Lionel Richie "Lionel Richie" (2003) -Westcoast Soul / Adult Contemporary-

Label : Motown Records

 01 - Serves You Right (Lionel Richie, Greg Phillinganes & John McClain)

02 - Wandering Stranger (Lionel Richie)
03 - Tell Me (Lionel Richie & David Cochrane)
04 - My Love (Lionel Richie)
05 - Round And Round (Lionel Richie & David Cochrane)

06 - Truly (Lionel Richie)
07 - You Are (Lionel Richie & Brenda Harvey Richie)
08 - You Mean More To Me (Lionel Richie)
09 - Just Put Some Love In Your Heart (Lionel Richie)

Bonus Tracks - Previously Unreleased

10 - Endless Love (Solo Demo) (Lionel Richie)

11 - You Are (Instrumental) (Lionel Richie & Brenda Harvey Richie)


Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
Production Assistant : Brenda Harvey Richie
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Calvin Harris
Additional Mixing : Jane Clark
Creative Assistant : Rita Leigh
Second Recording Engineer : Jim Cassell
Second Mixing Engineers : Fred Law, Stephan Smith & Michael Johnson
All Vocal Arrangement by Lionel Richie
Background Vocal Arrangement on "My Love" by Kenny Rogers
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Mixed at Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California

#01-09 Originally released as Motown 6007, September 1982

#3 Pop, #1 R&B

Singles issued from the album :

"Truly" b/w "Just Put Some Love In Your Heart", Motown 1644, September 1982, #1 Pop (2 weeks), #2 R&B (9 weeks), #1 Adult Contemporary (4 weeks)

"You Are" b/w "You Mean More To Me", Motown 1657, January 1983, #4 Pop, #2 R&B (3 weeks), #1 Adult Contemporary (6 weeks) ("You Mean More To Me" was also issued as the B-side of "Hello", Motown 1722, February 23, 1984

"My Love" b/w "Round And Round", Motown 1677, April 1983, #5 Pop, #6 R&B, #1 Adult Contemporary (6 weeks) ("Round And Round" was also issued as the B-side of 'Stuck On You', Motown 1746, June 18, 1984)

"Wandering Stranger" was issued as the B-side of "All Night Long (Al Night)", Motown 1698, September 8, 1983

"Serves You Right" was issued as the B-side of "Running With The Night", Motown 1710,  ovember 17, 1983; also issued as the B-side of "Se La", Motown 1883, March 1987

"Tell Me" was issued as the B-side of "Penny Lover", Motown 1762, September 24, 1984

01 - Serves You Right

Arranged by Greg Phillinganes

Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Richard Marx & Howard Kenny
Mini Moog, Jupiter 8 & Fender Rhodes : Greg Phillinganes
Electric Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass : Nathan Watts
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Percussion : Lenny Castro

02 - Wandering Stranger

Arranged by Gene Page
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Deborah Thomas & Richard Marx
Electric Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Bass : Joe Chemay
Fender Rhodes : Clarence McDonald
Acoustic Guitar : Fred Tackett
Piano : Michael Lang
Guitar Solo : Joe Walsh
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone

03 - Tell Me

Arranged by Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael & David Cochrane
String Arrangement by James Anthony Carmichael
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Jimmy Connors, Lionel Richie, Deborah Thomas & David Cochrane
Prophet 5, Bass Synthesizer & Electric Guitar : David Cochrane
Drums : Paul Leim
Synthesizers & Vocoders : Michael Boddicker
Guitar Solo : Richie Zito
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone

04 - My Love

Arranged by James Anthony Carmichael
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Kenny Rogers, Kin Vassy & Terry Williams
Piano : Lionel Richie
Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Bass : Nathan East
Electric Guitar : Darrell Jones
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant & Warren Luening
Trombones : Bill Reichenbach
Basses : M. Corb & R. Brown
Woodwinds : Gary Herbig, Larry Williams, Gene Cipriano & Don Ashworth

05 - Round And Round

Arranged by Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael & David Cochrane
String Arrangement by James Anthnony Carmichael
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Deborah Thomas, David Cochrane & Howard Kenney
Acoustic Piano & Bass : David Cochrane
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Electric Guitar : Darrell Jones
Synthesizers & Vocoders : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa & Rick Shlosser
Saxophone Solo : David Cochrane
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, W. Luening, W. Johnson & Bob Findley
Trombones : Bill Reichenbach & Lew McCreary
Saxophones : Ernie Watts, Gary Herbig & William Green

06 - Truly

Arranged by Gene Page
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Piano : Lionel Richie
Fender Rhodes : Bill Payne
Electric Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Acoustic Guitar : Tim May
Drums : Paul Leim
Bass : Joe Chemay
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone

07 - You Are

Rhythm Arrangement by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael
String & Horn Arrangement by James Anthony Carmichael
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Lionel Richie, Deborah Thomas, Richard Marx, David Cochrane & Howard Kenney
Fender Rhodes : Lionel Richie
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Synthesized Bass : David Cochrane

08 - You Mean More To Me

Arranged by James Anthony Carmichael
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Background vocals : Richard Marx & Lionel Richie
Piano : Lionel Richie
Drums : Paul Leim
Bass : Joe Chemay
Acoustic Guitar : Darrell Jones
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone
Trumpets : Jerry Hey, Gary Grant & Warren Luening
Trombones : Bill Reichenbach & Lew McCreary

09 - Just Put Some Love In Your Heart

Arranged by Gene Page
Vocal Arrangement : Lionel Richie
Piano & Fender Rhodes : Michael Lang
Concertmaster : Harry Bluestone

10 - Endless Love 

Solo Demo

Produced by Lionel Richie

Arranged by Gene Page

Mixed by Suha Gur at Universal Mastering Studios-East

11 - You Are 

Instrumental

Produced by Lionel Richie & James Anthony Carmichael

'TV Track' used for promotional live appearances