Shine On (L.T.D. album)

Shine On
Studio album by L.T.D.
Released	August 12, 1980
Studio	Monterey Sound Studios (Glendale, California)
Genre	Soul, funk
Label	A&M
Producer	Bobby Martin
L.T.D. chronology
Devotion (1979) Shine On (1980) Love Magic (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Shine On is the seventh studio album by Los Angeles, California -based band, L.T.D., released in 1980 on the A&M label. This was the last album to feature frontman Jeffrey Osborne and his brother Billy Osborne, as they quit the group to start solo careers a year later.^[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 6 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 28 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Where Did We Go Wrong", which peaked at No. 7 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and the title track, which charted at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 19 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Gave Me Love"	Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey	4:32
2.	"Where Did We Go Wrong"	Sam Dees, Jeffrey Osborne	4:30
3.	"Getaway"	Henry E. Davis, Jeffrey Osborne	4:28
4.	"Will Love Grow"	Jimmie Davis, Jeffrey Osborne	4:21

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Love Is What You Need"	John T. McGhee, Jeffrey Osborne	4:14
6.	"Shine On"	Richard Kerr, Jeffrey Osborne, Billy Osborne	3:58
7.	"Lovers Everywhere"	Jeffrey Osborne	3:51
8.	"Lady Love"	Billy Osborne	3:40
9.	"Don'tcha Know"	Jeffrey Osborne, Kenny Amos	3:56

Personnel

L.T.D.

• Alvino M. Bennett – acoustic drums, percussion
• Lorenzo Carnegie – alto and tenor saxophones, percussion
• Henry E. Davis – bass guitar, synthesizer, piccolo, background vocals, arrangements (1, 3, 5, 9)
• Jimmie Davis – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer, background vocals, arrangements (6-8), rhythm arrangements (4)
• John T. McGhee – acoustic and electric guitar, rhythm arrangements (5)
• Abraham "Onion" Miller, Jr. – tenor saxophone
• Jeffrey L. Osborne – lead and background vocals, percussion, rhythm arrangements (2, 7, 9), vocal arrangements (2-7, 9)
• Billy Osborne – acoustic and electric piano, lead and background vocals, percussion, rhythm and vocal arrangements (8)
• Jake Riley – trombone
• Carle W. Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, flute

Guest musicians

• Sneaky Pete Kleinow – steel guitar
• Mark Cargill – concertmaster
• David M. Sherr – oboe
• Sidney Muldrow, Attilio De Palma – French horn
• Angela L. Winbush – background vocals
• Len Ron Hanks – rhythm and vocal arrangements (1)

Technical personnel

• Bobby Martin – producer, arrangements (2, 4)
• Richard Tilles – engineer
• Les Brockmann, Jim Hodson, Marvin Hall – assistant engineers
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

Charts

Album

Chart (1980)	Peaks [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	28
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	6

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [3]	US R&B [3]
1980	"Where Did We Go Wrong"	—	7
	"Shine On"	40	19

References

1. Lytle, Craig. Shine On review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 188/9. ISBN 0-85112-733-9.
3. "US Charts > L.T.D." Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

External links

• Shine On at Discogs (list of releases)