Coming Home (Lionel Richie album)

Coming Home
Studio album by Lionel Richie
Released September 12, 2006
Genre R&B
Length 50:35
Label Island Def Jam
Producer Dallas Austin, Chuckii Booker, Jerry Duplessis, Jermaine Dupri, Sean Garrett, Jake and the Phatman, Wyclef Jean, Rodney Jerkins, Antonio "L.A." Reid (exec.), Lionel Richie, Raphael Saadiq, Roberto Sam Screnci, Manuel Seal, Stargate, Tone Depth
Lionel Richie chronology

Just for You
(2004)		 Coming Home
(2006)		 Just Go
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B−[2]
Okayplayer [3]
People [4]
Sacramento News & Review (unfavorable)[5]

Coming Home is the eighth studio album by Lionel Richie, released on September 12, 2006 by Island Def Jam Music Group. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, becoming his biggest hit album since 1986's Dancing on the Ceiling. As of May 2012, the album has sold 449,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6]

The music video for "I Call It Love" features his daughter, Nicole Richie.

Track listing

Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "I Call It Love"  Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Taj JacksonStargate 3:18
2. "Sweet Vacation"  Raphael Saadiq, Robert Ozuna, Lionel RichieSaadiq, Richie, Jake and the Phatman 3:54
3. "Why"  Sean Garrett, Richie, Chuckii BookerRichie, Booker, Garrett 4:00
4. "What You Are"  Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johntá AustinDupri, Seal 4:12
5. "Up All Night"  Garrett, Richie, BookerRichie, Booker, Garrett 3:35
6. "I'm Coming Home"  Richie, BookerRichie, Booker, Rodney Jerkins 4:18
7. "All Around the World"  Richie, Roberto Sam ScrenciRichie, Screnci, Tone Depth[a] 3:33
8. "Out of My Head"  RichieRichie, Booker 3:13
9. "Reason to Believe"  Richie, Dallas Austin, Tony ReyesAustin 4:46
10. "Stand Down"  Richie, AustinAustin 4:01
11. "I Love You"  RichieRichie, Booker 4:11
Notes

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[7] 35
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] 47
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 20
European Top 100 Albums[9] 16
French Albums Chart[7] 17
German Albums Chart[7] 8
Italian Albums Chart[10] 26
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 9
UK Albums Chart[7] 15
U.S. Billboard 200[11] 6
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[11] 3

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ↑ Okayplayer review
  4. ↑ People review
  5. ↑ Sacramento News & Review review
  6. ↑ "Lionel Richie's 'Tuskegee' Becomes Year's Second-Biggest Album: Singer's Country Set Has Outsold His Last Three Combined". Billboard. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Lionel Richie – Coming Home – Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  8. ↑ "ultratop.be – Lionel Richie – Coming Home". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  9. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  10. ↑ "Artisti – Classifica settimanale dal 22-09-2006 al 28-09-2006". FIMI (in Italian). Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Coming Home > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-06.