Hard Core Poetry

Hard Core Poetry is the second studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1974 on the Capitol label.

Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 12 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Too Late", which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, Hall & Oates' "She's Gone", which charted at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Remember What I Told You to Forget", which reached No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel
with:
 * Tavares
 * Butch Tavares
 * Chubby Tavares
 * Pooch Tavares
 * Ralph Tavares
 * Tiny Tavares
 * Jeana Jackson - introductory narration on "To Love You"
 * Michael Omartian - keyboards, arrangements, conductor
 * Dennis Lambert – keyboards
 * Wilton Felder, Scott Edwards – bass
 * Ed Greene – drums
 * Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Ben Benay – guitar
 * Gary Coleman, Brian Potter – percussion
 * Sid Sharp – string concertmaster
 * The Boogie Symphony – strings
 * Technical
 * Joe Sidore - recording engineer
 * Larkin Arnold - executive producer
 * Roy Kohara - art direction
 * Richard Rankin - cover photography

Charts
Album

Singles