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{{Infobox album
| name = Take 6
| type = Studio album
| artist = [[Take 6]]
| cover = Take 6 (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = 1987–1988
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Gospel music|Gospel]]
| length = 36:48
| label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| producer = [[Alvin Chea]] [[Cedric Dent]] [[Mark Kibble]] [[Claude V. McKnight III]] [[David Thomas (Take 6)|David Thomas]] [[Mervyn Warren]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[So Much 2 Say]]
| next_year = 1990
}}
'''''Take 6''''', released in 1988 on [[Reprise Records]], is the first album by the [[United States|American]] contemporary [[Gospel music]] group [[Take 6]]. The album won the group their first two [[Grammy Award]]s for Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus. It also earned the group their first three [[GMA Dove Award|Dove Awards]] for Group of the Year, Contemporary Black Gospel Album of the Year, and Contemporary Black Gospel Song of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/31st-annual-grammy-awards|title=31st Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=2017-11-28|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>

The album ''Take 6'' is often mistakenly thought to be named ''do be doo wop bop,'' because that phrase appears on the album cover under the letters of the group's name. The album's legal title is ''Take 6,'' and the cover's designer, [[Kav DeLuxe]], has stated the phrase "do be doo wop bop" was included simply as a "design element".

==Background==
In 1987, Take 6 held an exclusive performance for gospel record company executives. Yet, many refrained from attending, unsure how to market such a musical group. Fortunately, an uninvited representative of Warner Bros, showed up who was impressed with a tape he had received of the group. "When I first played their tape," [[Jim Ed Norman]] said, "I heard the most enchanting, wonderful sound in music coming from the human voice that I had heard in the longest time."

Warner Bros, signed Take 6 to a recording contract, and the album was released the following year on the company’s Reprise label. Although the group had originally hoped to sign with a gospel label, they later realized the evangelistic opportunity to reach wider audiences with their jazzed-up gospel music. "We purposely style our music the way we do to make the message more appealing to people who wouldn't ordinarily listen to Christian music," explained original group member Mervyn Warren."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/take-6-1|title = Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website = [[Answers.com]]}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=May 2019}}

==Track listing==
#"Gold Mine" (Mervyn Warren, Claude McKnight) - 3:52
#"Spread Love" (Mark Kibble, Mervyn Warren, Claude McKnight) - 3:29
#"If We Ever Needed the Lord Before (We Sure Do Need Him Now)" ([[Thomas A. Dorsey]]) - 4:59
#"A Quiet Place" (Ralph Carmichael) - 2:43
#"[[Mary Don't You Weep|Mary]]" - 3:31
#"David and Goliath" - 4:25
#"Get Away, Jordan" - 4:23
#"He Never Sleeps" - 3:10
#"Milky-White Way" - 4:47
#"Let the Words" (Gail Hamilton) - 00:55

==Personnel==
*Claude McKnight (track 9), Mark Kibble (tracks 2, 5 to 9), Mervyn Warren (tracks 1 to 4, 10) - arrangements
*David Humphries - finger snaps, sound effects
*[[Jim Ed Norman]] - executive producer
*Don Cobb - engineer

==Critical response==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = (5/5)<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r78543|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
}}
The album was critically acclaimed, receiving Grammy Awards in both the jazz and gospel categories. "In a diverse selection of songs, Take 6 merges an a cappella sound with gospel and big-band jazz arrangements... Their harmonies and melodies are consistent throughout this outstanding collection of songs," said Craig Lytle for AMG.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.toptenreviews.com/scripts/eframe/url.htm?u=http%3A%2F%2Fallmusic.com%2Fcg%2Famg.dll%3Fp%3Damg%26token%3D%26sql%3D10%3A8d9sa9ygb23s | title=Top Ten Reviews - Product Comparisons to Help You Buy Better }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Take 6}}

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[[Category:Take 6 albums]]
[[Category:1988 debut albums]]
[[Category:Reprise Records albums]]

Take 6 (album) - Revision history

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