Tavares: The Greatest Hits [Original recording reissued][Original recording remastered][Import]

Tavares

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Emd Int'l
• ASIN: B00004TEW4
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,750 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. It Only Takes a Minute

2. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

3. Slow Train to Paradise

4. Never Had a Love Like This Before

5. Check It Out

6. She's Gone

7. My Ship

8. Don't Take Away the Music

9. Whodunit

10. Mighty Power of Love

11. One Step Away

12. Ghost of Love

13. Love I Never Had

14. I Wanna See You Soon

15. Bein' With You

16. More Than a Woman

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

They Toiled for Almost 10 Years Before their First Album "Check it Out" was Issued in 1974 which Brought them to the Attention of Pop Fans around the World. The Soulful Brothers were Fortunate to have the Duo of Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter Writing Many of their Big Hits. Their Recordings Contributed to the Amalgamation of What Would Be Known Later in the Decade as Disco Music and Became an Integral Part of Disco Repertoire. Here You have a Great Selection of the Hits as Well as Many that Didn't Get Play on the Radio Too, but Just as Good!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not What You Think You Are Buying, April 16, 2003

By	"altinklep" (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

One of my favorite songs on this CD"Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" turns out to be a 1986 remake that does not sound like the original song that came out in 1977. It is an adulterated later version of the original song.The other songs on this CD are the otiginal 70s songs like "It Only Takes a Minute" and "Whodunit" which are great and make me give this an average rating,however I am strongly disappointed that "Heaven Must be Missing an Angel" on this CD is not the original version.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seventies soul group popular in Britain, December 20, 2003

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Looking at their chart history, it seems that Tavares were more popular in Britain, where they had four top ten pop hits, than their American homeland, where they had just one. Exactly why this should be so is not clear to me, but although Tavares were by no means the most important group of their era, they recorded some great songs.

This compilation includes all except one of their American top forty pop hits (Remember what I told you) and most of their ten UK hits, including a remix of Heaven must be missing an angel but not the original. While I would have preferred the original, the difference is not as dramatic as it might have been.

Heaven must be missing an angel, Don't take away the music, Whodunit and More than a woman (a track from the Saturday night fever soundtrack) were all UK top ten hits that made the American top forty pop chart. It only takes a minute was their only American top ten pop hit - it was a minor UK hit in 1986 having missed the chart, or maybe not been released, back in the seventies.

The mighty power of love (top thirty) and One step away (top twenty) are other UK hits included here, while Check it out was an American top forty pop hit. Other tracks include a cover of the Hall and Oates classic She's gone.

If you are interested in seventies soul music, Tavares are definitely worth a listen.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Long Time Coming, December 23, 2005

By	Tony James "A J" (Canadarocks) - See all my reviews

A lot of groups seem like overnight successes. The Tavares Brothers started out years earlier as Chubby and the Turnpikes. Renamed Tavares at Capitol Records they started with "Check it Out", covers of Rick Derringer's "Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo", and Hall & Oates "She's Gone". Their biggest hits came next including "It Only Takes a Minute, Heaven Must be Missing an Angel" and the cut that was used in the movie "Short Circuit" as well, "More Than a Woman". Johnny Five dances with Ally Sheedy. Alive! The same as this album is, music to make you come alive and get up and dance. Enjoy.