''Check It Out'' is the debut studio
album
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by American
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R&B group
Tavares, released in 1974 on the
Capitol
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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
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chart and No. 35 on the
Billboard Hot 100
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, 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
Personnel
;Tavares
*Antone "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”
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James Gadson
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– drums
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James Jamerson, Jr. James Jamerson Jr. (born James L. Jamerson III; August 24, 1957 – March 23, 2016) was an American bass player and noted studio musician. During his over three-decades long career he recorded with Bob Dylan, Tavares (group), Tavares, The Temptation ...
– bass
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Weldon Dean Parks,
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin,
David T. Walker – guitar
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Joseph Sample – piano
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Mike Melvoin
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– keyboards
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Gene Estes
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– percussion
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Bobbye Hall
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Early career, work for ...
– conga
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H. B. Barnum – arrangements, conductor
;Technical
*Bob "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 – photography
Charts
Album
Singles
References
External links
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1974 debut albums
Tavares (group) albums
Albums arranged by H. B. Barnum
Albums produced by Johnny Bristol
Capitol Records albums