After hydride attack, for carbonyls, the product is a lithium alkoxide. If it were to attack a non-conjugated double bond, the product would be an alkyl lithium. In the case of conjugated double bonds, the hydride attack yields a lithium enolate (this is far less basic and far more stable than an alkyl lithium). Quite simply, LAH reduction of carbonyls and/or conjugated alkenes yields a thermodynamically favored intermediate while reduction of isolated alkenes does not.