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

Track listing

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

• Producer, steel guitar – Pete Drake
• Horn & string arrangements – Bergen White
• Engineers – Al Pachucki, Randy Best
• Drums - Gene Chrisman
• Bass - Mike Leech
• Electric guitar - Dale Sellers
• Piano - David Briggs
• Harmonica - Charlie McCoy
• Percussion - Farrell Morris
• Horns - Roger Bissell, James "Buddy" Skipper, George Tidwell, William Puett, Denis Solee
• Strings - Carl Gorodetzky, George Binkley, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Pamela Vanosdale, Phyllis Hiltz, Stephanie Woolf, Marvin Chantry, Gary Vanosdale, Roy Christensen, John David Boyle
• Background vocals - The Jordanaires
• Art direction & design – Bill Brunt
• Illustration - Bill Myers
• Photography – Jim McQuire

References