Hard Core Poetry

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Hard Core Poetry
Tavares Hard Core Poetry album.jpg
Studio album by
Tavares
ReleasedSeptember 1974
StudioSound Labs
(Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul
Length34:25
LabelCapitol
ProducerDennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Tavares chronology
Check It Out
(1974) 		Hard Core Poetry
(1974) 		In the City
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

Hard Core Poetry is the second studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label.

Commercial performance[]

The album peaked at No. 12 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Too Late", which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hall & Oates' "She's Gone", which charted at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Remember What I Told You to Forget", which reached No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Someone to Go Home To" 3:15
2."She's Gone"Daryl Hall, John Oates3:38
3."My Ship" 3:26
4."Leave It Up to the Lady" 3:30
5."To Love You" 4:02
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Too Late"4:26
7."Remember What I Told You to Forget"4:10
8."What You Don't Know"3:54
9."Hard Core Poetry"4:23

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Album

Chart (1974) Peaks
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 121
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 11

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[2]
1974 "Too Late" 59 10
"She's Gone" 50 1
1975 "Remember What I Told You to Forget"/"My Ship" 25 4

References[]

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Hard Core Poetry 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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