Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly
Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records
Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated album featuring the No. 1 smash title track
Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing
Female R&B singers were expected to be forceful, big-voiced divas (like Aretha Franklin) or come-hither seductresses (like Diana Ross), but, as AllMusic says, Roberta Flack had her own unique approach.
Flack’s voice is vast, deep, and stately — where some singers confuse frenzy with passion, she is confident, majestic, and unhurried, intense in a profound yet reserved manner.
The title song of this 1973 masterful eight track album, “Killing Me Softly,” was her second No. 1 hit, establishing her as a major modern R&B stylist.
Killing Me Softly reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape and No. 2 on the Soul LPs chart.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on August 27, 1973, and double platinum on January 30, 2006, denoting shipments of 2 million copies in the United States.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which it lost to Stevie Wonder’s 1973 album Innervisions.
The album’s title track was released as a single and topped the Billboard Hot 100. The title track won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
This deluxe 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP Analogue Productions (Atlantic Series) reissue of Killing Me Softly is a true audiophile gem and a worthy addition to your music collection.
Track List: Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly
Side 1
1. Killing Me Softly With His Song
2. Jesse
Side 2
1. No Tears (In The End)
2. I’m The Girl
Side 3
1. River
2. Conversation Love
3. When You Smile
Side 4
1. Suzanne
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