 |  | Final posthumous album feat. the late Donny Hathaway |  |
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.
January 18, 2005 | | From the finest voices in R&B | |
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.
November 8, 2002| | | A good final tribute to Donny Hathaway | |
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.
March 27, 2002| | | Roberta's disco album was among her better 80s work | |
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.
March 12, 2002| | | "Don't wait, buy this CD" | |
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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