Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack

Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack
Greatest hits album by Roberta Flack
Released	June 22, 1993
Genre	R&B soul
Length	76:09
Label	Atlantic
Roberta Flack chronology
Set the Night to Music (1991) Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack (1993) Roberta (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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AllMusic	[1]

Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack is the third compilation album by American singer Roberta Flack, released in 1993.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Ewan MacColl	First Take (1969)	5:20
2.	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"	Carole King Gerry Goffin	Quiet Fire (1971)	4:07
3.	"Where Is the Love" (duet with Donny Hathaway)	Ralph MacDonald William Salter	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (1972)	2:43
4.	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Charles Fox Norman Gimbel	Killing Me Softly (1973)	4:46
5.	"Feel Like Makin' Love"	Eugene McDaniels	Feel Like Makin' Love (1975)	2:53
6.	"The Closer I Get to You" (duet with Donny Hathaway)	Reggie Lucas James Mtume	Blue Lights in the Basement (1977)	4:40
7.	"More Than Everything" (duet with Peabo Bryson)	Peabo Bryson Roberta Flack	Live & More (1980)	4:02
8.	"Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)" (duet with Peabo Bryson)	Flack Eric Mercury	Live & More	5:47
9.	"Back Together Again" (duet with Donny Hathaway)	Lucas Mtume	Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway (1980)	4:50
10.	"Making Love"	Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts	I'm the One (1982)	3:43
11.	"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (duet with Peabo Bryson)	Goffin Michael Masser	Born to Love (1983)	3:31
12.	"Oasis"	Marcus Miller Mark Stephens	Oasis (1988)	6:10
13.	"And So It Goes"	Flack Barry Miles Maya Angelou	Oasis	3:35
14.	"You Know What It's Like"	Flack Brenda Russell Miles	Oasis	4:44
15.	"Set the Night to Music" (duet with Maxi Priest)	Diane Warren	Set the Night to Music (1991)	5:24
16.	"My Foolish Heart"	Ned Washington Victor Young	Set the Night to Music	4:41
17.	"Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" (Steve Hurley's House Mix)	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	This version was a 1989 single (Original song from Oasis)	5:13
Total length:				76:09

All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes. ^[2]

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [3]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4]	Gold	35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [5]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Promis, Jose F.. Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack at AllMusic
2. Flack, Roberta. “Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack”. Atlantic. 1993.
3. "Roberta Flack | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
4. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 27, 2021.
5. "British album certifications – Roberta Flack – Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 29, 2023.