Love Shines is the twenty-ninth studio album and seventh gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1983.[1]

Love Shines
Studio album by
Released1983
GenreGospel, Contemporary Christian
LabelPriority
ProducerPete Drake
B. J. Thomas chronology
Peace in the Valley
(1982)
Love Shines
(1983)
New Looks
(1983)

Track listing

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  1. "Love Shines" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04
  2. "He's Got Religion" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:27
  3. "Best Friend" (Dan Hoffman, Larry Keith) - 3:26
  4. "Born to Fly" (Aaron Wilburn) - 3:37
  5. "They See God There" (Dan Keen, Jim Weber) - 2:57
  6. "He's Coming Back in a Blaze of Glory" (Johnny Slate, Danny Morrison, Larry Keith) - 2:53
  7. "Teach Me to See" (Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:32
  8. "Pray for Me" (B.J. Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:18
  9. "That's What's Wrong with the World Today" (Larry Kingston, "Lathan", Gloria Thomas) - 3:11
  10. "Let's All Go Down to the River" (Sue Richards, Earl Montgomery) - 2:39

Personnel

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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 Drakesteel guitar
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Charlie McCoyharmonica
  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "B.J. Thomas - Love Shines". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2022.