Here are some of my faves from the LV man himself:

1. The Best Of LV...The Best Of Love
2. The Best Of Love Volume 2
3. Always & Forever- The Classics
oh...last but not least

4. Forever, For Always, for love

Never Too Much
Forever, For Always, For Love

I really enjoy the work he did with the group Change.

vainandy said:

My favorite song he did with Change is Searchin'. Those synthesizers sound nice and crisp.

I could be mistaken but I think he also worked with the group The BB&Q Band.

My top three Luther Vandross albums (in this order)...

1) 'Never Too Much' (1981)
2) 'Give Me The Reason' (1986)
3) 'Forever,For Always,For Love' (1982)

DavidEye said:

Give Me The Reason is a great album, too. I like to play the title song on Saturday or Sunday nights.

No 1. The Night I Fell in Love, awesome album, great tracklisting

'Til My Baby Comes Home
The Night I Fell In Love
If Only For One Night
Creepin'
It's Over Now
Wait For Love
My Sensitivity (Gets In The Way)
Other Side Of The World


runner up for No 2. are:
- Give me the reason
- Never Too Much
- Forever, For Always, For Love
- Busy Body

(not including compilations)
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The first "Slim Lutha" album!

My favorites:

1.Never Too Much
2.Forever, For Always, For Love
3.Busy Body

Even tho these two are not his albums, they SERIOUSLY should've been:

-Get It Right
-Jump To It

By Aretha Franklin. Brotha Lutha put his heart, body, soul, sweat, blood, tears & joy into these 2 albums.
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Harlepolis said:

True!!

Dancelot said:[quote]


This is the Ultimate Luther album

paligap, you read his book yet?

Ah, the classics.

Harlepolis said:

I bought it a month ago, and I still haven''t had time to crack the thing yet.....

OdysseyMiles said:

amen...after those albums it really wasn't the same again.

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Dancelot said:

AMEN! It's tight from start to finish. Never Too Much is my second favorite.

bds70 said:

His 2001 self-titled album for J-records was a good comeback for him. His recent Grammy-award winning, was a good effort, but the production was kind of lame and some of the songs didn't even get radio airplay.

silverchild said:

I would say that 'Give Me The Reason' is arguably his strongest album,with one superb track after another.It's also his most consistent album.The title track was his first real "pop" sounding song.But his 1981 debut 'Never Too Much' is my personal favorite.I especially love the track "You Stopped Loving Me" which really should have been a single.

vainandy said:

Correct.In fact,Luther has worked with ALOT of artists and bands in the late 70s-early 80s.He did alot of work with Chic (that's him singing "Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!" on their 1977 debut single "Dance Dance Dance").In 1977,he toured with David Bowie as a backup singer.He appeared on the early albums by Change.In 1980,he appeared as a backup singer on Irene Cara's hit song "Fame".He was also one of Roberta Flack's backup singers and he wrote a song for her called "You Stopped Loving Me" (he later recorded his own version for his 1981 debut album).She was so impressed with his talents that she fired him! She thought he was too good to be a backup vocalist,so she had to fire him as a way of encouraging him to make a solo album.

bds70 said:

I agree.Although I really like his 1993 album 'Never Let Me Go',which is probably his best 90s album.

The Night I fell in Love
Never Too Much
Forever For Always For Love