Check It Out (album)

Check It Out (album)
Check It Out
Studio album by Tavares
Released January 1974[1]
Recorded 1973
Genre R&B, soul
Length 36:27
Label Capitol
Producer Johnny Bristol
Tavares chronology
Check It Out
(1973)
Hard Core Poetry
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

Check It Out is the debut album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label. The album was produced by Johnny Bristol and was moderately successful, peaking at #20 on the R&B chart. Both singles, "Check It Out" and "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes", made the R&B top 10.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "If That's the Way You Want It" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 2:49
  2. "Strangers in Dark Corners" (Bristol) - 3:57
  3. "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" (Bristol, Dean, Glover) - 3:42
  4. "Check It Out" (Butler, Osborne) - 3:25
  5. "Wish You Were With Me Mary" (Bristol) - 3:23
  6. "I'll Never Say Never Again" (Bristol) - 2:35
  7. "Little Girl" (Billy Preston) - 5:58
  8. "Let's Make the Best of What We Got" (Bristol, David, Hoch, Leovy) - 3:35
  9. "I'm in Love" (Bowles) - 3:58
  10. "Mama's Little Girl" (Lambert, Potter) - 3:05
 "To Fall in Love"

Personnel

  • Johnny Bristol – producer
  • George Cucuzzella – executive producer
  • Gene Estes – percussion
  • James Gadson – drums
  • Bobbye Hall – conga
  • James Jamerson, Jr. – bass
  • Robert Matichak – producer
  • Eric Matthew – arranger, vocals, producer
  • Mike Melvoin – keyboards
  • Weldon Dean Parks – guitar
  • Darryl Payne – arranger, vocals, producer
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin – guitar
  • Joe Sample – piano
  • Antone Tavares – vocals
  • Feliciano Tavares – vocals
  • Perry Tavares – vocals
  • Ralph Vierra Tavares – vocals
  • Tavares – arranger, vocals, producer
  • David T. Walker – guitar

Singles

  • "Check It Out" (US Pop #35, US R&B #5)
  • "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" (US Pop #70, US R&B #10)

References


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