Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Village Voice	B+[2]

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

• Jeffrey Osborne – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-7), E-mu Emulator (3), drum machine programming (4, 9)
• George Duke – Polymoog (1), Prophet 5 (1, 5, 6, 7), acoustic piano (2), Memorymoog (2, 7), Yamaha PF10 (2), synth solo (2, 6), E-mu Emulator (3), Moog bass (6), Yamaha DX7 (7), Rhodes (7)
• Danny Sembello – Yamaha DX7 (1), Roland Jupiter 8 (1)
• Raymond Jones – Yamaha DX7 (3), Roland Jupiter 8 (3), Fairlight CMI (3)
• Gary Chang – synthesizer programming (3, 8)
• Derek Nakamoto – synthesizer programming (4, 6), special effects (4, 6), Fairlight programming (6)
• Don Freeman – Yamaha DX7 (4, 6, 8), Roland Juno-60 (4), Fairlight CMI (6), drum machine programming (6, 8, 9), Roland Jupiter 8 (8), PPG Wave 2.2 (8), acoustic piano (9), Rhodes (9)
• David Wolinski – Yamaha DX7 (5), Roland Jupiter 8 (5), Minimoog (5), Rhodes (5), drum machine programming (5)
• John Barnes – Fairlight CMI (9)
• Michael Sembello – guitar (1)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 3, 4, 6-9)
• Charles Fearing – guitar (5)
• Louis Johnson – bass (1, 8, 9)
• Freddie Washington – bass (2, 5, 6, 7)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (9)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 2, 7), hi-hat (9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 3, 4, 8, 9), cowbell (6), tambourine (6)
• George Del Barrio – string arrangements (2, 7)
• Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (2, 7)
• Cello (2, 7) – Ron Cooper, Ray Kelley, Earl Madison and Fred Seykora
• Viola (2, 7) – Rollice Dale, Pam Goldsmith, Allan Harshman and Dave Schwartz
• Violin (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
• Syreeta Wright – backing vocals (1)
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals (2, 7)
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals (4, 6)
• Tremaine Hawkins – backing vocals (5)
• Choir (9) – Pat Benatar, Lynn Davis, Tremaine Hawkins, Howard Hewett, James Ingram, Joyce Kennedy, Debra Laws, Kenny Loggins and Jeffrey Osborne

• 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.
• 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).
• 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

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