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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.

Love to the World
Studio album by L.T.D.
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
L.T.D. chronology
Gittin' Down (1974) Love to the World (1976) Something to Love (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

Personnel

• Jeffrey Osborne - Lead and Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion
• Billy Osborne - Clavinet, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Lead and Backing Vocals
• Jimmie Davis - Clavinet, Electric Piano, Piano, Backing Vocals
• Henry Davis - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bernorce Blackman, John McGee - Guitar
• Carle Vickers - Flute, Flugelhorn, Soprano Saxophone, Trumpet
• Abraham "Onion" Miller - Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals
• Lorenzo Carnegie - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Toby Wynn - Baritone Saxophone
• Jake Riley - Trombone
• Robert Santiel - Percussion
• Charles Veal - Concertmaster
• Barbara Dice, Carolyn Dice, John "Bunky" Butler - Children's Voices (track 7)

Charts

Album

Chart (1976)	Peaks [2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	52
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	7

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US [2]	US R&B [2]
1976	"Love Ballad"	20	1
1977	"Love to the World"	91	27

References

External links

• Love to the World at Discogs (list of releases)

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