The Very Best of Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
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Killing Me Softly With His Song | Roberta Flack | 4:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Where Is the Love | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | 2:42 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Feel Like Makin' Love | Roberta Flack | 2:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta Flack | 5:19 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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And So It Goes | Roberta Flack | 3:32 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (feat. Peabo Bryson) | Roberta Flack | 3:29 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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The Closer I Get to You | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | 4:37 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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'Till the Morning Comes | Roberta Flack | 3:44 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Back Together Again (feat. Donny Hathaway) [Edit Version] | Roberta Flack | 6:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Making Love | Roberta Flack | 3:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love) [feat. Donny Hathaway] | Roberta Flack | 4:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Set the Night to Music | Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest | 5:19 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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You Are My Heaven (feat. Donny Hathaway) | Roberta Flack | 4:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Oasis | Roberta Flack | 6:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Make Me Wait Too Long (feat. Donny Hathaway) | Roberta Flack | 7:44 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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And So It Goes (Reprise) | Roberta Flack | 0:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Trade Winds (Tom Mouton Mix) | Roberta Flack | 6:50 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 17 Songs |
Album Review
It's quite easy to place Roberta Flack near the top of the pile of singer/songwriters who changed the course of pop music, not only soul music, during the '70s. She was fortunate enough to deliver the velvet-smooth ballad "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" to an unsuspecting public, and followed it up with an onslaught of ballads that would keep her on the charts for the remainder of the decade. From start to finish, this greatest-hits compilation is the most comprehensive look at her finest moments available on record. From her legendary string of duets with Donny Hathaway to her duets with Peabo Bryson and Maxi Priest that kept her at the top of the charts through the '80s, they're all here. But it's not just the duets that made Flack such an outstanding performer, as her solo works also rate high in quality. Free of the filler and goofy remixes that can make other greatest-hits collections seem diluted, this is easily the best retrospective of her work available to date.
Customer Reviews
If Ever An Artist Deserved A Two-Disc Anthology....
It's Roberta. This cd highlights most of Roberta's career and the disc as a whole clocks in at 77 minutes. Not all the albums are sampled and not all her hits are featured. From the lp "I'm The One" the obsure but well performed "'Til The Morning Comes" was chosen over the more successful single "In The Name Of Love" and the title track and hit single "I'm The One." Roberta's early albums could have been represented by a single track, "Reverend Lee" from "Chapter Two" and anything from "Quiet Fire." Roberta's last studio album for Atlantic, "Roberta," is mentioned in the liner notes but not sampled; nor is a track from her 1979 "Roberta Flack" lp. The songs present however represent her biggest hits ever and the mastering is the best of any Roberta Flack album to date; kudos to Rhino for not using single edits, save for "Back Together Again", that song's album length is over nine minutes. "Trade Winds" is a "flip side" from "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" single and the side here is different than the cd release. While all of us will find issues with this single disc, Roberta's output deserves to be anthologized on a two disc set but until that happens, this disc represents the absolute best of this remarkable woman's work.
Exquisite!
Ms. Flack is exquisite in this appropriately titled discology. Her music has blessed us all and will be loved for generations.
Smooth Soul Memories
Ever since "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," graced the Monterey Bay scene in the 1972 movie "Play Misty For Me," she was bound for greatness. That haunting melody was the perfect backdrop for this Clint Eastwood movie. Roberta went on to have one after another chart toppers that are still played today. This the perfect album for a romantic mood.
Biography
Born: February 10, 1939 in Asheville, NC
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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- $11.99
- Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary R&B, Adult Contemporary, Soul, Quiet Storm, Rock
- Released: Feb 07, 2006
- ℗ 2006 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Co. A Warner Music Group Co.
