Track Listing

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. The Mighty Power Of Love
11. One Step Away
12. The Ghost Of Love
13. The Love I never Had
14. I Wanna See You Soon
15. Bein' With You
16. More Than A Woman

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7602 in Music
• Released on: 2000-05-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

SUPERIOR POP/SOUL
HAVING SEEN TAVARES LIVE OVER 25 YEARS AGO, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE BROTHERS ARE VOCALLY.....BRILLIANT! THIS CD SHOWCASES THEIR TOP DRAWER POP/SOUL RECORDS. PEOPLE ALWAYS MENTION "HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL" WHEN THEY REFER TO DISCO MUSIC, TO MY MIND THAT IS REALLY UNDER SELLING WHAT IS QUITE SIMPLY A BRILLIANT POP RECORD. NOT MUCH TO DO WITH SOUL I SUPPOSE BUT A TRUE POP CLASSIC. TAVARES CAN SOUL IT UP WITH THE BEST OF THEM AND IF YOU PREFER A MORE SOULFUL SOUND THEN CHECK OUT THEIR EARLY CAPITOL RECORDS. ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD CD THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT TAVARES WERE ABOUT......ESPECIALLY UK CHART-WISE.

Seventies soul group popular in Britain
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.

Timeless
A great collection of timeless evergreen classics, from the days when singers relied on singing ability and not studio technology to sound good!

I love all the tracks on here, but was really disappointed to find that what is arguably Tavares best known song, "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" is not included. Well at least the original isn't included, what is offered in its place is perhaps one of the most dreadful, tacky 80's re-mixes I have heard. It sounded like Stock, Aitken and Waterman's collective mothers had been let loose in the studio!!!

I would love to know who makes the decision to include this kind of garbage on an otherwise great collection. Re-mixes are usually added to albums as bonus tracks, not replacements for the original. I still love the rest of the music though, but shame on EMI Gold for this travesty of taste!!!