“Killing Me Softly” is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released on August 1, 1973, by Atlantic Records. She recorded the album with producer Joel Dorn for 18 months. “Killing Me Softly” reached #3 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape and #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 two 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. It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
The title track was another smash for Roberta Flack, and the album continued in the same tradition as Chapter Two and A Quiet Fire. She made simmering ballads, declarative message songs, and better-than-average up-tempo numbers, and at the time was among the top-selling female vocalists in any style.
Release of the album: 1973, August, 1 [LP Atlantic Records, Cat.# SD 7271, USA]
Release of this CD: 1987 [CD Atlantic/Warner Music (Germany), Cat.# 7567-81540-2 / UPC: 075678154027]
℗&© 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Credits:
Arranged By – Roberta Flack
Engineer [Recording & Re-mix] – Bob Liftin (tracks: 2-8), Gene Paul (tracks: 1)
Producer – Joel Dorn
Tracklist:
01. Killing Me Softly With His Song (04:51)
(Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel)
02. Jesse (04:03)
(Janis Ian)
03. No Tears (In The End) (04:58)
(Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
04. I’m The Girl (04:55)
(James Alan Shelton)
05. River (05:03)
(Gene McDaniels)
06. Conversation Love (03:43)
(Terry Plumeri, Bill Seighman)
07. “When You Smile (03:44)
(Ralph MacDonald, William Salter)
08. Suzanne (09:44)
(Leonard Cohen)
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Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly
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Analyzed: Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly
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DR12 -4.40 dB -19.90 dB 4:51 01-Killing Me Softly With His Song
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See also:
Chapter Two (1970) [1989, Japan]
Quiet Fire (1971) [1991, Reissue]
Killing Me Softly (1973) [1995, Remastered]
Feel Like Makin’ Love (1975) [1991, Reissue]
Blue Lights In The Basement (1977) [1995, Remastered]
Roberta Flack feat. Donny Hathaway (1980) [1996]
Roberta Flack – I’m The One (1982) [1990, Reissue]
Stop The World (1992) [Japan]
Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles (2012)
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