Love to the World explained

Love to the World
Type:	Album
Artist:	L.T.D.
Cover:	Love To The World.jpg
Released:	June 4, 1976
Studio:	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California)
Genre:	Soul, funk
Length:	33:31
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell, Chuck Davis
Prev Title:	Gittin' Down
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Something to Love
Next Year:	1977

Love to the World is the third studio album by Los Angeles, California -based band, L.T.D., released in 1976 on the A&M label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 7 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 52 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Love Ballad", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 20 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and the title track, which charted at No. 27 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

L.T.D.

• Billy Osborne - piano, organ, ARP and Moog synthesizers, clavinet, lead and background vocals, arrangements
• Jeffrey Osborne - drums, percussion, lead and background vocals, arrangements
• Henry Davis - bass guitar, background vocals, arrangements
• Jimmie Davis - piano, electric and acoustic piano, clavinet, background vocals, arrangements
• Robert Santiel - percussion, arrangements
• John McGhee – guitar, arrangements
• Abraham "Onion" Miller – tenor saxophone, background vocals, arrangements
• Carle Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, soprano saxophone, flute, arrangements
• Lorenzo Carnegie – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, arrangements
• Jake Riley – trombone, arrangements
• Toby Wynn – baritone saxophone, arrangements

Additional personnel

• Larry and Fonce Mizell – producers, arrangements
• Chuck Davis – co-producer, mastering
• Jim Nipar – engineer
• Serge Reyes – engineer
• Kevin Gray – mastering
• Bernorce Blackman – guitar
• Wade Marcus – string arrangements
• Charles Veal - concertmaster
• Barbara Dice, Carolyn Dice, John "Bunky" Butler - children's voices (track 7)

Charts

Album

Chart (1976)	Peaks ^[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	52
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US	US R&B
1976	"Love Ballad"	20	1
1977	"Love to the World"	91	27

Notes and References

1. 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.