this is a very good CD... it's easy to listen too. Has a great ballat edge to it, which is nice for background music while entertaining guests.

Roberta has always been a favorite female singer of mine. When listening to her music, it's just as if she right here with me. I love the smooth tones, mellow voice and the energy she puts into her songs. She is my girl.

Thanks Roberta

The music speaks for itself, its a piece of classic history. The 3 weeks it took to arrive were unexceptable and make me very unlikely to purchase from Amazon in the near future.

This is the simply the greatest Flack comp that's out there. Remastered hits from one of the great pop divas. The only slight is this-- there's perhaps too much of a focus on her 1980s work. An even-handed, comprehensive treatment would've included more stuff from the 1970s.

This is her best CD yet. It has all the good songs that take me back to a better time.

I recommend this for all Roberta Flack fans.

Roberta Flack is one the best and brightest of singers whose appeal spans many generations. This album is surely one of her best!!

The CD itself is in great shape and I am very happy with my purchase. I did have problems with the delivery. I never received the first order, and I waited and I waited. I finally had to request a second. All in all, because of this, it took twice as long as it should have to receive the CD.

Really unfortunate that "Jesse", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", and "You've Got a Friend" are left off of this. Could've done without the reprise of "And So it Goes" as well. The best I can say is this includes a few of her great hits from the 70's and the audio quality is nice, but I wish the guy who produced this compilation, Johnny "D" De Mairo, included more of her early material. Poorly designed graphics by Lisa Glines features back cover photo of Roberta Flack with a beard (!)

It's a great album that covers alot of ground, but where is "God Don't Like Ugly"?? I think the makers of this album (and the previous "Best Of" album as well) sold Ms. Flack's work kind of short

I would still recommend getting this though.

Concerning Roberta's output and quality of songs, a two disc set is warrented. Looking at this single disc as it is, this release is the best mastered of Roberta's albums and kudos to Rhino for not using single edits, save for "Back Together Again," it's trimmed to almost seven minutes, the original album version is almost ten minutes long. As stated in previous reviews there are key hits missing but this cd is stuffed to seventy-nine minutes which is generous and leaves no room for additions. Second volumes of hits are not unheard of and if we can make this set sell popular demand usually dictates a second volume; it worked well for Rod Stewart.

This is a good compilation cd. It has most of the songs we have come to love from Roberta. I love Set The Night To Music especially even though that's not one of the first songs that pop into your head when you think of her. I Feel Like Makin Love, Where Is The Love and Killing Me Softly are the obvious classics and they are just that for a reason. They are fantastic songs and very timeless. She is a true great and while fans love these songs, I hope she can release new hits too.

When I read Rhino was coming out with a Roberta Hits CD, I was really excited. At last, a complete Roberta Flack compilation - or so I thought. But this is so similar to Atlantic's 1993 "Softly With These Songs" hits package, it has to be deemed a major disappointment. The only plus is it does contain "Trade Winds", the much sought-after b-side previously unreleased on CD before. But where is "Jesse", "If Ever I See You Again", "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", "I'm The One", "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out", not to mention the 1996 club remix of "Killing Me Softly With His Song"?!!! That remix went straight to #1 on Billboard's dance chart yet has NEVER been available on CD and a MUST for all Roberta fans. What a LETDOWN! Even the casual Flack fan is forced to buy two CDs to get a decent collection. Sorry, Rhino! This time you really missed the mark. The songs deserve 5 Stars but Rhino's efforts for putting together what should have been the ultimate Flack greatest hits package is deserving of nothing more than a big fat zero! Without a doubt, this should have been a double CD. So I am still waiting for a comprehensive collection of her work! Maybe someday someone will get it RIGHT!

Since 1971 I have hoped and wished Trade Winds would be included on a long-playing album,then later on a CD.I couldn't believe my years of waiting are finally over. This has always been one of my Top 5 Roberta Flack songs of all time.
What made it even better was that an almost 7 minute complete version is the one on this CD! This song too should have been nominated and won a grammy in my opinion. The sound on this disc is wonderfully improved over all others of these wonderful, glorious songs and performances by one of my Top 5 female vocalists of all time (and that's 6 decades worth!)

Roberta Flack has always been a Artist who upon hearing her material you instantly know her style&sound. I enjoyed her duets with Donny hathaway. there voices blended together so strongly. Her music covered different styles,but what always gave her music so much life was the feeling it always left.today you hear the Blue Print she put in place for Artists such as lauyren Hill&Alicia Keys.this is a Good Collection&even better for the New Ear to Her Music.

It seems to me that a the feelings of the music industry these days are definitely a bit more manufactured than realistic. That has been the case with so many of the younger divas like Britney Spears, Ashnati, Jennifer Lopez and especially Beyonce'. It is definitely unfortunate, because so many people don't seem to appreciate older acts that have been extremely influential for the backgrounds of music today. That has been the case for Roberta Flack. Although she isn't really as recognized today as she was back in the 70's and mid 80's, her songs remain as much of a guilty pleasure that still remains delightful to endure. But can there be a greatest hits package that can showcase her beautiful vocals?

The 2006 Best Of Roberta Flack, is a single disc retrospective of Roberta's well-received career and the achievements she brought ut in this industry. The songs here have all been remastered much better than her previous 1993 hits package Softly With These Songs. The album does highlight so many great clasics including Making Love, her last Top 40 hit, Set The Night To Music with Maxi Preist, And So It Goes, the duet classics Where Is The Love with her longtime duet partner the late Donny Hathaway, and Tonight I Celebrate My Love with Peabo Bryson. While the album does shine with so many great tracks, the album also does overshadow a lot of great songs such as Will You Still Love Me Tommorow?, My Foolish Heart, and so many other classics for die hard Roberta Flack fans.

All in all, Best Of Roberta Flack is a fair improvement to her previous hits package, but there still was a bit that should've been showcased that just wasn't there. Nevertheless, if you haven't heard of any of those classics Roberta Flack had conjured, than this would be a treat for you, but for die hard fans, you're just better off sticking with the 1993 hits package Softly With These Songs instead.

Album Cover: B+

Songs: C+

Price: B-

Remastering: B+

Overall: C+

Roberta Flack emerged on the music scene in the early `70s with a cool, soothing, precise delivery that contrasted greatly with the fiery vocals of established Atlantic labelmate Aretha Franklin. Her more refined style helped her establish a successful niche as a soulful singer-songwriter, ultimately recording 15 albums over 25 years (1970-1995).

Flack was most successful - and prolific - in the early part of her recording career, with the intimate, folk-oriented recordings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (1972) and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (1973) both garnering Record Of The Year Grammies, while the sumptuous "Feel Like Makin' Love" (1974) earned a nomination in that same category. A series of duets with college chum Donny Hathaway were also well-received at this time, including the chart-toppers "Where Is The Love" (1972) and "The Closer I Get To You" (1978).

Outside projects and Hathaway's suicide in 1979 slowed down Flack's output thereafter, but she continued to make some great music. This included the gentle theme for the film Making Love (1982), the breezy chart-topper "Oasis" (1988) and top ten collaborations with Peabo Bryson ("Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - 1983) and Maxi Priest ("Set The Night To Music" - 1991). These latter pairings, by the way, are nice, but don't begin to approach the intensity that Flack shared on record with the mighty Hathaway.

This 17-track Very Best Of contains 12 overlaps from Flack's 1993 retrospective Softly With These Songs (which also had 17 tracks), including all of the aforementioned hits. Available on the earlier set only were a slowed down rendition of the Shirelles' hit "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (1972) and the not missed, inane single "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out" (1989), while this new Very Best Of adds "You Are My Heaven," a posthumous R&B hit with Hathaway (1980).

While duplicates abound, several key tracks remain unavailable on a domestic Flack collection. These include early duet hits with Hathaway ("You've Got A Friend" - 1971, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - 1971), top 30 solo ballads ("Jesse" - 1973, "If Ever I See You Again," - 1978), additional collaborations with Bryson ("Make The World Stand Still" - 1980, the adult contemporary staple "You're Lookin' Like Love To Me" - 1982), and the up-tempo boast "I'm The One" (1982). They all deserve to be anthologized and hopefully the folks at Rhino will see fit to include them in a double-disc Flack set in the near future.

Everyone who purchase's this album the track listings are mis-written by Amazon.com these are the official track listings :

1. Killing Me Softly With His Song
2.Where is The Love (Feat.Donnie Hathaway)
3.Feels Like Making Love
4.The First Time Ever I saw Your Face
5.And So It Goes
6.Tonight, I celebrate My Love-Peabo Bryson
7.The Closer I get to you-Donnie Hathaway
8.'Til The Morning Comes
9.Back Together Again- with Donnie Hathaway
10.Making Love
11.Only Heaven Can Wait(For Love)
12.Set The Night To Music ( With Maxi Priest)
13.You Are My Heaven- with Donnie Hathaway
14.Oasis
15.Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
16.And So It Goes
17.Trade Winds


These are the correct songs on the album I have it and it's beautifully remastered the guy on the first review made sense BUT every artist usually does the same with Greatest Hits Such as Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight and others. So you can purchase this album for your musical enjoyment!

It's Great.
Brandon

Don't get me wrong--I LOVE Roberta Flack. In this day and age
where singing 9 notes for one syllable constitutes "soul", she
is still the epitome of great R&B singing and is almost the
definition of "Quiet Storm". Her classic recordings are timeless
and still sound fantastic 30-35 years later. HOWEVER, I don't
really get the point of this collection (other than the great
photo on the cover!). Most of the songs were on her "Softly
With These Songs" CD from the early 90's. A few songs were left
off, a few new ones added. Some are welcome additions, like
"Don't Make Me Wait Too Long", written by the one and only
Mr. Stevie Wonder. But again, two of her very best songs,
which were also left off the 90's collection, are missing.
Where is "Jesse"? Where is "You've Got A Friend"? These are
songs that any Roberta fan would place in their list of her best
recordings. I have no idea why they were left off, but without
them, this does not seem complete, and is certainly not essential
for people who own any of Roberta's early compilations. Sorry!