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The Very Best of Roberta Flack


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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 P… More >>

The Very Best of Roberta Flack

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  1. #1 by D. Navarro on July 28, 2010 - 11:42 pm

    The CD itself is in great shape and I am very happy with my purchase. I did have problems with the delivery. I never received the first order, and I waited and I waited. I finally had to request a second. All in all, because of this, it took twice as long as it should have to receive the CD.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  2. #2 by Michael Kerner on July 29, 2010 - 1:22 am

    It seems to me that a the feelings of the music industry these days are definitely a bit more manufactured than realistic. That has been the case with so many of the younger divas like Britney Spears, Ashnati, Jennifer Lopez and especially Beyonce’. It is definitely unfortunate, because so many people don’t seem to appreciate older acts that have been extremely influential for the backgrounds of music today. That has been the case for Roberta Flack. Although she isn’t really as recognized today as she was back in the 70’s and mid 80’s, her songs remain as much of a guilty pleasure that still remains delightful to endure. But can there be a greatest hits package that can showcase her beautiful vocals?

    The 2006 Best Of Roberta Flack, is a single disc retrospective of Roberta’s well-received career and the achievements she brought ut in this industry. The songs here have all been remastered much better than her previous 1993 hits package Softly With These Songs. The album does highlight so many great clasics including Making Love, her last Top 40 hit, Set The Night To Music with Maxi Preist, And So It Goes, the duet classics Where Is The Love with her longtime duet partner the late Donny Hathaway, and Tonight I Celebrate My Love with Peabo Bryson. While the album does shine with so many great tracks, the album also does overshadow a lot of great songs such as Will You Still Love Me Tommorow?, My Foolish Heart, and so many other classics for die hard Roberta Flack fans.

    All in all, Best Of Roberta Flack is a fair improvement to her previous hits package, but there still was a bit that should’ve been showcased that just wasn’t there. Nevertheless, if you haven’t heard of any of those classics Roberta Flack had conjured, than this would be a treat for you, but for die hard fans, you’re just better off sticking with the 1993 hits package Softly With These Songs instead.

    Album Cover: B+

    Songs: C+

    Price: B-

    Remastering: B+

    Overall: C+
    Rating: 3 / 5

  3. #3 by Dinese Y. Beckert on July 29, 2010 - 3:25 am

    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.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  4. #4 by James Fenos on July 29, 2010 - 5:01 am

    Concerning Roberta’s output and quality of songs, a two disc set is warrented. Looking at this single disc as it is, this release is the best mastered of Roberta’s albums and kudos to Rhino for not using single edits, save for “Back Together Again,” it’s trimmed to almost seven minutes, the original album version is almost ten minutes long. As stated in previous reviews there are key hits missing but this cd is stuffed to seventy-nine minutes which is generous and leaves no room for additions. Second volumes of hits are not unheard of and if we can make this set sell popular demand usually dictates a second volume; it worked well for Rod Stewart.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  5. #5 by Little Miss Cutey on July 29, 2010 - 6:16 am

    This is a good compilation cd. It has most of the songs we have come to love from Roberta. I love Set The Night To Music especially even though that’s not one of the first songs that pop into your head when you think of her. I Feel Like Makin Love, Where Is The Love and Killing Me Softly are the obvious classics and they are just that for a reason. They are fantastic songs and very timeless. She is a true great and while fans love these songs, I hope she can release new hits too.
    Rating: 4 / 5