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]
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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".
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| 1. | "Serves You Right" | | 5:14 |
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| 2. | "Wandering Stranger" | Richie | 5:38 |
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| 3. | "Tell Me" | | 5:32 |
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| 4. | "My Love" | Richie | 4:08 |
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| 5. | "Round and Round" | | 4:57 |
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| 6. | "Truly" | Richie | 3:26 |
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| 7. | "You Are" |
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| 8. | "You Mean More to Me" | Richie | 3:08 |
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| 9. | "Just Put Some Love in Your Heart" | Richie | 1:27 |
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| 10. | "Endless Love" (solo demo) | Richie | 3:58 |
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| 11. | "You Are" (instrumental) | | 5:06 |
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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)
- 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
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