Check It Out (album)

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Check It Out
Tavares Check It Out album.jpg
Studio album by
Tavares
ReleasedJanuary 1974
StudioDevonshire Sound Studios
(North Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul
Length36:27
LabelCapitol
ProducerJohnny Bristol, Robert Bowles
Tavares chronology
Check It Out
(1974) 		Hard Core Poetry
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

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.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, Jimmy David, Max Hoch3:34
9."I'm in Love"Bob Bowles3:58
10."Mama's Little Girl"Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter3:05

Personnel[]

Charts[]

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[]

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

External links[]

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