First Take (album)
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| Studio album by Roberta Flack | ||||
| Released | June 20, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | February 24–26, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz, soul, R&B | |||
| Length | 46:08 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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| Singles from First Take | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[2] |
First Take is the debut album by the Jazz singer Roberta Flack. It was released in 1969 on Atlantic Records. After a track from this album, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was included by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 film Play Misty for Me with the song becoming a #1 hit in the United States, this album became #1 on the U.S. album chart.
Contents
Track listing
- "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) - 5:16
- "Angelitos Negros" (Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste) - 6:56
- "Our Ages or Our Hearts" (Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway) - 6:09
- "I Told Jesus" (Traditional) - 6:09
- "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) - 4:08
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (Ewan MacColl) - 5:22
- "Tryin' Times" (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson) - 5:08
- "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) - 7:00
Personnel
- Roberta Flack: piano, vocals
- Bucky Pizzarelli: guitars
- Ron Carter: bass
- Ray Lucas: drums, percussion
- Seldon Powell, Frank Wess: saxophone
- Charles McCracken, George Ricci: cello
- Benny Powell: trombone
- Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman: trumpet
- Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff: violin
- Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel: viola
- William Fischer: horn & string arrangements, string conducting
Production
- Produced by Joel Dorn
- Recorded & Engineered by William Arit
- Mixing: Bob Liftin
- Additional engineering: Robert Honablue
Chart positions
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Top LPs | 1 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums | 1 |
| Billboard Jazz Albums | 3 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1972 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1972 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Billboard Pop Singles | 1 |
| 1972 | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Billboard Soul Singles | 4 |
See also
References
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- ↑ Bush, John. First Take at AllMusic
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