Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack album)

Killing Me Softly is an album by Roberta Flack. The song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won the 1974 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The album was nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to Stevie Wonder's Innervisions.

Track listing

1. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) 4:49
2. "Jesse" (Janis Ian) 4:03
3. "No Tears (In the End)" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 4:56
4. "I'm the Girl" (James Alan Shelton) 4:55
5. "River" (Gene McDaniels) 5:03
6. "Conversation Love" (Terry Plumeri, Bill Seighman) 3:43
7. "When You Smile" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) 3:44
8. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) 9:44

Personnel

• Roberta Flack - piano, vocals
• Terry Plumeri - bass
• Ron Carter - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Deodato - conductor, string arrangements
• Ralph MacDonald - percussion
• Don Sebesky - conductor, horn and string arrangements
• Eric Gale - guitar
• Kermit Moore - cello
• Jack Shaw - associate producer
• Alfred Ellis - brass arrangement
• William Eaton - brass arrangement

References