| Hard Core Poetry | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Tavares |
| Cover: | Tavares Hard Core Poetry album.jpg |
| Released: | September 1974 |
| Studio: | Sound Labs (Hollywood, California) |
| Genre: | R&B, soul |
| Length: | 34:25 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter |
| Prev Title: | Check It Out |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | In the City |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Hard Core Poetry is the second studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label.
The album peaked at No. 12 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Too Late", which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hall & Oates' "She's Gone", which charted at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Remember What I Told You to Forget", which reached No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Album
| Chart (1974) | Peaks [1] |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 121 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 11 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peaks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| 1974 | "Too Late" | 59 | 10 |
| "She's Gone" | 50 | 1 | |
| 1975 | "Remember What I Told You to Forget"/"My Ship" | 25 | 4 |