Quiet Fire (Roberta Flack album)
Quiet Fire | ||||
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Studio album by Roberta Flack | ||||
Released | November 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
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Genre | Soul, gospel[1] | |||
Length | 41:37 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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Singles from Quiet Fire | ||||
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Quiet Fire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, released in November 1971 by Atlantic Records.[1] It was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, Regent Studios, and The Hit Factory in New York City.[2] The album peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape, and its single "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" charted at number 76 on the Hot 100.[3]
At the 15th Annual Grammy Awards, the album secured Roberta Flack a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. However, the award went to Helen Reddy for I Am Woman.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Quiet Fire a "C", writing that Flack occasionally "sounds kind, intelligent, and very likable, but she often exhibits the gratuitous gentility you'd expect of anyone who said 'between you and I.'"[4] In a retrospective review, The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) gave it two out of five stars and claimed it "barely sparks at all".[5] AllMusic's Stephen Cook was more enthusiastic, giving it four-and-a-half out of five stars and calling it "one of Flack's best". He believed its "varied mix all comes off sounding seamless" while writing: "Forgoing the full-throttled delivery of, say, Aretha Franklin, Flack translates the pathos of gospel expression into measured intensity and sighing, elongated phrases."[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Go up Moses" | Flack, Jesse Jackson, Joel Dorn | Joel Dorn | 5:20 |
2. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | Joel Dorn | 7:13 |
3. | "Sunday and Sister Jones" | Gene McDaniels | Joel Dorn | 4:48 |
4. | "See You Then" | Jimmy Webb | Joel Dorn | 3:40 |
5. | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | Carole King, Gerry Goffin | Joel Dorn | 3:59 |
6. | "To Love Somebody" | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb | Joel Dorn | 6:41 |
7. | "Let Them Talk" | Sonny Thompson | Joel Dorn | 3:50 |
8. | "Sweet Bitter Love" | Van McCoy | Joel Dorn | 6:06 |
Personnel
Musicians
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Production
- Rod Bristow – photography
- Deodato – horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Joel Dorn – producer
- William Eaton – horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Ira Friedlander – cover design
- Lewis Hahn – engineer
- Bruce Tergesen – engineer
Charts
Chart (1972) | Peak position[3] |
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U.S. Billboard Jazz LPs | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Soul LPs | 4 |
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape | 18 |
References
- ^ a b c Cook, Stephen. "Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ a b "Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack : Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (January 20, 1972). "Consumer Guide (23)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren (October 27, 1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 248. ISBN 0679737294.
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- First Take (1969)
- Chapter Two (1970)
- Quiet Fire (1971)
- Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)
- Killing Me Softly (1973)
- Feel Like Makin' Love (1975)
- Blue Lights in the Basement (1977)
- Roberta Flack (1978)
- Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980)
- I'm the One (1982)
- Born to Love (1983)
- Oasis (1988)
- Set the Night to Music (1991)
- Roberta (1994)
- The Christmas Album (1997)
- Live & More (1980)
- At Her Best – Live (2008)
- Soul to Soul (1971)
- Bustin' Loose (1981)
- The Best of Roberta Flack (1981)
- Greatest Hits (1984)
- Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack (1993)
- The Very Best of Roberta Flack (2006)
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- "You've Got a Friend"
- "Where Is the Love"
- "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
- "Jesse" (1973)
- "Feel Like Makin' Love"
- "The Closer I Get to You"
- "If Ever I See You Again"
- "Making Love"
- "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
- "Oasis"
- "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)"
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