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The definitive collection [CD]
by Richie, Lionel.
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Summary
It's hard to believe, but prior to the 2003 release of The Definitive Collection, there wasn't a proper hits collection in Lionel Richie's catalog. A decade earlier, Motown dipped their toe in the water with the jumbled Back to Front, which tried desperately to camouflage its nature as a comp with three new songs, which, at 14 tracks, hurt the hit quotient dramatically. This, however, gets it almost all right. Spanning 20 tracks (only two of which are new, tacked onto the end; while not especially memorable, neither is bad), this collection has nearly all the big hits from his solo recordings (the Top Ten "Love Will Conquer All" is notably absent, but that's the only chart-topper not here), along with five Commodores ballads that showcase Richie the balladeer at a peak: "Just to Be Close to You," "Easy," "Three Times a Lady," "Still," "Sail On." Since these were the first tracks to showcase Lionel Richie as a talent separate from the Commodores, their presence is welcome on a collection of his solo hits, and they indeed make this a fuller experience, since this now has all of Richie's soft rock hits in one place. Taken together, it's a formidable body of work, making a clear case for him as one of the preeminent soft rock craftsmen of the early '80s. True, the collection might have benefited slightly from a chronological track listing, but by jumping between albums, and between Commodores and solo material, the consistency of his records becomes evident. Few of his peers created singles as memorable as "Easy," the infectious "All Night Long (All Night)," "Truly," the sweetly melancholic "Hello," the insistent, gently ominous "Running with the Night," "Just to Be Close to You," and the ebullient "You Are," as delightful as 45s came in the early days of the Reagan Administration. Not everything here quite reaches those standards -- admittedly, those are the hits upon which his reputation lay, plus they're the best that soft pop got in the '80s -- but the rest is all well-crafted and easily enjoyable, proving that Lionel Richie is a singular adult contemporary talent. He may be sappy, but he's got skills. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title
The definitive collection [CD] / Lionel Richie.
Author
Richie, Lionel.
Publication Info
New York, NY : Motown Records, p2003.
Page Numbers
1 sound disc :
Subject
Rhythm and blues music.
Popular music 1971-1980.
Popular music 1981-1990.
Popular music 1991-2000.
Popular music 2000-2010.
Urban (Music)
Soft rock music.
Note
Hello -- Just to be close to you / Commodores -- Easy / Commodores -- Running with the night -- Three times a lady / Commodores -- Still -- All night long (all night) -- Endless love -- Truly -- Penny lover -- You are -- Sail on / Commodores -- Stuck on you -- Say you, say me -- Dancing on the ceiling -- Do it to me -- Ballerina girl -- Angel -- To love a woman -- Goodbye.
Compact disc.
Title from container insert.
Contains previously released material.
UPC
044006814025
Alternate Title
Lionel Richie the definitive collection
Additional Contributors
Ross, Diana, 1944-
Commodores (Musical group)