Love Me for a Reason (album)

Love Me for a Reason is the sixth studio album by The Osmonds, released in 1974. The album peaked at No. 47 on the "Billboard" Top LPs chart. Two singles were released from the album: the title track "Love Me for a Reason" (No. 1 UK, No. 10 US) and "Having a Party" (No. 28 UK).
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, most prominently H. B. Barnum, who arranged all of the songs on the album and co-wrote three. 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). The retrenchment, reuniting with former producer Mike Curb, and focus on pop was an effort to regain some popularity the group had lost in 1973, driven by brief but intense competition from The DeFranco Family, Donny's voice changing, and the less commercially friendly content of "The Plan".