Roberta Flack - Set The Night To Music
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Artist: Roberta FlackEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-09-17
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
- The Waiting Game
- Set The Night To Music
- When Someone Tears Your Heart In Two
- Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me
- You Make Me Feel Brand New
- Unforgettable
- Summertime
- Natural Thing
- My Foolish Heart
- Friend
- Always
Free Music Notes for Set The Night To Music
Free Music Review: A decent 3 star album - a good budget bin find
Hit: 3 Stars
I have always enjoyed Roberta Flack's voice. Her albums tend to be a little uneven. This one is enjoyable all the way through, but is a little frustrating knowing how talented she really is. The title track was a fun song to hear on the radio. It is a light pop/rock number and a duet with Maxi Priest (who actually sounds good here!). A couple of songs on the first half of the album are obvious lightrock fodder - nicely performed but not terribly exciting.
As for the remakes, she does a wonderful job on "Foolish Heart" giving it an updated Manhattan Transfer style arrangement. Her reading of "Always" is breathtaking. Please note that "Summertime" is not the old standard but a Leonard Cohen song which is also pleasant.
The only clunker is "Unforgettable." She probably should not have included it on the album with the Natalie Cole version still fresh in our ears. I think Flack's version is a duet and who ever sings with her is awful.
The ballad "Friend" is a nice, simple Flack production which she is best known for.
To me, Ms. Flack's weaknesses are a tendency to sometimes sound overly cute on certain songs (ie "I'd Like To Be Baby to You" from "Blue Lights in The Basement"). She pretty much avoids that on this album, but there are still some undercurrents of that style on some of the songs.
I wouldn't have paid full price for this, but I found it in a Used Bin for $2 and it was worth the price. Some of the songs on this album sound better mixed in with other music.
Anyway, if you spot an inexpensive copy and are curious, check it out. It is a decent listen.
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