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.
Contents
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."
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 (2, 4)
James E. Davis – acoustic piano, Yamaha electric piano, background vocals, clavinet, horn arrangements (8, 9), string arrangements (2, 9)
John McGhee – guitar
Abraham "Onion" Miller, Jr. – tenor saxophone
Jeffrey L. Osborne – percussion, lead and background vocals, horn arrangements (8)
William M. Osborne – organ, lead and background vocals, Fender Rhodes, percussion, horn arrangements (10)
Jake Riley – trombone, horn arrangements (3, 5)
Carle W. Vickers – trumpet, flugelhorn, C trumpet, flute, percussion, horn arrangements (10)
Additional musicians
Paul Shure – concertmaster
Maurice Spears – bass trombone
Lorraine G. Johnson – background vocals
Technical personnel
Bobby Martin – producer, horn arrangements (1, 6, 7), string arrangements (4–8, 10)
Bob Hughes – engineer, mixing
G.S. MacMillan – assistant engineer
Douglas Graves – assistant engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Charts
Album
Singles