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1974 studio album by Tavares

Check It Out

Studio album by Tavares

Released

January 1974

Studio

Devonshire Sound Studios
(North Hollywood, California)

Genre

R&B, soul

Length

36:27

Label

Capitol

Producer

Johnny Bristol, Bob "Boogie" Bowles

Tavares chronology

Check It Out
(1974)

Hard Core Poetry
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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

Commercial performance

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If That's the Way You Want It"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	2:49
2.	"Strangers in Dark Corners"	Johnny Bristol	3:57
3.	"That's the Sound That Lonely Makes"	Johnny Bristol, James Dean, John Glover	3:42
4.	"Check It Out"	Floyd Butler, Billy Osborne	3:25
5.	"Wish You Were With Me Mary"	Johnny Bristol	3:23

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"I'll Never Say Never Again"	Johnny Bristol	2:35
7.	"Little Girl"	Billy Preston	5:58
8.	"Let's Make the Best of What We Got"	Johnny Bristol, George Leovy, James David, Max Hoch	3:34
9.	"I'm in Love"	Bob "Boogie" Bowles	3:58
10.	"Mama's Little Girl"	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	3:05

Personnel

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:

Victor Tavares - lead vocals on “Check It Out”
James Gadson – drums
James Jamerson, Jr. – bass
Weldon Dean Parks, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, David T. Walker – guitar
Joseph Sample – piano
Mike Melvoin – keyboards
Gene Estes – percussion
Bobbye Hall – conga
H. B. Barnum - arrangements, conductor

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

Album

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

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
Year	Single	US	US R&B
1973	"Check It Out"	35	5
1974	"That's the Sound That Lonely Makes"	70	10

References

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

External links

Check It Out at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Tavares
Ralph Edward Vierra Tavares Arthur Paul Tavares Antone Lee Tavares Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Jr. Perry Lee Tavares
Studio albums	Check It Out Hard Core Poetry In the City Sky High! Love Storm Future Bound Madam Butterfly Supercharged Love Uprising Loveline New Directions Words and Music
Songs	"She's Gone"/"To Love You" "It Only Takes a Minute" "Free Ride" "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" "Don't Take Away the Music" "Whodunit" "More Than a Woman" "A Penny for Your Thoughts"
Related articles	Feliciano Vierra Tavares

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