Love Shines (album)

Love Shines is the twenty-ninth studio album and seventh gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1983.

Love Shines
Studio album by B. J. Thomas
Released	1983
Genre	Gospel, Contemporary Christian
Label	Priority
Producer	Pete Drake
B. J. Thomas chronology
Peace in the Valley (1982) Love Shines (1983) New Looks (1983)

Track listing

1. "Love Shines" (Kent Robbins) - 3:04
2. "He's Got Religion" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:27
3. "Best Friend" (Dan Hoffman, Larry Keith) - 3:26
4. "Born to Fly" (Aaron Wilburn) - 3:37
5. "They See God There" (Dan Keen, Jim Weber) - 2:57
6. "He's Coming Back in a Blaze of Glory" (Johnny Slate, Danny Morrison, Larry Keith) - 2:53
7. "Teach Me to See" (Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:32
8. "Pray for Me" (B.J. Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Aaron Wilburn) - 3:18
9. "That's What's Wrong with the World Today" (Larry Kingston, "Lathan", Gloria Thomas) - 3:11
10. "Let's All Go Down to the River" (Sue Richards, Earl Montgomery) - 2:39

Personnel

Production

• Pete Drake – producer
• Randy Best – engineer
• Al Pachucki – engineer
• Bill Brunt – art direction, design
• Bill Myers – illustration
• Jim McGuire – photography

Musicians

• B.J. Thomas – vocals
• David Briggs – acoustic piano
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitars
• Jack Solomon – acoustic guitars
• Dale Sellers – electric guitars
• Pete Drake – steel guitar
• Mike Leech – bass
• Gene Chrisman – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Bergen White – horn and string arrangements
• Roger Bissell, William Puett, James "Buddy" Skipper, Denis Solee and George Tidwell – horns
• George Binkley, John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzky, Phyllis Hiltz, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Gary Vanosdale, Pamela Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – strings
• The Jordanaires – backing vocals