Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT] [Import]

Roberta Flack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Invit
• ASIN: B00000JOGX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. For You

2. Friends

3. Flower

4. Sorry

5. Never Say Goodbye

6. Lover's Melody

7. Fifth Avenue

8. Faraway

9. Puzzle

10. Kisses

11. New York

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept, but not for the uninitiated listener, October 18, 2000

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Alexander C. Paige (Blackheath, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

This is quite an unusual album for Western listeners - American pop/jazz/soul singer Roberta Flack does an album of covers of a well known Japanese artist. Flack sings the lyrics in English but the songs, both lyrically and musically, sound very "Japanese pop". The chord progressions are typically western-influenced Japanese pop and the songs are occasionally unintentionally amusing unless you listen with an awareness that it's translated material. Nevertheless there are some very appealing cuts here - "Flower" and "New York" are standouts. This album will appeal to Flack completists (recorded in 1999 and never released outside of Japan) but the uninitiated listener may find little of interest.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, great voice - listen and love, June 8, 2001

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A.S.T. (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

This wonderful CD was arranged and produced by Jerry and Katrese Barnes, the team responsible for about half the tracks on the 1994 Grammy-winning CD, "Roberta". As with their earlier collaboration, the songs/arrangements here are first rate; lovely melodies and poetic lyrics worthy of the quiet passion of Roberta Flack. (The sound/feel of this CD is somewhat reminiscent of the "Feel Like Makin Love" album). While nothing compares with her early albums ("First Take" through "Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway", "Roberta Flack sings Mariko Takashi" is another of her truly special gifts to us. Get this CD for yourself and someone you love. You won't be disappointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars ROBERTA DOES IT AGAIN!!!, December 30, 2009

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Brandon Fonseca "Through The Fire" (Yonkers,N.Y USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Friends: Roberta Flack Sings Mariko Takahashi [IMPORT] (Audio CD)

AS I LISTENED TO THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT I LOOKED UP THE ORIGINAL SINGER OF THESE SONGS MARIKO TAKAHASHI I FOUND MYSELF TO ENJOY THE MUSIC AND WONDERFUL MELODIES OF HER SONGS. ROBERTA RECORDED HER "VERSIONS" OF TAKAHASHI'S WONDERFUL SONGS. LEGENDARY ROBERTA FLACK CAN DO ANYTHING!GIVE HER A PHONE BOOK SHE CAN SING IT. THIS IS WHY I LOVE HER MORE & MORE EVERYDAY!

LOVE YOU ROBERTA!
BB

FAVORITE TRACKS:
KISSES
NEW YORK
FOR YOU
ACTUALLY TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THE WHOLE THING IS AMAZING!