Sky High! is the fourth studio album by the American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1976 on the Capitol label.

Sky High!
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1976
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreR&B, soul, disco
Length39:46
LabelCapitol
ProducerFreddie Perren
Tavares chronology
In the City
(1975)
Sky High!
(1976)
Love Storm
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

Commercial performance

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The album peaked at no. 20 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached no. 24 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", which peaked at no. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Don't Take Away the Music", which charted at no. 14 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and no. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs reach no. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Mighty Power of Love"Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren3:58
2."Ridin' High"Feliciano Tavares, Keni St. Lewis4:05
3."To the Other Man"Luther Ingram, Randall Stewart, Johnny Northern, Johnny Baylor4:34
4."Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren6:32
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Bein' with You"Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren3:45
6."Wonderful"Homer Banks, Carl Hampton4:00
7."Guiding Star"Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren6:34
8."Don't Take Away the Music"Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian6:18

Personnel

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Charts

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Album

Chart (1976) Peaks
[3]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 36
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 24
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 20

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
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US
R&B

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US
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1976 "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" 15 3 1
"Don't Take Away the Music" 34 14

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Sky High! review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "US Charts > Tavares". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 305. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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