Hard Core Poetry

1974 studio album by Tavares

Hard Core Poetry is the second studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label.

Commercial performance

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, except where noted

Personnel

Tavares

• Butch Tavares
• Chubby Tavares
• Pooch Tavares
• Ralph Tavares
• Tiny Tavares

with:

• Jeana Jackson - introductory narration on "To Love You"
• Michael Omartian - keyboards, arrangements, conductor
• Dennis Lambert – keyboards
• Wilton Felder, Scott Edwards – bass
• Ed Greene – drums
• Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Ben Benay – guitar
• Gary Coleman, Brian Potter – percussion
• Sid Sharp – string concertmaster
• The Boogie Symphony – strings

Technical

• Joe Sidore - recording engineer
• Larkin Arnold - executive producer
• Roy Kohara - art direction
• Richard Rankin - cover photography

Charts

Album

Singles

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Hard Core Poetry review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
2. "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

• Hard Core Poetry at Discogs (list of releases)