Love Me for a Reason (album)

Love Me for a Reason

Studio album by The Osmonds

Released

November 2, 1974

Soul, pop

MGM 2353

The Osmonds chronology

The Plan
(1973)

Love Me for a Reason
(1974)

The Proud One
(1975)

Singles from Love Me for a Reason

"Love Me for a Reason"
Released: 1974
"Having A Party"
Released: 1975

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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: "Love Me for a Reason" (No. 1 UK, No. 10 US)^[3] and "Having a Party" (No. 28 UK).^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer	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

Producer: Mike Curb
Arranger: H.B. Barnum
Engineer: Ed Greene
Bass Guitar: Merrill Osmond
Drums/Percussion: Jay Osmond
Guitar/Woodwind: Wayne Osmond
Piano/Guitar: Alan Osmond
Synthesizer: Donny Osmond^[5]

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
1975	"Having a Party"	Australia	85

Certifications

Certification	Sales
U.K. Silver	60,000
U.K. Silver

References

↑ Love Me for a Reason (album) at AllMusic
↑ The Osmonds, Love Me for a Reason Chart Position Retrieved February 26, 2015
↑ The Osmonds, "Love Me for a Reason" Chart Position Retrieved February 26, 2015
↑ The Osmonds, "Having a Party" Chart Position Retrieved February 26, 2015
↑ The Osmonds, Love Me for a Reason Credits Retrieved February 26, 2015

The Osmonds

Alan Osmond Wayne Osmond Merrill Osmond Jay Osmond Donny Osmond Marie Osmond Jimmy Osmond

Studio albums	The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers Hello! The Osmond Brothers Osmonds Homemade Phase III Crazy Horses The Plan Love Me for a Reason The Proud One Osmond Family Christmas

Live albums	The Osmonds Live

Compilation albums	Osmondmania!

Singles	"Mister Sandman" "Ovan Regnbagen" "Taking a Chance on Love" "One Bad Apple" "Yo-Yo" "Down by the Lazy River" "Hold Her Tight" "We Can Make it Together" "Crazy Horses" "Goin' Home" "Let Me In" "Love Me for a Reason" "I Can't Stop" "The Proud One" "I'm Still Gonna Need You" "I Think About Your Lovin'" "Never Ending Song of Love" "Anytime"

Related articles	The Osmonds Donny & Marie (1976) Donny & Marie (1998) George Osmond Olive Osmond Tom Osmond Andy Williams

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