1982 studio album by Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie is the debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie , released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records . Originally intended as a side project at the suggestion of Motown, it was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores ; he left the group shortly after the album's release. The first single from the album, "Truly ", topped the Billboard Hot 100 . Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five. The album reached number one on the Cashbox albums chart on December 11, 1982.[5]
In 2003, Lionel Richie was re-released as part of a remaster series that saw two additional tracks added: a solo version of "Endless Love " and an instrumental version of "You Are". Eagles member Joe Walsh provided the guitar solo for the song "Wandering Stranger".
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) 1. "Serves You Right" 5:14 2. "Wandering Stranger" Richie 5:38 3. "Tell Me" 5:32 4. "My Love " Richie 4:08 5. "Round and Round" 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
2003 remaster bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 10. "Endless Love" (solo demo) Richie 3:58 11. "You Are" (instrumental) 5:06
Personnel [ edit ] Musicians
Lionel Richie – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-8), acoustic piano (4, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (7), rhythm arrangements (7) Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (1), Roland Jupiter 8 (1), Minimoog (1), arrangements (1) Clarence McDonald – Fender Rhodes (2) Michael Lang – acoustic piano (2, 9), Fender Rhodes (9) David Cochrane – Prophet-5 (3), electric guitar (3, 7), synthesizer bass (3, 7), backing vocals (3, 7), arrangements (3, 5), acoustic piano (5), bass guitar (5), saxophone solo (5) Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (3, 5, 8), vocoder (3, 5, 8) Bill Payne – Fender Rhodes (6) Thomas Dolby [uncredited] – synthesizer programming (7), backing vocals (7) Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (1, 2, 6) Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (2) Joe Walsh – guitar solo (2) Richie Zito – guitar solo (3) Darrell Jones – electric guitar (4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (8) Tim May – acoustic guitar (6) Nathan Watts – bass guitar (1) Joe Chemay – bass guitar (2, 6, 8) Nathan East – bass guitar (4) John Robinson – drums (1, 5, 7) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2, 4) Paul Leim – drums (3, 6, 8) Lenny Castro – percussion (1) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 7) Rick Shlosser – percussion (5) Gene Page – arrangements (2, 6, 9) Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (2-9) James Anthony Carmichael – arrangements (3, 4, 5, 8), string arrangements (3, 7), horn arrangements (7), rhythm arrangements (7), celeste (8) Howard Kenney – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) Richard Marx – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 8) Deborah Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7) Jimmy Connors – backing vocals (3) Kenny Rogers – backing vocals (4), BGV arrangement (4) Kin Vassy – backing vocals (4) Terry Williams – backing vocals (4) Horns, strings and woodwinds
Louise Di Tullo – flute (3, 6, 9) Art Maebe – French horn (3, 4, 6, 8, 9) Richard Perissi – French horn (3, 6, 9) Henry Sigismonti – French horn (3, 6, 9) Jim Atkinson – French horn (4, 8) David Duke – French horn (4, 8) Brian O'Connor – French horn (4, 8) William Green – saxophone (5, 7) Ernie Watts – saxophone (5, 7) Lew McCreary – trombone (4, 5, 7, 8) Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (4, 5, 7, 8) Gary Grant – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8) Jerry Hey – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8) Walter Johnson – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8) Warren Luening – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8) Bob Findley – trumpet (5, 7) Don Ashworth – woodwinds (4, 8) Gene Cipriano – woodwinds (4, 8) Gary Herbig – woodwinds (4, 8), saxophone (5, 7) Larry Williams – woodwinds (4, 8) Jesse Ehrlich – cello (2, 3, 6, 9) Armand Kaproff – cello (2, 3, 6, 9) Paula Hochhalter – cello (2, 6, 9) Dennis Karmazyn – cello (2, 6, 9) Arni Egilsson – double bass (2, 6, 9) Buell Neidlinger – double bass (2, 6, 9) Ray Brown – double bass (4, 5, 7, 8) Morty Corb – double bass (4, 5, 7, 8) Gayle Levant – harp (2, 4-9) Alan DeVeritch – viola (2, 3, 6, 9) Allan Harshman – viola (2, 3, 6, 9) Virginia Majewski – viola (2, 3, 6, 9) Gareth Nuttycombe – viola (2, 3, 6, 9) Bonnie Douglas – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Assa Drori – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Endre Granat – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Joy Lyle – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Donald Palmer – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Henry Roth – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Sheldon Sanov – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Jack Shulman – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Paul Shure – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Mari Tsumura-Botnick – violin (2, 3, 6, 9), strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Charles Veal, Jr. – violin (2, 3, 6, 9) Rollice Dale – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Henry Ferber – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Ronald Folsom – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) William Henderson – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) William Kurasch – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Erno Neufeld – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Nathan Ross - strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Myron Sandler – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) David Schwartz – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Fred Seykora – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) David Speltz – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Tibor Zelig – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) Production [ edit ] Producers – James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie Production Assistant – Brenda Harvey-Richie Recorded and Mixed by Calvin Harris Second Recording Engineer – Jim Cassell Second Mix Engineers – Michael Johnson, Fred Law and Stephan Smith. Additional Mixing – Jane Clark Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA). Creative Assistant – Rita Leigh Art Direction – Johnny Lee Photography – David Alexander Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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