Challenge Revisited

Join me as I countdown Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time for the second time.

Brett Schewitz Brett Schewitz

#451 Roberta Flack, 'First Take' (1969)

I know Roberta Flack from her massive hits ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ and ‘Tonight I Celebrate My Love.’ Both wordy titles, I’ve just realised. Other than that, I haven’t listened to an album in full. This album starts off with the rich jazzy sounds of a double bass. Accompanied by Flack herself on the piano and a stab of brass.

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