17/10/2019

Lionel Richie "Louder Than Words" (1996) -Pop Soul / Adult Contemporary-



Label : Mercury Records


États-Unis 01 - Piece Of Love (Marva King & Booker T. Jones)
02 - Still In Love (Lionel Richie)
03 - I Wanna Take You Down (James Harris III, Terry Lewis & Lionel Richie)
04 - Can't Get Over You (Lionel Richie)
05 - Change (Lionel Richie & David Cochrane)
06 - Nothing Else Matters (Lionel Richie)
07 - Ordinary Girl (Lionel Richie & Babyface)
08 - Say I Do (James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Lionel Richie & James Wright)
09 - Paradise (Lionel Richie & Lloyd Tolbert)
10 - Don't Wanna Lose You (James Harris III, Terry Lewis & Lionel Richie)
11 - Lovers At First Sight (Lionel Richie)
12 - Climbing (Lionel Richie)


Mixed at Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; The Record Plant Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA & Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN
Recorded at Encore Studios, Burbank, CA ; Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; The Record Plant Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MN ; Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA ; Warner Bros. Scoring, Burbank, CA ; A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Speeding Bullet Sound, Los Angeles, CA ; Cochrane Recording, Studio City, CA ; The Tracken Place, Beverly Hills, CA ; Hit Factory, New York, NY ; The Manor, Sherman Oaks, CA
Assistant Engineers : Doug Michael, Patrick Karamian, David Betancourt, Milton Chan, Kenny Ochoa, Jeff Taylor, Bill Leonard, Mike Retter, Craig Brock, Pierre Monroe, Darrel Anthony Browning, Jennifer Monnar, Jim Champagne, Rail Rogut, Gasten Kamal Graham, Bill Smith, Jim Nelson, Bill Kinsley, Sean O'Dwyer, Michael Douglas, Alex Reed, John Srebalus, Ken Vilenveuve, Drake Ayen, Greg Pinto, John Nelson
Mastered by Guy Costa at QUADIM Mastering Studios, Westlake Village, CA


01 - Piece Of Love

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Calvin Harris, Milton Chan
Drum Programming : Lloyd Tolbert
Synth Bass : Lloyd Tolbert
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Keyboards : Greg Philinganes, Lloyd Tolbert
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Trumpet : Jerry Hey
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Marva King

02 - Still In Love

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Barney Perkins, Calvin Harris, Milton Chan
Drum Programming : Lloyd Tolbert
Guitar : Michael Thompson, Dean Parks, Tim May
Keyboards : Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker, John Barnes, Simon Franglen
Harmonica : Tommy Morgan
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Anthony Carmichael

03 - I Wanna Take You Down

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions Inc.
Mixed by Steve Hodge
Engineered by Steve Hodge, Jeff Taylor
Drum Programming : Alex Richbourg
Guitar : Mike Scott
Keyboards : Big Jimmy Wright
All Other Instruments Performed by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Background vocals : 4.0 (Tony Hightower, Ronald Jackson, Sammy Crumbley, Jason Sylvan)

04 - Can't Get Over You

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Calvin Harris, Fred Law
Drum Programming : Lloyd Tolbert
Bass : Sekou Bunch
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Keyboards : Lloyd Tolbert, James Anthony Carmichael
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Phillip Ingram, Arnold McCuller, Marva King
Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Anthony Carmichael

05 - Change

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Calvin Harris, Milton Chan
Drum Programming & Horn Arrangement : David Cochrane
Guitar : David Cochrane, Robert Palmer, Michael Thompson
Synthesizers : David Cochrane, Michael Boddicker
Acoustic Piano : Greg Phillinganes
Trumpet : Darrel Browning
Saxophone : David Cochrane
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Marva King, Phillip Ingram
Rhythm Arrangement by Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael & David Cochrane

06 - Nothing Else Matters

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Barney Perkins, Humberto Gatica, Calvin Harris, John Jessel
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East, Sekou Bunch
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Synthesizers : Steve Porcaro, John Barnes, Michael Boddicker
Harmonica : Jean Toots Thielemans
Programming : Tony Smith
Trumpet : Gary Grant, Oscar Brashear, Dan Fornero
Saxophone : Brandon Fields, Dan Higgins
Trombone : George Bohannon, Andrew Martin
French Horn : Brad Warnaar, John Dickson, Marilyn Johnson
Tuba : Donald Waldrop
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock
Additional Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Anthony Carmichael
Horns Arranged by James Anthony Carmichael

07 - Ordinary Girl

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Calvin Harris, Brad Gilderman
Drum Programming : Babyface
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Bass : Nathan East
Keyboards : Babyface
Synthesizers : Simon Franglen
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Babyface, Peter Gabirel, Ayub, Arnold McCuller, Marva King
Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Anthony Carmichael

08 - Say I Do

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions Inc.
Co-Produced by Big Jimmy Wright for Flyte Tyme Productions Inc.
Mixed by Steve Hodge
Engineered by Steve Hodge, Jeff Taylor
Drum Programming : Jeff Taylor
Guitar : Mike Scott
Keyboards : Big Jimmy Wright
All Other Instruments Perfomed by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Background vocals : 4.0 (Tony Hightower, Ronald Jackson, Sammy Crumbley, Jason Sylvan)

09 - Paradise

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Milton Chan, Fred Law, Calvin Harris
Drum Programming : Lloyd Tolbert
Synth Bass : Greg Phillinganes
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Keyboards : Lloyd Tolbert
Synthesizers : Michael Boddicker
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Marva King, Arnold McCuller
Background Vocal Arrangement by Marva King
Rhythm Arrangement : Lloyd Tolbert

10 - Don't Wanna Lose You

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions Inc.
Mixed by Steve Hodge
Engineered by Steve Hodge, Jeff Taylor
Drums : Christopher Dave
Guitar : Mike Scott
Keyboards : Big Jimmy Wright
All Other Instruments Perfomed by Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
All Vocals : Lionel Richie

11 - Lovers At First Sight

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Mixed by Calvin Harris
Engineered by Barney Perlins, Calvin Harris, Milton Chan
Drums : Omar Hakim
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Michael Thompson
Keyboards : Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizers : John Barnes, Michael Boddicker
Tenor Saxophone Solo : Lionel Richie
Saxophone : Dan Higgins, Kim Hutchcroft, Brandon Fields
Trumpet : Gary Grant, Oscar Brashear, Charles Davis, Warren Luening
French Horn : Brian O'Connor, David Duke, George Bohannon, Brad Warnaar
Trombone : Bill Reichenbach
Spoken French : Marla Winston
Horns Arranged by James Anthony Carmichael
Strings Arranged & Conducted by James Anthony Carmichael

12 - Climbing

Produced by Lionel Richie & David Foster
Mixed by Humberto Gatica
Engineered by Humberto Gatica, Dave Reitzas
Drums : Jeff Porcaro
Bass : Randy Jackson
Guitar : Steve Lukather, Michael Thompson, Dean Parks
Acoustic Piano : Lionel Richie
Keyboards : David Paich
Synthesizers : Steve Porcaro, Claude Gaudette, Bill Ross
Percussion : Michael Fisher
Programming : Steve Porcaro, Tony Smith
Rhythm Arrangement : David Paich, Steve Porcaro
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock