Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)
Don't Stop is the third solo album by Jeffrey Osborne, released on September 21, 1984.
Reception
The album reached #39 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #7 on the R&B album chart. The title song as well as the two other singles, "The Borderlines" and "Let Me Know", all reached #6, #7, and #44 on the R&B Singles Chart.Track listing
- "Don't Stop" - 4:09
- "Let Me Know" - 5:26
- "The Borderlines" - 5:27
- "The Power" - 4:51
- "Is It Right" - 4:46
- "You Can't Be Serious" - 4:37
- "Crazy 'Bout Cha" - 3:31
- "Hot Coals" - 3:27
- "Live for Today" - 4:26
Personnel
Information is based on the album's Liner NotesSingers and Musicians
- Jeffrey Osborne – lead vocals, backing vocals, E-mu Emulator, drum machine programming
- George Duke – Polymoog, Prophet-5, acoustic piano, Yamaha PF10 digital piano, Memorymoog, synth solo, E-mu Emulator, backing vocals, Moog bass, Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha DX7
- Danny Sembello – Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7
- Raymond Jones – Fairlight CMI, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7
- Gary Chang – synthesizer programming
- Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming, special effects, Fairlight programming
- Don Freeman – Roland Juno-60, Yamaha DX7, drum machine programming, Fairlight CMI, acoustic piano, Roland Jupiter-8, PPG Wave 2.2, Rhodes electric piano
- David Wolinski – Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7, drum machine programming
- John Barnes – Fairlight CMI
- Michael Sembello – guitars
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
- Charles Fearing – guitars
- Louis Johnson – bass
- Freddie Washington – bass
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Steve Ferrone – drums, hi-hat
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, cowbell, tambourine
- Syreeta Wright – backing vocals
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals
- Lynn Davis – backing vocals
- Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals
- George Del Barrio – arrangements and conductor
- Bill Hughes – contractor
- Ronald Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora – cello
- Catherine Gotthoffer – harp
- Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz – viola
- Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Ron Folsom, Dave Frisina, Jimmy Getzoff, Reg Hill, Karen Jones, Joy Lyle, Irma Neumann, Stan Plummer and Sid Sharp – violin
- Pat Benatar, Lynn Davis, Tremaine Hawkins, Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Joyce Kennedy, Debra Laws, Kenny Loggins and Jeffrey Osborne
- George Duke – producer
- Tommy Vicari – recording, remixing
- Erik Zobler – additional engineer
- Ray Blair – assistant engineer
- Frank Dookun – assistant engineer
- Bino Espinoza – assistant engineer
- Mark Ettel – assistant engineer
- Steve Evans – assistant engineer
- Mitch Gibson – assistant engineer
- Danny Kopelson – assistant engineer
- Dave Luke – assistant engineer
- Sharon Rice – assistant engineer
- Nick Spigel – assistant engineer
- Brent Averill – technician
- Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Constance DeGuzman – production assistant
- Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
- John Heiden – design
- Matthew Rolston – photography
- Cecille Parker – stylist
- Jack Nelson & Associates – management