Devotion (L.T.D. album) explained

Devotion
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	L.T.D.
Cover:	L.T.D. Devotion album.jpg
Released:	1979
Studio:	Hollywood Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California)
Genre:	Soul, funk
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Bobby Martin
Prev Title:	Togetherness
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Shine On
Next Year:	1980

Devotion is the sixth studio album by American band, L.T.D., released in 1979 through A&M Records. The album peaked at No. 5 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Dance 'N' Sing 'N'", which peaked at No. 15 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Stranger", which charted at No. 14 on the same chart.

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner wrote that "there are places where the leftover riffs from too-long sessions begin cropping up... Lead singer Jeffery Osborne ... does not get very worked up over the proceedings and the fire never gets lit underneath the L.T.D. band."^[1]

Personnel

L.T.D.

• Alvino M. Bennett – acoustic and electric drums
• Lorenzo Carnegie – alto and tenor saxophones
• Henry E. Davis – bass guitar, flute, horn arrangements
• James E. Davis – acoustic piano, Yamaha electric piano, background vocals, clavinet, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• John McGhee – guitar
• Abraham "Onion" Miller, Jr. – tenor saxophone
• Jeffrey L. Osborne – percussion, lead and background vocalshorn arrangements
• William M. Osborne – organ, lead and background vocals, Fender Rhodes, percussion, horn arrangements
• Jake Riley – trombone, horn arrangements
• Carle W. Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, C trumpet, flute, percussion, horn arrangements

Additional musicians

• Paul Shure – concertmaster
• Maurice Spears – bass trombone
• Lorraine G. Johnson – background vocals

Technical personnel

• Bobby Martin – producer, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Bob Hughes – engineer, mixing
• G.S. MacMillan – assistant engineer
• Douglas Graves – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak position^[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	29
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US R&B
1979	"Dance 'N' Sing 'N'"	15
	"Share My Love"	69
	"Stranger"	14

Notes and References

1. News: Lane . George . Shades of Blue . Bay State Banner . 39 . 5 July 1979 . 15.
2. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3AL.T.D.&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=L.T.D. US Charts > L.T.D.]. Billboard. 17 April 2017.