Check It Out (album)

Check It Out
Studio album by Tavares
Released	January 1974
Recorded	1973(track 3,4.7)/1974
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	36:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Johnny Bristol (Robert Bowles track 4,9)
Tavares chronology
Check It Out (1973) Hard Core Poetry (1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

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" (Bristol, Dean, Glover) - 3:42
4. "Check It Out" (Floyd Butler, Billy 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

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

1. Allmusic review