Well i have been collecting TONS of Stevie cd's over the last year and a half and recently started on Lionel

1st question!

Of Stevie i have
Innervisions
Songs In The key Of Life
My Cherie Amor
Talking Book
Jungle Fever
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
And also quite a few of his singles

What should i get next? i have heard fullfilingness & Music of the mind brought alot when i ask

And i just started my Ritchie collection! started with his most famous Can't Slow Down i really dig it besides the hits Running With The Night, The Only One, Hello, Can't Slow Down and the other hits just a great album!

What are Lionel's best albums?

Gunsnhalen said:

# 1982: Lionel Richie (Motown)
# 1983: Can't Slow Down (Motown)
# 1986: Dancing on the Ceiling (Motown)

Those are a great trilogy of albums. Lionel disappeared for 10 years after the 1986 album, because of continuous family issues (divorce, father dying). Work your way through his discography from there. I personally love Dancing on the Ceiling, although fans seem to poo poo the album. It's as varied, if not more, than Can't Slow Down was, with song duets with Alabama (beautiful harmonies on that song), and the gospel tinged "Se La", plus the funky "Night Train", which is a sister song to Sheila E.'s "Love On A Blue Train". (Train songs in general are great tunes.) "Night Train" was a bonus track on the cassette and CD only, not the LP.

His comeback albums in the late 90's and 00's are decent efforts, some better than others. There's a live album, Encore, that is awesome; it's also his first live album ever as a solo artist. Live In Paris is good too. Back To Front is a compilation album, but was well received. I think folks were just anxious to see a new CD from him on the shelf again, even if it was a greatest hits type thing. (It was also his first compilation of any sort as a solo artist).

Don't forget his duets "Endless Love" with Diana Ross, and "To Love A Woman" with Enrique Iglesias. He also write "Three Times A Lady", which Kenny Rogers covered as well. They had a close friendship and covered each other's music at times in the early 80's. I wish they had done more music together.

For Lionel, I also recommend:


For Stevie, I also recommend:

I have to go with daPrettyman on this one. Just about anything from Stevie is a grand excursion. If you're going to get to know an artist musically, you have to take the good with the bad. But what's bad to one is a treasure to another. So let your own ears decide. Hell, with Lionel, get his albums in order they were released. Take the opportunity to listen to his growth, his personal issues, etc, over the years. You can hear that sort of thing with just about any artist's catalog.

ernestsewell said:

Thank's guys=]

On Lionel's case i read about that trilogy with Lionel on Wiki

I got really into him with Say You Say Me i learned it on piano.

I Bought Lionel so i will listen to it today at the gym!

Another reason i got into him is he beat Purple Rain & born In The U.S.A for album of the year! that's quite a feet


And Stevie i actually forgot to mention i bought Characters on Itunes but only listened to half of it good album but not great... Still it's Stevie so can't complain=]

Gunsnhalen said:

One thing I've learned about a Stevie album, there are not many that are horrible. Many of them are actually decent. Even his weak albums are decent (compared to other artists).

If you like 80s pop, you'll love "In Square Circle". It has 2 of his biggest pop hits (Overjoyed and Part-Time Lover). As for Lionel, "Can't Slow Down" is his biggest album. Not a bad track at all on the project. I highly recommend that you grab the deluxe edition of the album. It's really cool to listen to the outtakes of some of the trax.

You might also want to pick up the Kenny Rogers album that Lionel wrote and produced (especially if you like "Say You, Say Me"). Great 80s pop/country collaboration.

Gunsnhalen said:

You dont have those 2?? That is Stevies golden period. Get them yesterday! And hurry the hell up!