Greatest Duet Album Ever?

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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4.9 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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1972... Something about that year just hit different! The albums from this era are too good and this one sets the standard high. Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway are two of the greatest singers that century had ever seen and their contributions have helped musicians in all genres. How would you rate this seminal album?

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0:00.0	Hey, Peter.
0:01.5	Hey.
0:01.9	You know, today we're listening to an album by Donnie Hathaway and Roberta Flack.
0:05.4	Oh, I can't wait.
0:06.5	One of my favorites.
0:07.4	You know what it's called, though?
0:09.0	Yeah, Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway.
0:10.9	That makes sense.
0:11.6	Yep.
0:25.3	I'm Adam Ennis. And I'm Peter Martin.
0:26.1	And you're listening to The You'll Hear It Podcasts.
0:28.1	Music Explored.
0:29.4	Today we're exploring one of the greats, one of the all-time great records.
0:33.0	Doesn't get any better than this.
0:33.8	It doesn't get any better.
0:34.5	And you know what, Peter, this is an album, Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway. It's from 1972. Yeah. 1 of the greatest years in music history. Oh, so much. It's kind of like a 1959 in a way. It's an incredible year for music history. And this album... Wait, which Taylor Swift album was released in 72? I believe it was 1890, was released in 1972, ironically. Prethumously. Yeah, yeah. Pre-mothusely. Primothously. No, but this... Oh, do you want me to tell... Sorry, sorry to Rell. Let's do that early. You want me to tell you about 1972? Because I don't think you know about 1972. And I do. I live literally not on the planet. I was in diapers. I'm not going to lie. But I was exploring the world in 72. It was a great time. Yeah, I was not alive. Great time for music. For war and politics and stuff, not great. Not great.
1:28.7	But for music, great.
1:31.1	So here's what was going on here in 1773.
1:36.9	This was released in April 1972, although the singles for this were kind of happening for like a year before.
1:46.8	The cultural context of the Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway album, the president was good old Dick Nixon. He was on his way out, though.
1:51.7	Richard. His days were numbered. Richard Millhouse. He had a, yeah. He was going to be doing this pretty soon, which is for a heavy metal, right? Some things going on in sports, Peter. The MLB
1:57.8	had its first ever strike that stopped baseball in this month.
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