# Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)

Don't Stop is the third solo album by Jeffrey Osborne, released on September 21, 1984.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Gannett | (favourable) |
| People | (favourable) |
| The Village Voice | B+ |
The album reached #39 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #7 on the R&B album chart. The title song as well as the two other singles, "The Borderlines" and "Let Me Know", all reached #6, #7, and #44 on the R&B Singles Chart.

## Track listing

* "Don't Stop" (David Batteau, Danny Sembello) - 4:09
* "Let Me Know" (Geoffrey Brillhart Leib, Jeffrey Osborne) - 5:26
* "The Borderlines" (Raymond Jones) - 5:27
* "The Power" (Don Freeman, Warren Giancaterino, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:51
* "Is It Right" (Jeffrey Osborne, David Wolinski) - 4:46
* "You Can't Be Serious" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:37
* "Crazy 'Bout Cha" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:31
* "Hot Coals" (Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 3:27
* "Live for Today" (David Batteau, Don Freeman, Jeffrey Osborne) - 4:26

## Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes Singers and Musicians
* Jeffrey Osborne – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1-8), choir vocals (9), E-mu Emulator (3), drum machine programming (4, 9)
* George Duke – backing vocals (3), Polymoog (1), Prophet-5 (1, 5-7), Memorymoog (2, 7), Moog bass (6), Yamaha DX7 (7), E-mu Emulator synthesizer (3), synth solo (2, 6), acoustic piano (2), Yamaha PF10 digital piano (2), Rhodes electric piano (7)
* Danny Sembello – Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7 synthesizer (1)
* Raymond Jones – Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer (3)
* Gary Chang – synthesizer programming (3, 8)
* Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming (4, 6), special effects (4, 6), Fairlight music programming (6)
* Don Freeman – Yamaha DX7 (4, 6, 8), Roland Juno-60 (4), Fairlight CMI (6), Roland Jupiter-8, PPG Wave 2.2 synthesizer (8), drum machine programming (4, 6, 8-9), acoustic piano (8-9), Rhodes electric piano (9)
* David Wolinski – Minimoog, Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer, Rhodes electric piano, drum machine programming (5)
* John Barnes – Fairlight CMI synthesizer (9)
* Michael Sembello – guitar (1)
* Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2-4, 6-9)
* Charles Fearing – guitar (5)
* Louis Johnson – bass (1, 8-9)
* Freddie Washington – bass (2, 5-7)
* Abraham Laboriel – bass (9)
* Steve Ferrone – drums (1-3, 7-8), hi-hat (9)
* Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2-4, 8-9), cowbell (6), tambourine (6)
* George Del Barrio – string arrangements (2, 7)
* Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (2, 7)
* Ron Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora – cello (2, 7)
* Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz – viola (2, 7)
* Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Ron Folsom, Dave Frisina, Jimmy Getzoff, Reg Hill, Karen Jones, Joy Lyle, Irma Neumann, Stan Plummer and Sid Sharp – violin (2, 7)
* Pat Benatar - choir vocals (9)
* Lynn Davis – backing vocals (4, 6), choir vocals (9)
* Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 7)
* Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals (5), choir vocals (9)
* Howard Hewett - choir vocals (9)
* James Ingram - choir vocals (9)
* Joyce Kennedy - choir vocals (9)
* Debra Laws - choir vocals (9)
* Kenny Loggins - choir vocals (9)
* Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (1)
Production and Technical
* Producer – George Duke
* Production Assistance – Constance DeGuzman
* Engineer and Remix – Tommy Vicari
* Assistant Engineers – Ray Blair, Frank Dookun, Bino Espinoza, Mark Ettel, Steve Evans, Mitch Gibson, Danny Kopelson, Dave Luke, Sharon Rice, Nick Spigel and Erik Zobler.
* Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
* Art Direction – Chuck Beeson
* Design – Chuck Beeson and John Heiden
* Photography – Matthew Rolston
* Stylist – Cecille Parker
* Management – Jack Nelson & Associates
* Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, The Complex and Foot On The Hill Studio (Los Angeles, CA); Le Gonks West and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, CA).

## Charts
### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B |
| 1984 | "Don't Stop" | 44 | 6 |
| 1984 | "The Borderlines" | 38 | 7 |
| 1985 | "Let Me Know" | — | 44 |

## In popular culture

Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo danced to "The Borderlines" in a 1985 Santa Barbara episode where Osborne made a guest appearance as himself.