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180g 45rpm Double LP!
Platinum-Selling, Grammy-Nominated Album Featuring the No. 1 Smash Title Track!
Pressed at QRP!
Atlantic 75 Historic Reissue Series from Analogue Productions!
1974 Grammy Award Winner:
• Record of the Year: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
• Song of the Year: "Killing me Softly with His Song"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
1974 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Album of the Year: Killing Me Softly
Female R&B singers were expected to be forceful, big-voiced divas (like Aretha Franklin) or come-hither seductresses (like Diana Ross), but, as AllMusic says, Roberta Flack had her own unique approach. Flack's voice is vast, deep, and stately — where some singers confuse frenzy with passion, she is confident, majestic, and unhurried, intense in a profound yet reserved manner.
The title song of this 1973 masterful eight track album, "Killing Me Softly with His Song," was her second No. 1 hit, establishing her as a major modern R&B stylist.
Killing Me Softly reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape and No. 2 on the Soul LPs chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album gold on August 27, 1973, and double platinum on January 30, 2006, denoting shipments of 2 million copies in the United States. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, which it lost to Stevie Wonder's 1973 album Innervisions. The album's title track was released as a single and topped the Billboard Hot 100. The title track won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
This deluxe 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP Analogue Productions (Atlantic Series) reissue of Killing Me Softly is a true audiophile gem and a worthy addition to your music collection.
The 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records
"75 for 75" is a series of 75 vinyl releases from Atlantic Records' storied catalog to celebrate the label's 75th Anniversary. This great label includes some of the best artists and records of all time.
Features
- Atlantic 75 Series
- 180g Vinyl
- 45rpm
- Double LP
- Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
- Tip-On Old Style Gatefold Jacket by Stoughton Printing
Selections
Side 1:
- Killing Me Softly with His Song
- Jesse
Side 2:
- No Tears (In the End)
- I'm The Girl
Side 3:
- River
- Conversation Love
- When You Smile
Side 4:
- Suzanne