''Don't Stop'' is the third solo album by

Jeffrey Osborne Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group L.T.D. (band), L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970. B ...

, 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" (

David Batteau David Hurst Batteau (born June 25, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter. Batteau is the son of Blanca Batteau and Dr. Dwight Wayne Batteau, of Harvard University and Tufts University. He is the brother of singer-songwriters Robin Batteau an ...

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) - 4:09 #"Let Me Know" (Geoffrey Brillhart Leib, Jeffrey Osborne) - 5:26 #"The Borderlines" (Raymond Jones) - 5:27 #"The Power" (Don Freeman, Warren Giancaterino, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:51 #"Is It Right" (Jeffrey Osborne,

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) - 4:46 #"You Can't Be Serious" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:37 #"Crazy 'Bout Cha" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:31 #"Hot Coals" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:27 #"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 (all tracks), backing vocals (1-8), choir vocals (9),

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(3), drum machine programming (4, 9) *

George Duke George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...

– backing vocals (3),

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(1),

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(1, 5-7),

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(2, 7),

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(6),

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(7), E-mu Emulator synthesizer (3), synth solo (2, 6), acoustic piano (2), Yamaha PF10 digital piano (2),

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(7) *

–

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, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer (1) * Raymond Jones –

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, Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer (3) * Gary Chang – synthesizer programming (3, 8) * Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming (4, 6), special effects (4, 6), Fairlight music programming (6) * Don Freeman – Yamaha DX7 (4, 6, 8),

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(4), Fairlight CMI (6), Roland Jupiter-8, PPG Wave 2.2 synthesizer (8), drum machine programming (4, 6, 8-9), acoustic piano (8-9), Rhodes electric piano (9) *

–

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, Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer, Rhodes electric piano, drum machine programming (5) * John Barnes – Fairlight CMI synthesizer (9) *

Michael Sembello Michael Andrew Sembello (born April 17, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sembello was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his 1983 song " ...

– guitar (1) *

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– guitar (2-4, 6-9) * Charles Fearing – guitar (5) * Louis Johnson – bass (1, 8-9) * Freddie Washington – bass (2, 5-7) *

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– bass (9) *

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– drums (1-3, 7-8), hi-hat (9) *

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– percussion (2-4, 8-9), cowbell (6), tambourine (6) * George Del Barrio – string arrangements (2, 7) * Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (2, 7) * Ron Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora – cello (2, 7) * Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz – viola (2, 7) * 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 (2, 7) *

Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Giraldo (née Andrzejewski; formerly and still professionally Benatar ; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 US ''Billboa ...

- choir vocals (9) * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (4, 6), choir vocals (9) * Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 7) * Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals (5), choir vocals (9) *

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- choir vocals (9) *

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- choir vocals (9) *

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- choir vocals (9) *

Debra Laws Debra Renee Laws (born September 10, 1956) is an American singer and actress from Houston, Texas. She is best known for her 1981 R&B/soul ballad " Very Special". In her music career, she works closely with her siblings, Eloise Laws, Hubert Laws ...

- choir vocals (9) *

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- choir vocals (9) *

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– backing vocals (1) Production and Technical * Producer – George Duke * Production Assistance – Constance DeGuzman * Engineer and Remix –

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* 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. * Mastered by

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(Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction – Chuck Beeson * Design – Chuck Beeson and John Heiden * Photography –

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* Stylist – Cecille Parker * Management – Jack Nelson & Associates * Recorded at

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, The Complex and Foot On The Hill Studio (Los Angeles, CA); Le Gonks West and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA);

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(Berkeley, CA).

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Singles

In popular culture

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danced to "The Borderlines" in a 1985 '' Santa Barbara'' episode where Osborne made a guest appearance as himself.

References

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