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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)

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.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Bay State Banner wrote that "the bulk of this set is artificially sweet, overblown arrangement done by Manhattans producer Bobby Martin," and called the album "another weak-kneed pop-soul LP, good for unconfident black radio."[2]

Commercial performance

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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

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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

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L.T.D.

  • Jeffrey Osborne - lead vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9), drums (tracks 4, 6), percussion, background vocals, arrangements (track 9)
  • Billy Osborne – lead vocals (tracks 4, 8), organ, percussion, background vocals, arrangements (track 8)
  • Jimmie Davis – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet, synthesizers, background vocals, arrangements (track 9)
  • Henry E. Davis – bass guitar, background vocals, arrangements (tracks 2, 5)
  • John T. McGee – guitar
  • Carle Wayne Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, bass flute
  • Abraham "Onion" Miller – tenor saxophone
  • Lorenzo Carnegie – alto and tenor saxophones
  • Jake Riley – trombone
  • Melvin D. Webb – drums (tracks 1-3, 5, 7-9), percussion

Additional personnel

  • Benorce Blackmon – additional guitar
  • Bobby Martin – producer, arrangements (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7), string arrangements (tracks 2, 8)
  • Bob Hughes – engineer
  • Douglas Graves – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering

Charts

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Album

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

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
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US
R&B

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hanson, Amy. Something to Love review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. ^ Freedberg, Mike (6 Oct 1977). "Record Reviews". Bay State Banner. No. 103. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b c "US Charts > L.T.D." Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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