Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)

Don't Stop is the third solo album by Jeffrey Osborne, released on September 21, 1984.

Don't Stop
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1984
RecordedFebruary, 1984 - July, 1984
GenreR&B, pop
Length40:40
LabelA&M
ProducerGeorge Duke
Jeffrey Osborne chronology
Stay with Me Tonight
(1983)
Don't Stop
(1984)
Emotional
(1986)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Village VoiceB+[2]
Gannett(favourable)[3]
People(favourable)[4]

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

Production

  • Producer – George Duke
  • Production Assistance – Constance DeGuzman
  • Engineer and Remix – Tommy Vicari
  • Assistant Engineers – Ray Blair, Frank Dookun, Bino Espinoza, Mark Ettel, Steve Evans, Mitch Gibson, Danny Kopelson, Dave Luke, Sharon Rice, Nick Spigel and Erik Zobler.
  • Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, The Complex and Foot On The Hill Studio (Los Angeles, CA); Le Gonks West and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, CA).
  • Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
  • Design – Chuck Beeson and John Heiden
  • Photography – Matthew Rolston
  • Stylist – Cecille Parker
  • Management – Jack Nelson & Associates

Charts

Year Album Chart positions
US US
R&B
1984 Don't Stop 39 7

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US US
R&B
1984 "Don't Stop" 44 6
"The Borderlines" 38 7
1985 "Let Me Know" 44

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

References

  1. Hogan, Ed. "Jeffrey Osbourne: Don't Stop". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. Christgau, Robert (28 May 1985). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York: Village Voice Media. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. Gerds, Warren (January 5, 1985). Jeffrey Osbourne: Don't Stop. Gannett.
  4. "Picks and Pans Review: Don't Stop". people.com. People. February 11, 1985.
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