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

1. "Don't Stop" (David Batteau, Danny Sembello) - 4:09
2. "Let Me Know" (Geoffrey Brillhart Leib, Jeffrey Osborne) - 5:26
3. "The Borderlines" (Raymond Jones) - 5:27
4. "The Power" (Don Freeman, Warren Giancaterino, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:51
5. "Is It Right" (Jeffrey Osborne, David Wolinski) - 4:46
6. "You Can't Be Serious" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:37
7. "Crazy 'Bout Cha" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:31
8. "Hot Coals" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:27
9. "Live for Today" (David Batteau, Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:26

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes Singers and Musicians

• Jeffrey Osborne – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–8), E-mu Emulator (3), drum machine programming (4, 9)
• George Duke – Polymoog (1), Prophet-5 (1, 5–7), acoustic piano (2), Yamaha PF10 digital piano (2), Memorymoog (2, 7), synth solo (2, 6), E-mu Emulator (3), backing vocals (3), Moog bass (6), Rhodes piano (7), Yamaha DX7 (7)
• Danny Sembello – Roland Jupiter-8 (1), Yamaha DX7 (1)
• Raymond Jones – Fairlight CMI (3), Roland Jupiter-8 (3), Yamaha DX7 (3)
• Gary Chang – synthesizer programming (3, 8)
• Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming (4, 6), special effects (4, 6), Fairlight programming (6)
• Don Freeman – Roland Juno-60 (4), Yamaha DX7 (4, 6, 8), drum machine programming (4, 6, 8, 9), Fairlight CMI (6), acoustic piano (8, 9), Roland Jupiter-8 (8), PPG Wave 2.2 (8), Rhodes piano (9)
• David Wolinski – Rhodes piano (5), Minimoog (5), Roland Jupiter-8 (5), Yamaha DX7 (5), drum machine programming (5)
• John Barnes – Fairlight CMI (9)
• Michael Sembello – guitars (1)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2–4, 6–9)
• Charles Fearing – guitars (5)
• Louis Johnson – bass (1, 8, 9)
• Freddie Washington – bass (2, 5–7)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (9)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (1–3, 7, 8), hi-hat (9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2–4, 8, 9), cowbell (6), tambourine (6)
• Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (1)
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 7)
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals (5)

Strings (Tracks 2 &7)

• 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

Choir of Life on "Live for Today"

• Pat Benatar, Lynn Davis, Tremaine Hawkins, Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Joyce Kennedy, Debra Laws, Kenny Loggins and Jeffrey Osborne

Production and Technical

• 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 (Hollywood, California)
• Constance DeGuzman – production assistant
• Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
• John Heiden – design
• Matthew Rolston – photography
• Cecille Parker – stylist
• Jack Nelson & Associates – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

In popular culture

Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo danced to "The Borderlines" in a 1985 Santa Barbara episode where Osborne made a guest appearance as himself.

References