Back to Front is an ideal greatest-hits collection from Lionel Richie, featuring all of his biggest hits, including "All Night Long," "Truly," and "Say You, Say Me." It's...
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Along with Thriller, the inescapable mainstream soundtrack of the early '80s. The more uptempo cuts ("All Night Long," "Running With The Night") have retained a certain...
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On Can't Slow Down, his second solo album, Lionel Richie ran with the sound and success of his eponymous debut, creating an album that was designed to be bigger and better....
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The typical '80s superstar guestfest: all surprise appearances and no surprises. Eric Clapton and Alabama showed up to further burnish the sentimental glop....
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Lionel Richie wasn't necessarily emboldened by the success of Can't Slow Down -- after all, he had experienced huge success since the Commodores -- but there is nevertheless...
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Lionel Richie's solo career began while he was still in the Commodores, as he wrote and sang (as a duet with Diana Ross) the theme to the Brooke Shields romance Endless...
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Richie has mostly downplayed big-production balladry in favor of his most bottom-heavy tracks since his Commodore days on this comeback effort. It didn't catch on, but...
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After the greatest hits collection Back to Front disappeared without a trace in 1992, Lionel Richie spent four years making Louder Than Words, his first album for Mercury...
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Louder Than Words was the official comeback, the long-awaited return to recording from Lionel Richie, one of the most successful pop stars of the '80s. Perhaps it was...
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Lionel Richie, barring his success in the '80s with such hits as "Hello," "Running With the Night," and "All Night Long," has struggled to find his place in music after life...
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Lionel Richie spent much of the '90s relatively quiet, and when he attempted a comeback toward the end of the decade, it didn't make many waves. It wasn't until the early...
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It's hard to believe, but prior to the 2003 release The Definitive Collection there wasn't a proper hits collection Lionel Richie's catalog. A decade earlier, Motown dipped...
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On Can't Slow Down, his second solo album, Lionel Richie ran with the sound and success of his eponymous debut, creating an album that was designed to be bigger and better....
more >
Lionel Richie's solo career began while he was still in the Commodores, as he wrote and sang (as a duet with Diana Ross) the theme to the Brooke Shields romance Endless...
more >
Lionel Richie wasn't necessarily emboldened by the success of Can't Slow Down -- after all, he had experienced huge success since the Commodores -- but there is nevertheless...
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Eight months after Motown/UTV released the excellent Definitive Collection, the first truly comprehensive Lionel Richie collection, they released another solid Richie comp...
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