Love Shines (album)

Love Shines
Studio album by B. J. Thomas
Released	1983
Genre	Gospel, Contemporary Christian
Label	Priority
Producer	Pete Drake
B. J. Thomas chronology
Peace in the Valley (1982) Love Shines (1983) New Looks (1983)

Love Shines is the twenty-ninth studio album and seventh gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1983.

Track listing

1. "Love Shines" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04
2. "He's Got Religion" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:27
3. "Best Friend" (Dan Hoffman, Larry Keith) - 3:26
4. "Born to Fly" (Aaron Wilburn) - 3:37
5. "They See God There" (Dan Keen, Jim Weber) - 2:57
6. "He's Coming Back in a Blaze of Glory" (Johnny Slate, Danny Morrison, Larry Keith) - 2:53
7. "Teach Me to See" (Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:32
8. "Pray for Me" (B.J. Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:18
9. "That's What's Wrong with the World Today" (Larry Kingston, "Lathan", Gloria Thomas) - 3:11
10. "Let's All Go Down to the River" (Sue Richards, Earl Montgomery) - 2:39

Personnel

• Producer, steel guitar – Pete Drake
• Horn & string arrangements – Bergen White
• Engineers – Al Pachucki, Randy Best
• Drums - Gene Chrisman
• Bass - Mike Leech
• Electric guitar - Dale Sellers
• Piano - David Briggs
• Harmonica - Charlie McCoy
• Percussion - Farrell Morris
• Horns - Roger Bissell, James "Buddy" Skipper, George Tidwell, William Puett, Denis Solee
• Strings - Carl Gorodetzky, George Binkley, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Pamela Vanosdale, Phyllis Hiltz, Stephanie Woolf, Marvin Chantry, Gary Vanosdale, Roy Christensen, John David Boyle
• Background vocals - The Jordanaires
• Art direction & design – Bill Brunt
• Illustration - Bill Myers
• Photography – Jim McQuire