Lionel Richie (album)

Lionel Richie
Studio album by Lionel Richie
Released	October 6, 1982
Recorded	1981–82
Genre	R&B
Length	38:27
Label	Motown
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie chronology
Lionel Richie (1982) Can't Slow Down (1983)
Singles from Lionel Richie
"Truly" Released: September 1982 "You Are" Released: January 1983 "My Love" Released: April 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Lionel Richie is the debut solo album by R&B singer Lionel Richie after leaving the Commodores. It was released in 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, "Truly", topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five. The album was also a hit, reaching number one on the Cashbox albums charts on December 11, 1982.^[4]

In 2003, Lionel Richie was re-released as part of a remaster series that saw two additional tracks added to the overall package. A solo version of "Endless Love" and an instrumental version of "You Are" now round out the CD. Features Thomas Dolby on Synthesizers.

Joe Walsh had played on the album this was his first album appearance since playing all tracks on John Entwistle's fifth solo album, Too Late the Hero.

Track listing

1. "Serves You Right" (John McClain, Greg Phillinganes, Lionel Richie) – 5:14
2. "Wandering Stranger" (Richie) – 5:38
3. "Tell Me" (David Cochrane, Richie) – 5:32
4. "My Love" (Richie) – 4:08
5. "Round And Round" (Cochrane, Richie) – 4:57
6. "Truly" (Richie) – 3:26
7. "You Are" (Brenda Harvey Richie, Richie) – 5:05
8. "You Mean More To Me" (Richie) – 3:08
9. "Just Put Some Love In Your Heart" (Richie) – 1:27
10. "Endless Love" (Richie) - 3:58 *2003 Remaster Bonus Track*
11. "You Are (Instrumental)" (Richie, Harvey-Richie) - 5:06 *2003 Remaster Bonus Track*

In popular culture

In a Season 3 episode of Friends, Chandler is seen holding a copy of this album and singing "Endless Love." The song never was a part of this release, however, the song now appears on the 2003 remastered edition as one of two bonus tracks (as a solo performance only). At the time, "Endless Love" was available only on the original soundtrack to the movie of the same name, 'Endless Love,' starring Brooke Shields.

Personnel^[5]

Musicians

• Lionel Richie - Lead Vocals
• Jimmy Connors
• Kin Vassy - Backing Vocals
• Terry Williams - Backing Vocals
• Deborah Thomas - Backing Vocals
• Kenny Rogers - Backing Vocals
• Richard Marx - Backing Vocals
• David Cochrane - Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesized Bass, Vocals Backing
• Darrell Jones
• Tim May - Guitars
• Richie Zito - Guitars
• Joe Walsh - Guitars
• Fred Tackett - Guitars
• Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards
• Clarence McDonald - Keyboards
• William Payne - Keyboards
• Michael Lang - Keyboards
• James Anthony Carmichael - Celeste
• Ernie Watts - Saxophone
• William Green - Saxophone
• Nathan LeMar Watts - Bass Guitar
• Nathan East - Bass Guitar
• Joe Chemay - Bass Guitar
• John Robinson - Drums
• Paul Leim - Drums
• N'dugu Chancler - Drums
• Leonard Castro, Rick Schlosser, Paulinho da Costa: Percussion

Horns, Strings & Woodwinds

• Don Ashworth - Woodwinds

Gene Cipriano - Woodwinds Larry Williams - Woodwinds

• Armand Kaproff - Celli
• Dennis Karmazyn - Celli
• Jesse Erlich - Celli
• Paula Hochhalter - Celli
• Arni Egilsson - Double Bass
• Buell Neidlinger - Double Bass
• Morty Corb - Double Bass
• Ray Brown - Double Bass
• Louise Di Tullo: Flute
• Art Maebe - French Horn
• Brian O'Connor - French Horn
• David Duke - French Horn
• Henry Sigismonti - French Horn
• Jim Atkinson - French Horn
• Gayle Levant - Harp
• David Schwartz - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• David Speltz - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Erno Neufeld - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Fred Seykora - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Henry Ferber - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Mari Tsumura - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Myron Sandler - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Nathan Ross - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Rollice Dale - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Ronald Folsom - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• Tibor Zelig - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• William Henderson - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)
• William Kurasch - Strings (tracks 4, 5, 8 & 9; strings arranged by concertmaster Harry Bluestone)

References

v t e Lionel Richie Studio albums Lionel Richie (1982) Can't Slow Down (1983) Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) Louder Than Words (1996) Time (1998) Renaissance (2000) Just for You (2004) Coming Home (2006) Just Go (2009) Tuskegee (2012) Live albums Encore (2002) Compilation albums Back to Front (1992) Truly: The Love Songs (1997) The Definitive Collection (2007) Singles "Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981) "Truly" (1982) "You Are" (1983) "My Love" (1983) "All Night Long (All Night)" (1983) "Running with the Night" (1983) "Hello" (1984) "Stuck on You" (1984) "Penny Lover" (1984) "Say You, Say Me" (1985) "Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986) "Love Will Conquer All" (1986) "Ballerina Girl" (1986) "Deep River Woman" (1987) "Se La" (1987) "Do It to Me" (1992) "My Destiny" (1992) "I Call It Love" (2006) "Why" (2006) "All Around the World" (2007) "Just Go" (2009) "Endless Love" (with Shania Twain) (2012) "Say You, Say Me" (with Rasmus Seebach) (2012) Related articles Discography Commodores Nicole Richie Book:Lionel Richie