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There is no shortage of Tavares collections available, some good, some not so. This latest package from the Right Stuff division of Capitol, one in their anthology series, does a respectable job of gathering up the single successes and then some of this sometimes overlooked group. Although they achieved only one top-10 pop hit with "It Only Takes A Minute", their presence on oldies playlists attests to their music's sustainability. The familiarity today of such tunes as "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" and "Whodunit" belies the relatively tepid success these songs achieved on the pop charts. This 31-track, two-disc package serves up their pop and r'n'b hits, album cuts and failed singles and an informative liner notes booklet. Sound quality though not offering any revelations, is commensurate with the rest of the package. If there is a shortfall here, it is the omission of any of their work at RCA, although admittedly that label change did not rejuvenate their popularity. Had at least their top-40 pop hit "A Penny For Your Thoughts" and "Deeper In Love" been included, this would garner a five-star rating. These omissions notwithstanding, this new collection does offer the best to date for this group whose golden age of popularity spanned more than a decade. 

Tracklist
CD 1:
01. Check It Out
02. Judgement Day
03. That's The Sound That Lonely Makes
04. Strangers In Dark Corners
05. Too Late
06. She's Gone
07. Remember What I Told You To Forget
08. Hard Core Poetry
09. It Only Takes A Minute
10. Free Ride
11. Love I Never Had, The
12. In The City
13. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
14. Don't Take Away The Music
15. To The Other Man

CD 2:
01. Whodunit
02. Pleasant Dreams, (Goodnight My Love)
03. Fool Of The Year
04. More Than A Woman
05. Ghost Of Love, The
06. Timber
07. Never Had A Love Like This Before
08. Straight From The Heart
09. Madam Butterfly
10. Bad Times - (from "Defiance")
11. I Can't Go On Living Without You
12. Why Can't We Fall In Love
13. Love Uprising
14. Loneliness
15. Turn Out The Nightlight
16. Loveline
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