The brothers Tavares hit the international best-sellers with their 1975 album In The City (SMCR 5022) thanks to the massive hit, It Only Takes A Minute. In 1976, the group teamed up with ex-Motown producer/songwriter Freddie Perren who had already been achieving great success with artists such as Gloria Gaynor, The Miracles and The Sylvers among others). Perren produced SKY HIGH! which became the biggest album of their career for the quintet from New Bedford, Massachusetts.The classic Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel became a No. 1 dance music, No. 3 R&B and Top 20 pop hit as well as reaching No. 4 on the UK charts. The dance anthem Don’t Take Away The Music was also No. 4 in the UK and topped the US dance music charts.This expanded edition of SKY HIGH! (previously only available on CD in Japan) includes four versions of Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel and two of Don’t Take Away The Music, including the eight-minute-plus Irresistible Angel Music. Other standouts include the soul ballads To The Other Man and Guiding Star. Notes by SoulMusic.com founder David Nathan include 2011 quotes from Chubby Tavares, specifically for this reissue, making its worldwide CD debut.
Tracklist :
1. The Mighty Power of Love 3:58
2. Ridin' High 4:05
3. To the Other Man 4:34
4. Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel 6:33
5. Bein' With You 3:45
6. Wonderful 4:00
7. Guiding Star 4:42
8. Don't Take Away the Music 6:13
Bonustracks
9. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1 Us Single) 3:34
10. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 2 Us Single B-Side) 3:10
11. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Uk 12' Singel Remix) 3:42
12. Don't Take Away the Music (Uk 12' Single Remix) 3:41
13. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Irresistible Angel Mix) 6:31
14. Don't Take Away the Music (Irresistible Angel Mix) 8:14
Label :SoulMusicRecords
SMCR5023
Ean :5013929072336