Check It Out (album) explained

Check It Out
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Tavares
Cover:	Tavares Check It Out album.jpg
Released:	January 1974
Studio:	Devonshire Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre:	R&B, soul
Length:	36:27
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Johnny Bristol, Bob "Boogie" Bowles
Next Title:	Hard Core Poetry
Next Year:	1974

Check It Out is the debut studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol 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 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.

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”
• 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, 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

Chart (1974)	Peaks ^[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	160
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	20

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US	US R&B
1973	"Check It Out"	35	5
1974	"That's the Sound That Lonely Makes"	70	10

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3ATavares&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Tavares US Charts > Tavares]. Billboard. 16 May 2017.