Roberta Flack - The Very Best of Roberta Flack

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. Album Description

Awesome!

I'm actually listening to this right now, and it's a CD that's been on my mind lately as I recently rediscovered her song "'Till the Morning Comes", which I played for my girlfriend the other night because I anticipated it would so greatly resonate with her. I bought this CD really only being aware of Roberta's hits "Killing Me Softly", "Where is the Love", "Feel Like Making Love", and after purchasing realized I was familiar with great tunes like "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", and "The Closer I Get To You". If someone told me that this was part of her 20 best songs (17/20) then I'd certainly believe it. I've come to enjoy the rest of the songs on the CD, and there's great variety in tone, mood, and actual lyrical content--majorly revolving around love and passion themes that you'd expect from this talented soulful woman, but also contains in part commentary on life like in "Trade Winds", which I'd call Flack's participation in the genre of music like Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues", "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Me", and "What's Going On". Of the romantic love songs she touches upon many facets to that dynamic tangle that is love. Consider "Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)", where she shares the confusing and conflicted yearnings that result from a love that's become overripe. This album crosses many other things but I'll try not to flood a mass of information. I highly enjoy this CD, it's one of the one's I'll return to from time to time again and again. Oh one last thing, it's a fantastic mood setter ;) October 1, 2008

Roberta Flack cd review

This cd is packed with awesome songs that I never even knew she sang. I love them all! If you love the old songs, this is an awesome pick. June 28, 2008

The very best of Roberta Flack

Wonderful to get her music again. She is very relaxing and every song is great. June 24, 2008

Sound quality is a problem

I love many of Roberta's early hits and particularly remember the sound quality as being excellent. I am very disappointed in the sound quality of this CD. Would not recommend purchase. May 17, 2008

brought a big smile to my lady's face

Heard "The first time ever I saw your face" on the radio. That is our story, truly love at first sight 6 years ago and we have been together ever since (and will be forever). I sent it to her as a surprise and obviously it was a big success. She is a wanna be karaoke singer so she listens to it in her car and sings along. She is a hard working critical care nurse so anything that brings her happiness makes her day a little more tolerable. March 18, 2008

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