Love Me for a Reason (album)

Love Me for a Reason
Studio album by The Osmonds
Released November 2, 1974
Genre Soul, pop
Label MGM 2353
Producer Mike Curb
The Osmonds chronology
The Plan
(1973)
Love Me for a Reason
(1974)
The Proud One
(1975)
Singles from Love Me for a Reason
  1. "Love Me for a Reason"
    Released: 1974
  2. "Having A Party"
    Released: 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Love Me for a Reason is the twelfth studio album by The Osmonds, released in 1974. The album peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.[2] Two singles were released from the album: the title track "Love Me for a Reason" (No. 1 UK, No. 10 US)[3] and "Having a Party" (No. 28 UK).[4]

After a string of three albums (Phase III, Crazy Horses and The Plan) in which the Osmonds performed mostly their own material and focused on rock music, Love Me for a Reason consisted mostly of the work of professional songwriters. The title track in particular was aimed at the easy listening market, continuing a string of easy listening hits for the quintet (it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard easy listening chart).

Track listing

No. TitleWriter Length
1. "Having a Party"  Bobby Massey, H. B. Barnum 3:20
2. "The Girl I Love"  Bobby Massey, H. B. Barnum 3:45
3. "Love Me for a Reason"  Wade Brown, David Jones, Jr., Johnny Bristol 4:04
4. "Ballin' the Jack"  Jim Burris, Chris Smith 3:08
5. "Send a Little Love"  Solomon Burke 3:20
6. "Peace"  Bobby Massey, H. B. Barnum 4:50
7. "Gabrielle"  Denny Randell, Letty Jo Randell 3:30
8. "I Can't Get Next to You"  Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong 3:08
9. "Sun, Sun, Sun"  Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond 3:32
10. "I Can See Love in You and Me"  Gary Dalton, Kent Dubarri 3:08
11. "Fever"  Denny Randell, Letty Jo Randell 3:15

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1974 Billboard 200 47
Canada 29
United Kingdom 13

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Love Me for a Reason" Billboard Hot 100 10
US AC 2
Canada 18
Canada AC 5
United Kingdom 1
Australia 53
1975 "Having a Party" United Kingdom 28
Australia 85

Certifications

Certification Sales
U.K. Silver 60,000

References

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