Love Shines (album)

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Love Shines
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Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Gospel, Contemporary Christian
Label Priority
Producer Pete Drake
B. J. Thomas chronology
Peace in the Valley
(1982)
Love Shines
(1983)
New Looks
(1983)

Love Shines is the twenty-ninth studio album and seventh gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1983. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Love Shines" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04
  2. "He's Got Religion" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:27
  3. "Best Friend" (Dan Hoffman, Larry Keith) - 3:26
  4. "Born to Fly" (Aaron Wilburn) - 3:37
  5. "They See God There" (Dan Keen, Jim Weber) - 2:57
  6. "He's Coming Back in a Blaze of Glory" (Johnny Slate, Danny Morrison, Larry Keith) - 2:53
  7. "Teach Me to See" (Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:32
  8. "Pray for Me" (B.J. Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:18
  9. "That's What's Wrong with the World Today" (Larry Kingston, "Lathan", Gloria Thomas) - 3:11
  10. "Let's All Go Down to the River" (Sue Richards, Earl Montgomery) - 2:39

Personnel

Production

Musicians

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References

  1. "B.J. Thomas - Love Shines". AllMusic . Retrieved July 25, 2022.