| Quiet Fire | ||||
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| Released | November 1971 | |||
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| Length | 41:37 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
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Quiet Fire is the third studio album by American singer Roberta Flack, released in November 1971 by Atlantic Records.[1] It was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, Regent Studios, and The Hit Factory in New York City.[2] The album peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape, and its single "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" charted at number 76 on the Hot 100.[3] At the 15th Annual Grammy Awards, the album secured Roberta Flack a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | C[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Quiet Fire a C rating, writing that Flack occasionally "sounds kind, intelligent, and very likable, but she often exhibits the gratuitous gentility you'd expect of anyone who said 'between you and I'."[4] In a retrospective review, The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992) gave it two out of five stars and claimed it "barely sparks at all."[5] AllMusic's Stephen Cook was more enthusiastic, giving it four-and-a-half out of five stars and calling it "one of Flack's best." He believed its "varied mix all comes off sounding seamless." while writing: "Forgoing the full-throttled delivery of, say, Aretha Franklin, Flack translates the pathos of gospel expression into measured intensity and sighing, elongated phrases."[1]
All tracks produced by Joel Dorn.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Go up Moses" | 5:20 | |
| 2. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | 7:13 |
| 3. | "Sunday and Sister Jones" | Gene McDaniels | 4:48 |
| 4. | "See You Then" | Jimmy Webb | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | 3:59 | |
| 6. | "To Love Somebody" | 6:41 | |
| 7. | "Let Them Talk" | Sonny Thompson | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Sweet Bitter Love" | Van McCoy | 6:06 |
| Total length: | 41:37 | ||
Performers and musicians
Technical
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[3] | 18 |
| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[6] | 5 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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