doing the backup vocals to this one. How sweet of him being a special guest on this album. Well if u listen to "God Don't Like Ugly" or "You Are My Heaven" (written by Stevie Wonder), or "Back Together Again" (The best song to date), you would notice from sides of 'em when u first heard Donny come into the set. So happy Roberta don't had to worry bout him no more. She definitely have him in her heart. Go get this album 'cuz it's a classic.

From the finest voices in R&B.......2002-11-08

Classic album but sad considering it was released months after the death of Donny Hathaway. Especially when you hear "Back Together Again." If you listen carefully you can distinctively hear Luther Vandross singing in the background.

A good final tribute to Donny Hathaway.......2002-03-27

Back together again may be the hit song of this album, but this whole album is slammin'. Don't make me wait to long is classic disco. Donny was one of the great ones.

Roberta's disco album was among her better 80s work.......2002-03-12

This was intended to be Roberta's second full fledged collaboration with Donny Hathaway but as we all know, Donny committed suicide before the recording was finished, so we'd never know what the final product might have been had the album been completed. Nevertheless, what we eventually got from the sessions were 7 tracks featuring Donny's vocals on only 2 of them. On 2 tracks, the songs ran back to back for nearly 18 minutes long, so Atlantic must have been pretty desperate to drag out the half complete sessions into a full length album. How else to explain an interminable 9-minute plus take of "Back Together Again" when a 4 to 5 minute version would have done the job ? That aside, the good news is that the quality of this, Roberta's disco album, is remarkably even. Roberta's and Donny's voices blend beautifully on their hit duet, "You Are My Heaven". For those who think Roberta doesn't ever let rip, just listen to the last 15 seconds before the fade out. For a fleeting moment, I thought I was hearing Aretha ! The other stand out but curiously ignored track is Gwen Guthrie's "God Don't Like Ugly". Here, Roberta gets into an unusually funky groove with excellent phrasing and some of her most soulful singing. The two non-disco ballads on the album, "Disguises" and "Stay With Me", also hold their own. "Disguises" is particularly poignant and moving. So, "Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway" isn't quite what its title professes. She flirted with disco but avoided its excesses and worst influences. This album is clearly one of Roberta's better late 70s/early 80s efforts since abandoning the persona of virtuoso performer for that of classy MOR artiste.

"Don't wait, buy this CD".......2000-07-31

The long awaited reunion of Roberta and Donny is one of the highlights of this album. This is one of Roberta's best, where she sounds so good with Donny on "You Are My Heaven," and gets down and funky with him on "Back Together Again." One of my favorite cuts though is "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long." Roberta gets funky on this one too, and it doesn't hurt that another GENIUS, Stevie Wonder, wrote it. The material is outstanding, the melodies will have you humming songs ALL DAY. And while you check out the credits on this one, take note of some of the background vocalists. This is a great album.

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