Love You to Tears is a surprisingly successful latter-day album from the O'Jays, proving that the group can survive in their fourth decade of recording. Keeping the mood relaxed and seductive, the O'Jays primarily concentrate on ballads for Love You to Tears, and their voices remain rich and soulful. And even if none of the songs come close to their classic singles, much of the material is solid, and the O'Jays help make these songs into an enjoyable album, even if they can't quite make it into a remarkable one. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide
Bart Cennamo (Assistant Engineer), Dwain Mitchell (Sequencing), Joe Little III (Keyboard Programming), Joe Little III (Keyboards), Darrin Christopher Jennings (Sequencing), Doug McNames (Cello), Gregory Teperman (Violin), Walter Williams (Vocals), Olga Konopelsky (Violin), Keith Sweat (Vocals (Background)), Edwin Nicholas (Keyboards), Kenny Anderson (Saxophone), Eric Johnson (Sequencing), Keith Cramer (Mixing), Glenn Miller (Mixing Assistant), Eric Nolan Grant (Liner Notes), Wei-Shu Co. (Violin), Gerald Robinson (Programming), Tom Fetherston (Violin), Joe Little III (Arranger), Tom First (Saxophone), Bart Cennamo (Mixing Assistant), Kenny Davis (Flugelhorn), Niles McKinney (Keyboard Programming), Charles Parker (Violin), Eddie LeVert (Producer), Heidi Pankratz (Cello), Rick Ridpath (Engineer), Steve Croom (Sequencing), Emma Kummrow (Violin), Gerald LeVert (Arranger), Ellen Herskowitz (Violin), Edwin Nicholas (Sequencing), Davis A. Barnett (Viola), Walter Williams (Liner Notes), Niles McKinney (Keyboards), Joe Little III (Drums), Rick Ridpath (Mixing Assistant), Eric Johnson (Keyboard Programming), Gina Ferrara (Viola), Dennis Williams (Conductor), Dwain Mitchell (Keyboard Programming), Kenny Anderson (Conductor), Steve Croom (Drums), Joe Miller (Trumpet), Ann Gilbert (Bass), Steve Croom (Arranger), Keith Sweat (Vocal Arrangement), Walter Williams (Producer), Joe Little III (Producer), Rick Ridpath (Assistant Engineer), Elizabeth Kirschen (Violin), Dwain Mitchell (Drums), Darrin Christopher Jennings (Keyboard Programming), Julia Ann Di Gaetani (Viola), Eddie LeVert (Arranger), Robin Mayforth (Violin), Edwin Nicholas (Producer), Gerald LeVert (Producer), Marc Baptiste (Photography), Steve Croom (Engineer), Mike Tarsia (Engineer), Steve Croom (Keyboards), Randy Bowland (Guitar), Joe Little III (Vocal Arrangement), Larry Abramovitz (Violin), Gordon Rice (Mixing), Gerald LeVert (Vocals (Background)), Joe Little III (Sequencing), Steve Croom (Keyboard Programming), Walter Williams (Arranger), Edwin Nicholas (Drums), Darrin Christopher Jennings (Drums), Eddie LeVert (Vocals), Niles McKinney (Sequencing), Chris Karlic (Sax (Baritone)), The O'Jays (Vocals (Background)), Dennis Williams (String Arrangements), Edwin Nicholas (Keyboard Programming), Mark Wark (Cello), Edwin Nicholas (Programming), Ron A. Shaffer (Mixing), Eric Johnson (Drums), Eddie LeVert (Liner Notes), Edwin Nicholas (Arranger), Glenn Miller (Assistant Engineer), Gerald LeVert (Keyboards), Christine Reeves (Violin), Niles McKinney (Drums), Linda Atherton (Cello), Ron A. Shaffer (Engineer), Mike Tarsia (Mixing), Terri Pontremotli (Violin), Keith Sweat (Producer), Dwain Mitchell (Keyboards)