[.ca] Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

pure love:
I am stuck for words,this music should be played in church it would bring world peace!!!I agree totally with all the other people who have reviewed this album,it is awesome and some respects i am glad that it is like a rare gem hidden away known to all but the few.It touches heart it inspires it is from the holy spirit.

Simply Beautiful!:
For those of you who have tired of what passes for R & B today, listen to this one! The blending of Roberta Flack's and Donny Hathaway's voices is a welcome (howbeit retro) rememdy for what ails you. I guarantee that the music on this CD is far more mature and meaningful than the staccato stutter of today's paint-by-the-number R & B wannabes. "I (Who Have Nothing)" starts the CD off with a mournful, soulful plea. "Be Real Black for Me" is a simple request from one lover to another: Don't change; be yourself for me. Gotta love the tenderness of Hathaway's solo on "For All We Know." "Where Is the Love?" All over this beautiful album! But the jewel of this collaboration has to be the quirky addition of "Come, Ye Disconsolate," a hymn thats lyrics were written in 1816 by Thomas Moore. This song almost brought tears to my eyes! Flack and Hathaway's treatment of this standard hymn takes one to the altar and leaves you kneeling, heart wrenched and soul stirred! I've played this one over and over. A thoroughly enjoyable collection of duets by two truly soulful artists.

SWEET JUSTICE....:
THIS ALBUM IS A MUSICAL MASTERPIECE...BREWED FOR THE WORLD TO SHARE...TO LOVE...TO CRY...TO GROW...IT IS AN ALBUM THAT U WON'T EVER SEE A DUPLICATE OF...FOR THERE IS NO COPY...THE BREW OF SPIRITS FROM THESE VOICES WILL FIGHT OFF COPYCATS...I LOVE THIS ALBUM...!!!

Perfection.......:
This is a perfect album - the artists perform magnificent vocal and piano harmonies; the musical styles move effortlessly from country, to R & B, to religious, to classical - so that with each hearing the listener is taken on a new and exciting journey. This CD is a timeless, masterpiece - a treasure. It is a tribute to the extraordinary talents of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

Essential without a doubt!:
For once a duets project that made sense! Both Flack and Hathaway were enjoying commercial success at the time, but it was similar approaches to singing and choosing material that made for a natural pairing. The results were largely stellar: a dramatic "I (Who Have Nothing)", the sweet and lush "When Love Has Grown" and a rendition of "For All We Know" that perfectly showcases the lost major talent that was Hathaway's, for example. However, the album's not perfect. The ragtime-ish "Baby, I Love You" doesn't work, and Flack's piano solo "Mood" is self-indulgent. Yet what remains most striking some thirty years after the album's initial release is how perfectly Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's voices blend, and how they still can stir the soul. No duo ever did it better.

• I (Who Have Nothing)
• You've Got a Friend
• Baby I Love You
• Be Real Black for Me
• You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
• For All We Know
• Where Is the Love
• When Love Has Grown
• Come Ye Disconsolate
• Mood