Love Shines is the twenty-ninth studio album and seventh gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1983.
Track listing "Love Shines" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04 "He's Got Religion" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:27 "Best Friend" (Dan Hoffman, Larry Keith) - 3:26 "Born to Fly" (Aaron Wilburn) - 3:37 "They See God There" (Dan Keen, Jim Weber) - 2:57 "He's Coming Back in a Blaze of Glory" (Johnny Slate, Danny Morrison, Larry Keith) - 2:53 "Teach Me to See" (Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:32 "Pray for Me" (B.J. Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:18 "That's What's Wrong with the World Today" (Larry Kingston, "Lathan", Gloria Thomas) - 3:11 "Let's All Go Down to the River" (Sue Richards, Earl Montgomery) - 2:39
Personnel
Production Pete Drake – producer Randy Best – engineer Al Pachucki – engineer Bill Brunt – art direction, design Bill Myers – illustration Jim McGuire – photography
Musicians B.J. Thomas – vocals David Briggs – acoustic piano Bill Hullett – acoustic guitars Jack Solomon – acoustic guitars Dale Sellers – electric guitars Pete Drake – steel guitar Mike Leech – bass Gene Chrisman – drums Farrell Morris – percussion Charlie McCoy – harmonica Bergen White – horn and string arrangements Roger Bissell, William Puett, James "Buddy" Skipper, Denis Solee and George Tidwell – horns George Binkley, John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Phyllis Hiltz, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Gary Vanosdale, Pamela Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – strings The Jordanaires – backing vocals
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