For You (L.T.D. album)

For You is a 1983 studio album by American funk group L.T.D., their sole release on Montage.

For You
A photo of a woman's face fading into a white background
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
GenreFunk
Length37:10
LanguageEnglish
LabelMontage
Producer
  • Jimmie Davis
  • Jake Riley
  • Carle Vickers
L.T.D. chronology
Love Magic
(1981)
For You
(1983)
Marry You
(1999)

Reception

Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this album 2.5 out of five stars, with critic Amy Hanson writing that the group was still suffering from the loss of vocalist Jeffrey Osborne in 1980 and that the songs have "lackadaisical intent".[1]

Track listing

  1. "For You" (Joe Russo) – 4:18
  2. "Stop on By" (Jake Riley and Carle Vickers) – 5:26
  3. "Is It Over" (Alvino Bennett and Andre Ray) – 5:10
  4. "Steppin' Out (Wid Ma Baby)" (Bennett, Jimmie Davis, Robert D. Palmer, Ray, Riley, and Leslie Wilson) – 4:37
  5. "Slick" (Ray, Riley, and Vickers) – 4:37
  6. "Caught in the Middle of Goodbye" (Jim Andron and Mark Winkler) – 4:20
  7. "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Henry Davis and June D. Wells) – 4:10
  8. "Party with You (All Night)" (Doni Hagen, Palmer, and Vickers) – 4:32

Personnel

L.T.D.

  • Alvino Bennett – percussion
  • Arthur "Lorenzo" Carnegie alto and tenor saxophone, flute, guitar
  • Jimmie "J. D." Davis – keyboards, vocals, production
  • Henry E. Davis – bass guitar, vocals
  • Andre Ray – lead vocals
  • Jake Riley – trombone, production
  • Carle Vickers – trumpet, flute, soprano sax, production
  • Leslie Wilson – lead vocals

Additional personnel

  • Cliff Boulé – illustration
  • Les D. Cooper engineering, mixing
  • Tim Dennen – assistant engineering
  • Douglas Joseph art direction
  • Robert D. Palmer – guitar

Chart performance

For You reached 66 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.[2]

See also

References

  1. Hanson, Amy. "L.T.D. – For You". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  2. "L.T.D. - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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