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Roberta Flack - Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT] Audio CD

A fair review of the Roberta Flack "Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT]" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Roberta Flack reviews here, or go back to the Roberta Flack tabs.

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Title: Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT]
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Release Date: 1999-05-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: For You 2: Friends 3: Flower 4: Sorry 5: Never Say Goodbye 6: Lover's Melody 7: Fifth Avenue 8: Faraway 9: Puzzle 10: Kisses 11: New York

Great songs, great voice - listen and love
As with their earlier collaboration, the songs/arrangements here are first rate; lovely melodies and poetic lyrics worthy of the quiet passion of Roberta Flack. This wonderful CD was arranged and produced by Jerry and Katrese Barnes, the team responsible for about half the tracks on the 1994 Grammy-winning CD, "Roberta". (The sound/feel of this CD is somewhat reminiscent of the "Feel Like Makin Love" album). While nothing compares with her early albums ("First Take" through "Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway", "Roberta Flack sings Mariko Takashi" is another of her truly special gifts to us. Get this CD for yourself and someone you love. You won't be disappointed.


Interesting concept, but not for the uninitiated listener
Flack sings the lyrics in English but the songs, both lyrically and musically, sound very "Japanese pop". This is quite an unusual album for Western listeners - American pop/jazz/soul singer Roberta Flack does an album of covers of a well known Japanese artist. The chord progressions are typically western-influenced Japanese pop and the songs are occasionally unintentionally amusing unless you listen with an awareness that it's translated material. Nevertheless there are some very appealing cuts here - "Flower" and "New York" are standouts. This album will appeal to Flack completists (recorded in 1999 and never released outside of Japan) but the uninitiated listener may find little of interest.


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