Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000650599|title=Jeffrey Osbourne: Don't Stop|last=Hogan|first=Ed|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=25 May 2013}}

| rev4 = The Village Voice

| rev4score = B+{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv5-85.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |publisher=Village Voice Media |location=New York |date=May 28, 1985 |accessdate=January 9, 2012 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

| rev2 = Gannett

| rev2Score = (favourable){{cite work|title=Jeffrey Osbourne: Don't Stop|author=Gerds, Warren|date=January 5, 1985|publisher=Gannett}}

| rev3 = People

| rev3Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-dont-stop-vol-23-no-6/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Don't Stop|date=February 11, 1985|publisher=People|website=people.com}}

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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.

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

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes{{cite book |last=Osborne |first=Jeffrey |title=Don't Stop (Album Liner Notes) |publisher=A&M Records |date=1984}}

Singers and Musicians

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• 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)

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Production and Technical

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• 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).

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

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