Quiet Fire (Roberta Flack album)

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Quiet Fire
Quiet fire (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Roberta Flack
ReleasedNovember 1971
Studio
Genre
Length41:37
Label Atlantic
Producer Joel 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

Quiet Fire is the third studio album by American singer 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 US Billboard Top LPs & Tape, and its single "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" charted at number 76 on the Hot 100. [3] At the 15th Annual Grammy Awards, the album secured Roberta Flack a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau C [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice , Robert Christgau gave Quiet Fire a C rating, 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

All tracks produced by Joel Dorn.

Quiet Fire track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go up Moses"
5:20
2."Bridge over Troubled Water" Paul Simon 7:13
3."Sunday and Sister Jones" Gene McDaniels 4:48
4."See You Then" Jimmy Webb 3:40
5."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
3:59
6."To Love Somebody"
6:41
7."Let Them Talk" Sonny Thompson 3:50
8."Sweet Bitter Love" Van McCoy 6:06
Total length:41:37

Personnel

Performers and musicians

Technical

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Quiet Fire
Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 18
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [6] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 4

Certifications

Certifications for Quiet Fire
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "Roberta Flack Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (January 20, 1972). "Consumer Guide (23)". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  5. 1 2 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)
  6. ↑ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Roberta Flack Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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