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Boston isn't the first city you think of when northern soul comes to mind. While Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit were considered R&B meccas in the '60s and '70s, Boston had a reputation for being more of a rock town; after all, it was Boston that gave listeners Aerosmith, the J. Geils Band, the Inmates, the Cars, and the band Boston. But occasionally, the Boston area gave listeners some major R&B acts. New Edition is a perfect example, and before that, Boston's biggest R&B group was Tavares. Those who labeled Tavares a disco act because of "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" and "More Than a Woman" had a limited knowledge of the quintet. Tavares was a soul group first and foremost, and it was only from 1976-1978 that the Bostonians recorded a lot of disco. Tavares abandoned disco with 1979's Madame Butterfly and continued to stay away from it on 1980's Supercharged, which found the siblings working with three different producers: David Foster, Benjamin Wright, and Bobby Columby. This respectable, if uneven, effort contains a few gems, including the sociopolitical "Bad Times" (a number ten R&B hit) and the Stylistics-influenced "I Just Can't Go on Living Without You." Most of the other material, however, is merely adequate. While Philadelphia producer Bobby Martin made Madame Butterfly triumphant, Supercharged isn't as focused or as consistent. But even a second-rate Tavares album is worth owning. And although Supercharged isn't perfect, it has more plusses than minuses.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Gerard McMahon, ComposerLyricist - Mark Chalecki, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOBBY COLOMBY, Producer - Tavares, MainArtist
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC
Humberto Gatica, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Cargill, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Hey, Horn, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, String Arranger, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Gower, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Baker, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lew McCreary, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - BILL CHAMPLIN, ComposerLyricist - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miguel Martínez, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Greene, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Reisler, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Grant, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Reichenbach, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Kronstadt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Ruggieri, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tavares, MainArtist - Henry Sigismonti, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Roth, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Morgan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harris Goldman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pam Gates, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Linett, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Derosa, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Laury Woods, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Edward Gill, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Anne Swenson, Conductor, Strings Conductor
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
John Barnes, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Wakefield, ComposerLyricist - Harvey Mason Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Coleman, ComposerLyricist - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Gower, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Miguel Martínez, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Spears, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Nolan Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tavares, MainArtist - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin F. Wright Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Walker, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson Jr., Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bongo Brown, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Anne Swenson, Conductor, Strings Conductor - Robertleigh H. Barnhart, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - James Leslie Hirsen, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Donald W. Cooke, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
John Barnes, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Mason Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID FOSTER, ComposerLyricist - Janice Gower, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Deniece Williams, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Carole Bayer Sager, ComposerLyricist - Miguel Martínez, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Spears, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Nolan Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tavares, MainArtist - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin F. Wright Jr., Producer - Fred Walker, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson Jr., Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bongo Brown, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Anne Swenson, Conductor, Strings Conductor - Robertleigh H. Barnhart, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - James Leslie Hirsen, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Donald W. Cooke, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
John Barnes, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Mason Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Garnett Brown, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Gower, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - George Bohanon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Miguel Martínez, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maurice Spears, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Nolan Smith, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tavares, MainArtist - Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin F. Wright Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Walker, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson Jr., Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bongo Brown, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Anne Swenson, Conductor, Strings Conductor - Robertleigh H. Barnhart, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - James Leslie Hirsen, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Donald W. Cooke, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
Humberto Gatica, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MARK LINETT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID FOSTER, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE LUKATHER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BILL CHAMPLIN, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Greene, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - PAUL LANI, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Ruggieri, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tavares, MainArtist - David Shields, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
Teddy Randazzo, ComposerLyricist - Paul Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steven George, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Gower, Concertmaster, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Baker, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Miguel Martínez, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Greene, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY COLOMBY, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jacqueline Lustgarten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Tavares, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tavares, MainArtist - David Shields, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rollice Dale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy May, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Mann, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brenton Banks, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Gregory Phillinganes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Laury Woods, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Albert Edward Gill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Anne Swenson, Conductor, Strings Conductor
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Capitol Records, LLC
Patrick Henderson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Hey, Horn, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Hutchcroft, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Hall, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Greene, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Grant, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Reichenbach, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY COLOMBY, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Tavares, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tavares, MainArtist - David Shields, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Angelo Richards, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1979 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Boston isn't the first city you think of when northern soul comes to mind. While Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit were considered R&B meccas in the '60s and '70s, Boston had a reputation for being more of a rock town; after all, it was Boston that gave listeners Aerosmith, the J. Geils Band, the Inmates, the Cars, and the band Boston. But occasionally, the Boston area gave listeners some major R&B acts. New Edition is a perfect example, and before that, Boston's biggest R&B group was Tavares. Those who labeled Tavares a disco act because of "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" and "More Than a Woman" had a limited knowledge of the quintet. Tavares was a soul group first and foremost, and it was only from 1976-1978 that the Bostonians recorded a lot of disco. Tavares abandoned disco with 1979's Madame Butterfly and continued to stay away from it on 1980's Supercharged, which found the siblings working with three different producers: David Foster, Benjamin Wright, and Bobby Columby. This respectable, if uneven, effort contains a few gems, including the sociopolitical "Bad Times" (a number ten R&B hit) and the Stylistics-influenced "I Just Can't Go on Living Without You." Most of the other material, however, is merely adequate. While Philadelphia producer Bobby Martin made Madame Butterfly triumphant, Supercharged isn't as focused or as consistent. But even a second-rate Tavares album is worth owning. And although Supercharged isn't perfect, it has more plusses than minuses.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:39
- Main artists: Tavares
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1980 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2011 Capitol Records, LLC
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