| Product Summary | | Label: ISLAND | | UPC: 00602498540404 | | Release Date: 9/12/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202927024 | | Item#: M3633R | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
(C) 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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Lionel Richie assembled an all-star cast of collaborators to add their unique sounds to his upcoming album, Coming Home. Contributing on both the writing and production side are Jermaine Dupri, Rafael Saadiq, Sean Garrett (who scored recent hits with Usher and Beyonce), Dallas Austin (known for his work with TLC, Pink, and Gwen Stefani) and many others.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Lionel Richie's career since his superstar heyday in the early 1980s has been spotty, marked by long silences and lackluster releases. The year 2006's aptly titled COMING HOME finds Richie delivering the one-two punch of uptempo commercial dance-pop and the sentimental love ballads for which he's known. Interestingly, Richie sounds less like an adult-contemporary artist on COMING HOME than ever before, thanks in large part to producer Antonio "L.A." Reid, and high-profile beatmakers like Jermaine Dupri and Raphael Saadiq. The results are surprisingly au courant (check the island-infused club track "Up All Night"), with dashes of new jack swing, hip-hop, and neo-soul, but Richie's old magic with a melody still takes center stage. |
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| Release Date : 09/12/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 0006484 | | Label : Island Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498540404 |
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| Entertainment Weekly (p.77)
- "Richie's silky voice glides through tracks like the throbbing, bongo-laden house workout 'All Around the World' and the blippy R&B single 'I Call It Love'..."Vibe (p.138)
- "He sounds most at home here flaunting his noblesse oblige, as on the suave, yet stolid 'Why'..." |
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