The Very Best of Roberta Flack
02/07/2006 | Atlantic / Wea
Lyrics from The Very Best of Roberta Flack
All Music Guide Review
It's quite easy to place Roberta Flack near the top of the pile of singer/songwriters who changed the course of pop music, not only soul music, during the '70s. She was fortunate enough to deliver the velvet-smooth ballad "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" to an unsuspecting public, and followed it up with an onslaught of ballads that would keep her on the charts for the remainder of the decade. From start to finish, this greatest-hits compilation is the most comprehensive look at her finest moments available on record. From her legendary string of duets with Donny Hathaway to her duets with Peabo Bryson and Maxi Priest that kept her at the top of the charts through the '80s, they're all here. But it's not just the duets that made Flack such an outstanding performer, as her solo works also rate high in quality. Free of the filler and goofy remixes that can make other greatest-hits collections seem diluted, this is easily the best retrospective of her work available to date. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
The Very Best of Roberta Flack Track Listing
Credits of The Very Best of Roberta Flack
- Scott Mabuchi
- Engineer
- Arif Mardin
- Conductor, Producer, String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement, Basic Track, Vocal Producer
- Michael Masser
- Rhythm, Producer
- Hugh McCracken
- Guitar
- Charles McCracken
- Cello
- Eugene McDaniels
- Producer
- Richard McKernan
- Engineer
- Sammy Merendino
- Drum Programming
- Jason Miles
- Synthesizer Programming
- Bruce Miller
- Engineer
- Marcus Miller
- Bass, Producer, Vocals (Background), Keyboards
- Eleanore Mills
- Vocals (Background)
- Armando Noriega
- String Arrangements
- Michael O'Reilly
- Engineer
- Gene Orloff
- Violin
- Gene Paul
- Engineer
- Leon Pendarvis
- Arranger
- John Pizzarelli
- Guitar
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
- Drums
- Ed Rak
- Engineer
- George Ricci
- Cello
- Paul Riser
- String Arrangements
- Lee Ritenour
- Guitar
- William Salter
- Producer
- Neil Stubenhaus
- Bass
- Bruce Swedien
- Engineer
- Richard Tee
- Piano, Fender Rhodes
- Steve Thornton
- Percussion
- Carlos Vega
- Drums
- Buddy Williams
- Drums
- Gabrielle Goodman
- Vocals (Background)
- Carla Bandini
- Engineer
- Eric Calvi
- Engineer
- Ollie Cotton
- Engineer
- David Nathan
- Liner Notes
- Zack Saunders
- Vocals (Background)
- Brad Lee
- Engineer
- David Redfern
- Photography
- Burt Goldblatt
- Insert Photography
- Vanessa Atkins
- Editorial Supervision
- Steve Woolard
- Discographical Annotation
- Johnny de Mairo
- Compilation Producer
- Kenny Nemes
- Product Manager
- Craig Huntley
- Synthesizer
- Lisa Glines
- Art Direction, Design
- Karen Ahmed
- A&R, Project Supervisor
- Malia Doss
- Business Consultant
- Ginger Dettman
- Project Assistant
- Larry E. Williams
- Synthesizer
- Burt Bacharach
- Synthesizer, Producer
- Carole Bayer Sager
- Producer
- Ralph MacDonald
- Percussion, Producer
- Eric Mercury
- Producer
- Gene Page
- Rhythm, Orchestration
- Dennis Collins
- Vocals (Background)
- Jim Keltner
- Drums
- Jack Robinson
- Photography
- Richard Alderson
- Engineer
- William Arlt
- Engineer
- Jerry Barnes
- Vocals (Background)
- Katreese Barnes
- Vocals (Background)
- Crusher Bennett
- Percussion
- Alfred Brown
- Viola
- Vivian Cherry
- Vocals (Background)
- Ray Chew
- Strings, Horn
- Kacey Cisyk
- Vocals (Background)
- Selwart Clarke
- Viola
- Paulinho Da Costa
- Percussion
- Joel Dorn
- Producer
- Jimmy Douglass
- Engineer
- Nathan East
- Bass
- Rick Essig
- Remastering
- Joe Ferla
- Producer
- William S. Fischer
- Conductor, String Arrangements
- Mike Fisher
- Percussion
- Rubina Flake
- Arranger, Producer
- Steve Gadd
- Drums
- Eric Gale
- Guitar
- Diva Gray
- Vocals (Background)
- Emanuel Green
- Violin
- Paul Griffin
- Synthesizer
- Lani Groves
- Vocals (Background)
- Jerry Hey
- Arranger, Producer
- Theodore Israel
- Viola
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Guitar
- Jack Jennings
- Vibraphone
- Randy Kerber
- Synthesizer, Piano
- Brenda White-King
- Vocals (Background)
- Daren Klein
- Engineer
- Robbie Kondor
- Arranger, Programming, Keyboards
- Michael Landau
- Guitar
- Howie Lindeman
- Engineer
- Ray Lucas
- Drums
- Maxi Priest
- Vocals
- Peabo Bryson
- Vocals
- Roberta Flack
- Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Vocal Producer, Basic Track
- Gwen Guthrie
- Arranger
- Donny Hathaway
- Keyboards, Vocals
- Luther Vandross
- Arranger
- Ron Carter
- Bass
- Earl Klugh
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- David Sanborn
- Sax (Alto)
- Barry Miles
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Producer
- Chuck Rainey
- Bass





















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