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.
check, album, check, debut, studio, album, american, soul, group, tavares, released, 1974, capitol, label, check, outstudio, album, tavaresreleasedjanuary, 1974studiodevonshire, sound, studios, north, hollywood, california, genrer, soullength36, 27labelcapitol. Check It Out is the debut studio album by American soul R amp B group Tavares released in 1974 on the Capitol label Check It OutStudio album by TavaresReleasedJanuary 1974StudioDevonshire Sound Studios North Hollywood California GenreR amp B soulLength36 27LabelCapitolProducerJohnny Bristol Bob Boogie BowlesTavares chronologyCheck It Out 1974 Hard Core Poetry 1974 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Commercial performance 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References 6 External linksCommercial performance editThe album peaked at No 20 on the R amp 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 editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 If That s the Way You Want It Dennis Lambert Brian Potter2 492 Strangers in Dark Corners Johnny Bristol3 573 That s the Sound That Lonely Makes Johnny Bristol James Dean John Glover3 424 Check It Out Floyd Butler Billy Osborne3 255 Wish You Were With Me Mary Johnny Bristol3 23 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length6 I ll Never Say Never Again Johnny Bristol2 357 Little Girl Billy Preston5 588 Let s Make the Best of What We Got Johnny Bristol George Leovy James David Max Hoch3 349 I m in Love Bob Boogie Bowles3 5810 Mama s Little Girl Dennis Lambert Brian Potter3 05Personnel editTavaresAntone 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 conductorTechnicalBob 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 photographyCharts editAlbum Chart 1974 Peaks 2 U S Billboard Top LPs 160U S Billboard Top Soul LPs 20Singles Year Single PeaksUS 2 USR amp B 2 1973 Check It Out 35 51974 That s the Sound That Lonely Makes 70 10References edit Henderson Alex Check It Out review at AllMusic Retrieved 2017 02 05 a b c US Charts gt Tavares Billboard Retrieved 16 May 2017 External links editCheck It Out at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Check It Out album amp oldid 1211451824, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
