'WITH HER SONGS' spans Flack’s Atlantic debut First Take through her self-titled 1978 album, covering a period when she emerged as one of the most commercially and critically successful artists of the 1970s. She was the first solo artist to win the GRAMMY® Award for Record of the Year in consecutive years, for 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' (1973) and 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' (1974). Flack recorded multiple Top 40 hits and sold millions of albums with the label, building a catalog that moved fluidly between soul, jazz, folk, and pop.
'WITH HER SONGS' includes eight newly remastered studio albums: '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), and 'ROBERTA FLACK' (1978).
Together, they chart a sustained period of creative momentum, from the intimacy of 'FIRST TAKE' and 'CHAPTER TWO' to Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, a landmark collaboration that produced the GRAMMY®-winning hits 'Where Is the Love' and 'The Closer I Get to You'. That success continued with her next two albums, 'KILLING ME SOFTLY' and 'FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE', whose title tracks both went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. More hits followed as her initial run with the label concluded with 'BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT' and 'ROBERTA FLACK'.
'WITH HER SONGS' follows renewed activity around Flack’s catalog, including last year’s release of 'KILLING ME SOFTLY' and 'FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE' in Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio.
TRACK LISTING
CD1 - First Take (1969):
1. Compared To What
2. Angelitos Negros
3. Our Ages Or Our Hearts
4. I Told Jesus
5. Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
7. Tryin’ Times
8. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
CD2 - Chapter Two (1970):
1. Reverend Lee
2. Do What You Gotta Do
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Let It Be Me
5. Gone Away
6. Until It’s Time For You To Go
7. The Impossible Dream
8. Business Goes On As Usual
CD3 - Quiet Fire (1971):
1. Go Up Moses
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water
3. Sunday And Sister Jones
4. See You Then
5. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
6. To Love Somebody
7. Let Them Talk
8. Sweet Bitter Love
CD4 - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972):
1. I (Who Have Nothing)
2. You’ve Got A Friend
3. Baby I Love You
4. Be Real Black For Me
5. You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
6. For All We Know
7. Where Is The Love
8. When Love Has Grown
9. Come Ye Disconsolate
10. Mood
CD5 - Killing Me Softly (1973):
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Jesse
No Tears (In The End)
I’m The Girl
River
Conversation Love
When You Smile
Suzanne
CD6 - Feel Like Makin’ Love (1975):
1. Feelin’ That Glow
2. I Wanted It Too
3. I Can See The Sun In Late December
4. Some Gospel According To Matthew
5. Feel Like Makin’ Love
6. Mr. Magic
7. Early Ev’ry Midnite
8. Old Heartbreak Top Ten
9. She’s Not Blind
CD7 - Blue Lights In The Basement (1977):
1. Why Don’t You Move In With Me
2. The Closer I Get To You
3. Fine, Fine Day
4. This Time I’ll Be Sweeter
5. 25th Of Last December
6. After You
7. I’d Like To Be Baby To You
8. Soul Deep
9. Love Is The Healing
10. Where I’ll Find You
CD8 - Roberta Flack (1978):
1. What A Woman Really Means
2. You Are Everything
3. Independent Man
4. If Ever I See You Again
5. And The Feeling’s Good
6. Knowing That We’re Made For Each Other
7. Come Share My Love
8. Baby I Love You So
9. When It’s Over