Don't Stop is the third solo album by Jeffrey Osborne, 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, Danny Sembello) - 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, David Wolinski) - 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, backing vocals (1–8), E-mu Emulator (3), drum machine programming (4, 9) George Duke – Polymoog (1), Prophet-5 (1, 5–7), acoustic piano (2), Yamaha PF10 digital piano (2), Memorymoog (2, 7), synth solo (2, 6), E-mu Emulator (3), backing vocals (3), Moog bass (6), Rhodes piano (7), Yamaha DX7 (7) Danny Sembello – Roland Jupiter-8 (1), Yamaha DX7 (1) Raymond Jones – Fairlight CMI (3), Roland Jupiter-8 (3), Yamaha DX7 (3) Gary Chang – synthesizer programming (3, 8) Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming (4, 6), special effects (4, 6), Fairlight programming (6) Don Freeman – Roland Juno-60 (4), Yamaha DX7 (4, 6, 8), drum machine programming (4, 6, 8, 9), Fairlight CMI (6), acoustic piano (8, 9), Roland Jupiter-8 (8), PPG Wave 2.2 (8), Rhodes piano (9) David Wolinski – Rhodes piano (5), Minimoog (5), Roland Jupiter-8 (5), Yamaha DX7 (5), drum machine programming (5) John Barnes – Fairlight CMI (9) Michael Sembello – guitars (1) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2–4, 6–9) Charles Fearing – guitars (5) Louis Johnson – bass (1, 8, 9) Freddie Washington – bass (2, 5–7) Abraham Laboriel – bass (9) Steve Ferrone – drums (1–3, 7, 8), hi-hat (9) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2–4, 8, 9), cowbell (6), tambourine (6) Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (1) Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 7) Lynn Davis – backing vocals (4, 6) Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals (5)
Strings (Tracks 2 &7) George Del Barrio – arrangements and conductor Bill Hughes – contractor Ronald Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora – cello Catherine Gotthoffer – harp Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz – viola 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
Choir of Life on "Live for Today" Pat Benatar, Lynn Davis, Tremaine Hawkins, Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Joyce Kennedy, Debra Laws, Kenny Loggins and Jeffrey Osborne
Production and Technical
George Duke – producer Tommy Vicari – recording, remixing Erik Zobler – additional engineer Ray Blair – assistant engineer Frank Dookun – assistant engineer Bino Espinoza – assistant engineer Mark Ettel – assistant engineer Steve Evans – assistant engineer Mitch Gibson – assistant engineer Danny Kopelson – assistant engineer Dave Luke – assistant engineer Sharon Rice – assistant engineer Nick Spigel – assistant engineer Brent Averill – technician Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) Constance DeGuzman – production assistant Chuck Beeson – art direction, design John Heiden – design Matthew Rolston – photography Cecille Parker – stylist Jack Nelson & Associates – management
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position US Billboard 200 78 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 36
Singles Year Single Chart positions US USR&B1984 "Don't Stop" 44 6 "The Borderlines" 38 71985 "Let Me Know" — 44
Certifications
In popular culture Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo danced to "The Borderlines" in a 1985 Santa Barbara episode where Osborne made a guest appearance as himself.
References