Check It Out is the debut studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label.

Check It Out
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1974
StudioDevonshire Sound Studios
(North Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul
Length36:27
LabelCapitol
ProducerJohnny Bristol, Bob "Boogie" Bowles
Tavares chronology
Check It Out
(1974)
Hard Core Poetry
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Commercial performance

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The album peaked at No. 20 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 160 on the Billboard 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If That's the Way You Want It"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter2:49
2."Strangers in Dark Corners"Johnny Bristol3:57
3."That's the Sound That Lonely Makes"Johnny Bristol, James Dean, John Glover3:42
4."Check It Out"Floyd Butler, Billy Osborne3:25
5."Wish You Were With Me Mary"Johnny Bristol3:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I'll Never Say Never Again"Johnny Bristol2:35
7."Little Girl"Billy Preston5:58
8."Let's Make the Best of What We Got"Johnny Bristol, George Leovy, James David, Max Hoch3:34
9."I'm in Love"Bob "Boogie" Bowles3:58
10."Mama's Little Girl"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:05

Personnel

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Tavares
  • Antone "Chubby" Tavares - lead vocals on "If That's the Way You Want It", "Strangers in Dark Corners", and "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes"
  • Feliciano Tavares - lead vocals on "Strangers in Dark Corners", "Little Girl", "Let's Make the Best of What We Got" and "I'm in Love"
  • Perry "Tiny" Tavares - lead vocals on "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" and "Wish You Were With Me Mary"
  • Arthur "Pooch" Tavares - lead vocals on "I'll Never Say Never Again"
  • Ralph Vierra Tavares - lead vocals on "Mama's Little Girl"

with:

Technical
  • Bob "Boogie" Bowles - producer, arrangements and conductor on "Check It Out" and "I'm in Love"
  • Greg Venable - sound engineer
  • Larkin Arnold - executive supervision
  • Brian Panella - album coordination
  • John Hoernle - art direction
  • Richard Rankin - photography

Charts

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Album

Chart (1974) Peaks
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 160
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 20

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
1973 "Check It Out" 35 5
1974 "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" 70 10

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Check It Out review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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