Future Bound

{{Infobox album

| name = Future Bound

| type = Studio

| artist = Tavares

| cover = tavaresfuture.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1978

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = The Mom & Pops Company Store
(Studio City, California)

| genre = R&B, soul, disco

| length = 34:20

| label = Capitol

| producer = Freddie Perren

| prev_title = Love Storm

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Madam Butterfly

| next_year = 1979

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000856609 |label=Future Bound review |first=Alex |last=Henderson |accessdate=2017-02-09}}

}}

Future Bound is the sixth studio album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1978 on the Capitol label.{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Arthur |title=Breakdown |work=Bay State Banner |issue=31 |date=11 May 1978 |page=19}}

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 55 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 115 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "More Than a Woman", which peaked at No. 36 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, "The Ghost of Love", which peaked at No. 48 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Timber", which reached No. 94 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = The Ghost of Love

| writer1 = Keni St. Lewis

| length1 = 6:01

| title2 = Timber

| writer2 = Keni St. Lewis

| length2 = 5:17

| title3 = We're Both Ready for Love

| writer3 = Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren

| length3 = 3:38

| title4 = All I See Is You

| writer4 = William Scott Harralson, Harvey Scales, Gino Cunico

| length4 = 3:19

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title5 = Slow Train to Paradise

| writer5 = Lucy Garber, Dave Callens, Ed Villareal

| length5 = 4:56

| title6 = Honey Can I

| writer6 = Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey

| length6 = 3:35

| title7 = More Than a Woman

| writer7 = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb

| length7 = 3:25

| title8 = Feels So Good

| writer8 = Feliciano Tavares

| length8 = 4:17

}}

Personnel

James Gadson – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
Bob Bowles, Jim Nau – guitar
Bob Zimmitti, Freddie Perren – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – congas
Freddie Perren – vibraphone, synthesizer, harpsichord

Charts

Album

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1978)

!Peaks
{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ATavares&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Tavares|title=US Charts > Tavares|work=Billboard|accessdate=16 May 2017}}

U.S. Billboard Top LPs

|align="center"|115

U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs

|align="center"|55

Singles

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Peaks
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"\| US ! width="35"\| US R&B
rowspan="1"\|1977 \| align="left"\| "More Than a Woman" \| 32 \| 36
rowspan="2"\|1978 \| align="left"\| "The Ghost of Love" \| — \| 48
align="left"\| "Timber" \| — \| 94

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peaks

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| US

! width="35"| US
R&B

rowspan="1"|1977

| align="left"| "More Than a Woman"

| 32

| 36

rowspan="2"|1978