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Something to Love
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 11, 1977
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul, Funk
Length39:26
LabelA&M
ProducerBobby Martin
L.T.D. chronology
Love to the World
(1976)
Something to Love
(1977)
Togetherness
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Something to Love is the fourth studio album by Los Angeles, California -based band, L.T.D., released in 1977 on the A&M label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 1 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again", which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Never Get Enough of Your Love", which charted at No. 8 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Age of the Showdown"Rudy Clark5:41
2."(Won't Cha) Stay with Me"Henry E. Davis3:59
3."(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey4:44
4."You Come First at Last"Tom Shapiro, Jim O'Loughlin4:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."We Party Hearty"Henry E. Davis, Jeffrey Osborne5:15
6."If You're in Need"Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey3:38
7."Never Get Enough of Your Love"Ray Dahrouge3:47
8."Make Someone Smile, Today!"Billy Osborne4:03
9."Material Things"Jeffrey Osborne, Jimmie Davis4:14

Personnel

  • Jeffrey Osborne - Lead Vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9), Backing Vocals (All tracks), Drums (Tracks 4, 6), Percussion (All tracks)
  • Billy Osborne - Organ, Percussion (All tracks), Lead Vocals (tracks 4, 8), Backing Vocals (All tracks)
  • Jimmie Davis - Clavinet, Electric Piano, Piano, Backing Vocals
  • Henry Davis - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Bernorce Blackman, John McGhee - Guitar
  • Carle Vickers - Flute, Flugelhorn, Soprano Saxophone, Trumpet
  • Abraham "Onion" Miller - Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals
  • Lorenzo Carnegie - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
  • Jake Riley - Trombone
  • Melvin Webb - Drums (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9)
  • Lorraine Johnson - Backing Vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1977) Peaks
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 21
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 1

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
1977 "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" 4 1
1978 "Never Get Enough of Your Love" 56 8

See also

References

  1. ^ Hanson, Amy. Something to Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. ^ a b c "US Charts > L.T.D." Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2017.