Killing Me Softly (studio album) by Roberta Flack

Killing Me Softly by Roberta Flack
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 15,889th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (244th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,099th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,889th)
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Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly [Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series]
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ROBERTA FLACK - Killing Me Softly (2000) - Compact Disc CD - Excel Cond.
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Roberta Flack bestography

Killing Me Softly is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Roberta Flack on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Roberta Flack is First Take which is ranked number 4238 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 336.

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Killing Me Softly track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 55 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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75/100
From 03/07/2025 14:43
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1974 Grammys. The winner was Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
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From 05/07/2019 00:41
Her 3rd best album contains a brilliant interpretation of L.Cohen's Suzanne and of course the title track which is legendary, other highlights are No Tears, Jesse & Conversation Love.
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Piano and voice - That's all Roberta Flack needs to create musical magic.
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From 01/24/2017 15:12
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:

Top: 1, 7
High: 2, 4, 6, 8
Neutral: 3, 5
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
9. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Paris 1919 by John Cale
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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