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Quiet Fire (Roberta Flack album)

This article is about the album by Roberta Flack. For the album by George Cables, see Quiet Fire (George Cables album).

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]

Quiet Fire
Studio album by
Roberta Flack
ReleasedNovember 1971
Recorded1971
Studio
GenreSoul, gospel[1]
Length41:37
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJoel Dorn
Roberta Flack chronology
Chapter Two
(1970) 		Quiet Fire
(1971) 		Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
(1972)
Singles from Quiet Fire
  1. "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / Go Up Moses"
    Released: December 7, 1971

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

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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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Go up Moses"Flack, Jesse Jackson, Joel DornJoel Dorn5:20
2."Bridge over Troubled Water"Paul SimonJoel Dorn7:13
3."Sunday and Sister Jones"Gene McDanielsJoel Dorn4:48
4."See You Then"Jimmy WebbJoel Dorn3:40
5."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"Carole King, Gerry GoffinJoel Dorn3:59
6."To Love Somebody"Barry Gibb, Robin GibbJoel Dorn6:41
7."Let Them Talk"Sonny ThompsonJoel Dorn3:50
8."Sweet Bitter Love"Van McCoyJoel Dorn6:06

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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  • 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

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Chart (1972) Peak
position[3]
U.S. Billboard Jazz LPs 5
U.S. Billboard Soul LPs 4
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape 18

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cook, Stephen. "Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire CD Album". CD Universe. Muze. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack : Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (January 20, 1972). "Consumer Guide (23)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  5. ^ Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren (October 27, 1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 248. ISBN 0679737294.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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