Tavares Live [Classic World] (1999)

About this title: These same 13 tracks, sequenced differently, first surfaced on Waxworks Records. Live album lovers will enjoy this one; live album haters will not. Live recordings lack the dynamics of studio sessions, and many can only appreciate a live recording if they were at the taping, and that doesn't happen often. Unlike most soul groups who cut live albums, Tavares don't digress from their material -- you won't find any attempts at MOR, pop, or Broadway show tunes. A large orchestra accompanies them with a flautist out front on nearly every cut. The selections read like a best-of collection. Every ... read more

Tracks:

1. Whodunit [Perren/Saint Louis]
2. Don't Take Away the Music [Tavares]
3. It Only Takes a Minute [Lambert/Potter]
4. I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me [Senter/Bounty]
5. Bad Times [McMahon]
6. Turn Your Love Around [Graydon/Lukather/Ch]
7. More Than a Woman [Gibb]
8. Never Had a Love Like This Before [Hanks]
9. You Are the Words, You Are the Music [Nolan]
10. Check It Out [Butler/Osborne]
11. Remember What I Told You to Forget [Lambert/Potter]
12. She's Gone [Hall/Oates]
13. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel [Perren/Saint Lewis]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.