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Loading... First Take [sound recording]by Roberta Flack
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Lemeritus | Jan 5, 2014 |   * Audio CD (September 19, 1995) * Number of Discs: 1 * Format: Original recording remastered * Label: Atlantic / Wea * Catalog Number: 82792 * ASIN: B000002J5S * Also Available in: Audio Cassette * Average Customer Review: based on 12 reviews. (Write a review.) * Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,048 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music) Yesterday: #9,187 in Music Listen to Samples To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample. Visit our audio help page for more information. Windows Media RealOne Player 1. Compared To What Listen Listen 2. Angelitos Negros Listen Listen 3. Our Ages Or Our Hearts Listen Listen 4. I Told Jesus Listen Listen 5. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye Listen Listen 6. The First Time EverI Saw Your Face Listen 7. Tryin' Times Listen 8. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men Listen Tag this product (What's this?) Your tags: Add your first tag Spotlight Reviews Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. Search Customer Reviews 20 of 23 people found the following review helpful: Amazing, incredible, powerful voice., March 21, 2000 Reviewer: Eric V. Moye (New York, by way of Dallas) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) Like one other reviewer, Roberta Flack is my all time favorite vocalist. Her voice is nothing short of magical. It can be soft and gentle and powerful. On this album, she shows both ends of her spectrum. I saw her in concert, now some twenty five years ago. It was like no other concert I have ever seen in life, before or since. She was magical, from the very first moment she came out onto the stage with one word: "Hello". From that moment, she had the audience in the palm of her hands. Clint Eastwood may not have discovered her, but he sure gave her a wider audience by including her signature song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in his dark movie, "Play Misty For Me". It was a classic, and propetic; the first time ever I heard her voice I knew that I was hearing something unlike anything I had ever heard before. Along with that wonderful piece, this album includes "That's No Way To Say Goodbye", and "Tryin' Times". These works sure make this album worth having. Her voice is a gem, to be treasured. The rumor was, back in the day, that Roberta Flack could make good music when she was happy, but could only make great music when she was unhappy. I am ashamed to say it, but if this is true, an awful lot of her fans sure got a lot of pleasure as a result of her pain. For her sacrifice, we owe her a great debt, and hopes for her happiness. Was this review helpful to you? YesNo (Report this) 3 of 9 people found the following review helpful: A VOICE AS RARE AS ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S DIAMOND!, July 9, 2002 Reviewer: J. Hoffman "soul lover" (dover, pa. United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) WHEN MISSROBERTA FLACK FIRST STARTED SINGING THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE, I KNOW THE ENTIRE PLANET HAD TO STOP!LOOK!&LISTEN!TO THIS FABULOUS VOICE, A VOICE THAT COULD BRING EVEN THE COLDEST & THE CRUELEST OF HEART TO THEIR KNEES! AMEN!IF THERE WOULD NOT BE A QUEEN OF SOUL ALREADY ESTABLISED, THIS WOMAN SHOULD REIGN THE QUEEN OF SOUL!I KNOW MISS ARETHA FRANKLIN EVEN HAD TO STOP! LOOK!&LISTEN!WHEN SHE BROUGHT THAT RECORD OUT.THEN LOOKOUT CHAPTER TWO SOON FOLLOWED WITH THE SOULSTIRRING DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO, NOTHING SHORT FROM FABULOUS,& IF ONE NEEDED MORE CONVINCING, THERE CAME QUIET FIRE,KILLING ME SOFTLY,BORN TO LOVE,SET THE NIGHT TO MUSIC, MOVIE THEMES N ALL!SHE'S THE GREATEST!!NO RECORD COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT HER!!JOEY HOFFMAN(THE SOUL PHILOSOPHER)  pantufla | Feb 24, 2006 |
Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpretive talents of Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, the earthy power of Aretha Franklin, and the crystal purity and emotional resonance of folksingers like Judy Collins. Indeed, the album often sounded more like vocal jazz or folk than soul, beginning with the credits: a core quartet of Flack on piano, John Pizzarelli on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Ray Lucas on drums, as fine a lineup as any pop singer could hope to recruit. With only one exception -- the bluesy, grooving opener "Compared to What," during which Flack proves her chops as a soul belter -- she concentrates on readings of soft, meditative material. A pair of folk covers, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye," are heart-wrenching standouts; the first even became a surprise hit two years later, when its appearance in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me pushed it to the top of the pop charts and earned Flack her first Grammy award for Record of the Year. Her arrangement of the traditional "I Told Jesus" has a simmering power, while "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" summons a stately sense of melancholy. Flack also included two songs from her college friend and future duet partner, Donny Hathaway, including a tender examination of the classic May-December romance titled "Our Ages or Our Hearts." The string arrangements of William Fischer wisely keep to the background, lending an added emotional weight to all of Flack's pronouncements. No soul artist had ever recorded an album like this, making First Take one of the most fascinating soul debuts of the era.
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1 Compared to What (Gene McDaniels), 5:16
2 Angelitos Negros (Andrés Eloy Blanco / Manuel Álvarez Maciste), 6:56
3 Our Ages or Our Hearts (Robert Ayers / Donny Hathaway), 6:09
4 I Told Jesus (Traditional), 6:09
5 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen), 4:08
6 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl), 5:22
7 Tryin' Times (Donny Hathaway / Leroy Hutson), 5:08
8 Ballad of the Sad Young Men (Fran Landesman / Thomas Wolf / Tommy Wolf), 7:00