Madam Butterfly is the seventh album by the American soul/R&B group Tavares, released in 1979 on Capitol Records.

Commercial performance[edit]

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 radio classic, while tracks such as "I'm Back for More" are more funk-based than listeners had come to expect from Tavares. The title track, "Madam Butterfly" received considerable airplay. The album performed respectably on the R&B chart, peaking at #13, and over time has now considered among the group's best.

Tracklist

Straight From Your Heart	4:19
Games, Games	4:24
Madam Butterfly	4:27
Let Me Heal The Bruises	4:32
Never Had A Love Like This Before	4:32
One Telephone Call Away	4:26
My Love Calls	5:05
Positive Forces	2:55
I'm Back For More	2:59

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