ive had this album for a while now and always appreciated it but you know when you almost receive an epiphany from some music and its like

this album is simply stunning and of course its magnum opus is someday we'll all be free made ven more resonant by what happened next-reading the liner notes it seems the song was written with donny's mental status in mind-

the whole album is so sublime-from the opening musical i love the lord ,he heard me cry

through to the ode for the beautiful prostitutemagdalene

for me donny is a bit like PRINCE Ifeel lucky just to be around an age when i can listen to this music.

Donny Hathaway is such a great artist and I have to agree that this album is simply beautiful. All the songs you mention are great , but I also love the songs "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" , "Flying Easy" , and "I Know It's You".

THAT
VOICE...

EccentricLady said:

aw man every song is a classic

its such a cohesive album too

real real soul by a real soul man

such an tragic tragic waste-though out of great pain obviously some great art came

god bless ya donny

one of the greatest singers to ever exist
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i own that album as wel and i love it. someday we'll all be free really is great

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great pick!!! Currently my all-time favorite album!!!!

You can really feel the influence of a wide spectrum of music--from classical through soul, gospel, blues, jazz, funk and pop--all on one album...IMO, definitely his finest hour!!





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I've loved this album for a long time. I think it's aged well, too, and I think that's due in part to the arrangements. They're pretty complex (stemming, I'm sure, from his classical background), but come across as very simple. Even if the music wasn't as good as it is, his voice would still shine through. Classic and simple.

The only thing I don't like and never have is the artwork. It looks look one of those "Can you draw this turtle? If so you might be good for art school" ads that used to be in comic books when I was a kid.

Inspired by this thread, I listened to both 'Donny Hathaway' and 'Everything Is Everything' all the way through at work today

Manki bought this album for me as a gift a few years ago.
It's perfect from beginning to end.

Stymie said:

This is actually the only Donny Hathaway album I don't own
I should probably cop it at some point

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Really? Shame on you.

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some of the tunes from the classic album...


Someday We'll All Be Free





Valdez In The Country




I Know It's You




Flying Easy




I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know




Love, Love, Love










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Stymie said:

Actually, I could've bought it today, since I went out record shopping after work