''Shine On'' is the seventh studio

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-based band, L.T.D., released in 1980 on the A&M label. This was the last album to feature frontman

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and his brother Billy Osborne, as they quit the group to start solo careers a year later.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 6 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album features the singles "Where Did We Go Wrong", which peaked at No. 7 on the

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chart, and the title track, which charted at No. 40 on the

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and No. 19 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Personnel

L.T.D. * Alvino M. Bennett – acoustic drums, percussion * Lorenzo Carnegie – alto and tenor saxophones, percussion * Henry E. Davis – bass guitar, synthesizer, piccolo, background vocals, arrangements * Jimmie Davis – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer, background vocals, arrangements , rhythm arrangements * John T. McGhee – acoustic and electric guitar, rhythm arrangements * Abraham "Onion" Miller, Jr. – tenor saxophone * Jeffrey L. Osborne – lead and background vocals, percussion, rhythm arrangements , vocal arrangements * Billy Osborne – acoustic and electric piano, lead and background vocals, percussion, rhythm and vocal arrangements * Jake Riley – trombone * Carle W. Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, flute Guest musicians *

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– steel guitar * Mark Cargill – concertmaster * David M. Sherr – oboe * Sidney Muldrow, Attilio De Palma – French horn * Angela L. Winbush – background vocals * Len Ron Hanks – rhythm and vocal arrangements Technical personnel *

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– producer, arrangements * Richard Tilles – engineer * Les Brockmann, Jim Hodson, Marvin Hall – assistant engineers *

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– mastering

Charts

Album Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980 albums L.T.D. (band) albums Albums produced by Bobby Martin Albums arranged by Bobby Martin A&M Records albums