Something to Love

Something to Love
Studio album by L.T.D.
Released	July 11, 1977
Studio	Total Experience (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	39:26
Label	A&M
Producer	Bobby 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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Age of the Showdown"	Rudy Clark	5:41
2.	"(Won't Cha) Stay with Me"	Henry E. Davis	3:59
3.	"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"	Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey	4:44
4.	"You Come First at Last"	Tom Shapiro, Jim O'Loughlin	4:05

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"We Party Hearty"	Henry E. Davis, Jeffrey Osborne	5:15
6.	"If You're in Need"	Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey	3:38
7.	"Never Get Enough of Your Love"	Ray Dahrouge	3:47
8.	"Make Someone Smile, Today!"	Billy Osborne	4:03
9.	"Material Things"	Jeffrey Osborne, Jimmie Davis	4:14

Personnel

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

Album

Chart (1977)	Peaks [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	21
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [3]	US R&B [3]
1977	"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"	4	1
1978	"Never Get Enough of Your Love"	56	8

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)

References

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

External links

• Something to Love at Discogs (list of releases)