Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

First Take

  • Listeners

    152.8K

  • Scrobbles

    764.2K

  • Listeners

    152.8K

  • Scrobbles

    764.2K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this album

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
First Take
Add artworkView all artwork
Length
8 tracks
Release Date
20 June 1969
Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpretive talents of Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, the earthy power of Aretha Franklin, and the crystal purity and emotional resonance of folksingers like Judy Collins. Indeed, the album often sounded more like vocal jazz or folk than soul, beginning with the credits: a core quartet of Flack on piano, John Pizzarelli on guitar, Ron Carter on bass, and Ray Lucas on drums, as fine a lineup as any pop singer could hope to recruit. With only one … read more
Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpreti… read more
Roberta Flack's debut album, titled First Take in true underachiever fashion, introduced a singer who'd assimilated the powerful interpretive talents of Nina Simone and Sarah V… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Compared to What
  • Loading
 43,771 listeners
2 Play track Angelitos Negros
  • Loading
 6:55 11,064 listeners
3 Play track Our Ages or Our Hearts
  • Loading
 6:09 8,823 listeners
4 Play track I Told Jesus
  • Loading
 6:09 10,451 listeners
5 Play track Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
  • Loading
 20,902 listeners
6 Play track The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  • Loading
 5:17 155,954 listeners
7 Play track Tryin' Times
  • Loading
 5:15 18,075 listeners
8 Play track Ballad of the Sad Young Men
  • Loading
 7:03 13,354 listeners

Similar Albums

  1. 408,338 listeners

    The Very Best of Marvin Gaye
    • Loading

  2. 7,156 listeners

    If I Were Your Woman
    • Loading

  3. 60,313 listeners

    Secret Combination
    • Loading

  4. 991,633 listeners

    The Definitive Collection
    • Loading

  5. 781,690 listeners

    I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
    • Loading

  6. 72,729 listeners

    The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
    • Loading

  7. 140,451 listeners

    Imagination (Expanded Edition)
    • Loading

  8. 167,123 listeners

    Live
    • Loading

  9. 292,382 listeners

    The Ultimate Collection
    • Loading

  10. 47,418 listeners

    Winner In You
    • Loading

  11. 113,443 listeners

    Rapture
    • Loading

  12. 1,140 listeners

    Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
    • Loading

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
199
190
198
194
237
246
225
240
217
208
231
215
197
190
196
227
256
227
242
243
223
230
250
260
219
224
257
242
229
248
236
247
226
257
193
215
206
223
184
209
235
220
228
204
233
201
231
178
198
223
227
194
190
187
231
227
183
217
186
179
210
219
221
200
225
201
220
212
246
245
219
246
298
254
234
237
229
237
235
227
203
250
223
224
230
199
242
219
222
218
258
228
221
214
228
235
257
256
249
251
260
229
249
236
210
223
261
221
223
325
282
240
258
219
260
229
245
244
197
201
233
242
227
235
237
300
270
265
253
288
225
233
200
247
223
231
224
275
240
264
261
281
265
274
285
256
298
293
268
279
277
223
262
232
186
251
255
213
220
217
208
193
207
229
207
193
215
202
188
209
194
173
182
211
188
176
212
216
197
193
189

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

27 more

Roberta Flack

694,126 listeners

Related Tags

Roberta Flack (born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10th February 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina) is an American singer and musician. She is known for her classic #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", and for "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack was the first solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" … read more
Roberta Flack (born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10th February 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina) is an American singer and musician. She is known for her classic #1 singles "The Fi… read more
Roberta Flack (born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10th February 1937 in Black Mountain, North Carolina) is an American singer and musician. She is known for her classic #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Kil… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 36,039 listeners

    Avatar for Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

  2. 871,904 listeners

    Avatar for Donny Hathaway

  3. 2,395,337 listeners

    Avatar for Aretha Franklin

  4. 761,336 listeners

    Avatar for Gladys Knight & The Pips

  5. 406,009 listeners

    Avatar for Randy Crawford

  6. 374,320 listeners

    Avatar for Patti LaBelle

  7. 745,176 listeners

    Avatar for Minnie Riperton

  8. 767,370 listeners

    Avatar for Dionne Warwick

  9. 301,827 listeners

    Avatar for The Stylistics

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls