Released January 1979 Producer Bobby Martin Label EMI | Length 37:39 Madam Butterfly(1979) Supercharged(1980) Release date January 1979 | |
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Genres Soul music, Rhythm and blues Similar Love Uprising, Hard Core Poetry, Future Bound, Love Storm, New Directions |
Tavares madam butterfly
Madam Butterfly is the seventh album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, produced by Bobby Martin and released in 1979 on the Capitol label.
Contents
- Tavares madam butterfly
- Tavares madam butterfly 2012 cd reissue
- Commercial performance
- Track listing
- Singles
- Songs
- References
Tavares madam butterfly 2012 cd reissue
Commercial performance
By this stage in the group's career, they had become known as a disco act due to successful singles such as "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", "Whodunit" and "More Than a Woman." However, Madam Butterfly is noted for its lack of anything approaching disco material, and, as such, is considered to be more akin in style to the group's 1973-'75 albums than to their '76-'78 Freddie Perren-produced output.
"Never Had a Love Like This Before", one of several slow jams on the album, became a top 5 R&B hit and has subsequently become a quiet storm classic, while tracks such as "I'm Back for More" are more funk-based than listeners had come to expect from Tavares. Madam Butterfly performed respectably on the R&B chart, peaking at #13, but failed to achieve substantial sales in the crossover market. Its reputation has grown over the years and it is now considered among the group's best.
Track listing
- "Straight From Your Heart" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - 4:23
- "Games, Games" (Sam Dees) - 4:30
- "Madam Butterfly" (Johnny Simon, Kenny Stover) - 4:29
- "Let Me Heal the Bruises" (Sam Dees) - 4:24
- "Never Had a Love Like This Before" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - 4:32
- "One Telephone Call Away" (Benorce Blackmon) - 4:22
- "My Love Calls" (Sam Dees) - 5:05
- "Positive Forces" (J. Reaves, L. Reaves) - 2:56
- "I'm Back for More" (Kenny Stover) - 2:58
Singles
Songs
1Straight From the Heart4:26
2Games - Games4:34
3Madam Butterfly4:32