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Track Listings
| 1. Hello |
| 2. Just To Be Close To You |
| 3. Easy |
| 4. Running With The Night |
| 5. Three Times A Lady |
| 6. Still |
| 7. All Night Long (All Night) |
| 8. Endless Love |
| 9. Truly |
| 10. Penny Lover |
| 11. You Are |
| 12. Sail On |
| 13. Stuck On You |
| 14. Say You, Say Me |
| 15. Dancing On The Ceiling |
| 16. Do It To Me |
| 17. Ballerina Girl |
| 18. Angel |
| 19. To Love A Woman |
| 20. Goodbye |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
After mounting successes with the Commodores during the late '70s, Lionel Richie exploded into one of the biggest stars of the '80s, then enigmatically disappeared from the music business for nearly a decade. Fourteen of the tracks on this 20-track anthology (which also includes a five-cut bonus disc compiled by Richie) topped the charts, ample testimony to Richie's remarkable success in shifting from the Commodores' roots in the Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye Motown to a pioneering career as a crossover balladeer. His willful drift to the middle of the road found that its yellow line was nothing but gold. This collection charts the singer's upbeat successes with his former band, segues gracefully into the ballads and party-lite sensibility that made him such an unlikely '80s icon, and touches on his late-'90s reemergence. A newly recorded duet with Enrique Iglesias on "To Love a Woman" suggests that the elder popmeister hasn't lost his touch; indeed, his voice seems more warm and soulful than ever. --Jerry McCulley
Product Description
The first comprehensive collection of Lionel's biggest Commodores and solo hits-plus two new tracks (including To Love a Woman with Enrique Iglesias)! Commodores classics like Easy; Still , and Three Times a Lady join Endless Love (with Diana Ross); Truly; Say You, Say Me; Hello; Dancing on the Ceiling; All Night Long (All Night); Penny Lover , and more!
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
146 of 152 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great album for Lionel Richie fans, and for all you people who were partying seriously through the eighties. It's got the songs that made you grab that special someone and head for that one single, special tile on the dance floor, where you remained swaying together for the entire slow session.
Hands up if you remember dancing to "Say You, Say Me", "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", "Still", "Endless Love", "Stuck on You" and "Hello".
Alright, now put your hands down before you ruin your circulation, remember you're getting on in age, old-timer.
However, before you rush off and buy this, maybe you should have a look at the UK version of this album, which consists of two discs packed with music. Here's the list:
Disc: 1
1. All Night Long
2. Say You, Say Me
3. My Destiny
4. Running With The Night
5. Dancing On The Ceiling
6. Don't Stop The Music
7. Love Oh Love
8. Ballerina Girl
9. My Love
10. Love Will Conquer All
11. Do It To Me
12. Cinderella
13. Tender Heart
14. Don't Wanna Lose You
15. Closest Thing To Heaven
16. I Forgot
17. Angel
18. To Love A Woman
Disc: 2
1. Three Times A Lady
2. Easy
3. Endless Love
4. Hello
5. Still
6. Sail On
7. Stuck On You
8. You Are
9. Truly
10. Just To Be Close To You
11. Sweet Love
12. Penny Lover
13. Oh No
14. Lady (You Bring Me Up)
15. Wonderland
16. Machine Gun
17. Brickhouse
18. Too Hot To Trot
19. Flying High
20. Zoom
It's available at Amazon.co.uk, and at a great price too.
Get the full story - cross the pond for the REAL collection.
Amanda Richards, December 10, 2004
Hands up if you remember dancing to "Say You, Say Me", "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", "Still", "Endless Love", "Stuck on You" and "Hello".
Alright, now put your hands down before you ruin your circulation, remember you're getting on in age, old-timer.
However, before you rush off and buy this, maybe you should have a look at the UK version of this album, which consists of two discs packed with music. Here's the list:
Disc: 1
1. All Night Long
2. Say You, Say Me
3. My Destiny
4. Running With The Night
5. Dancing On The Ceiling
6. Don't Stop The Music
7. Love Oh Love
8. Ballerina Girl
9. My Love
10. Love Will Conquer All
11. Do It To Me
12. Cinderella
13. Tender Heart
14. Don't Wanna Lose You
15. Closest Thing To Heaven
16. I Forgot
17. Angel
18. To Love A Woman
Disc: 2
1. Three Times A Lady
2. Easy
3. Endless Love
4. Hello
5. Still
6. Sail On
7. Stuck On You
8. You Are
9. Truly
10. Just To Be Close To You
11. Sweet Love
12. Penny Lover
13. Oh No
14. Lady (You Bring Me Up)
15. Wonderland
16. Machine Gun
17. Brickhouse
18. Too Hot To Trot
19. Flying High
20. Zoom
It's available at Amazon.co.uk, and at a great price too.
Get the full story - cross the pond for the REAL collection.
Amanda Richards, December 10, 2004
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By T. C Lane
Format:Audio CD
This is Lionel's 3rd compilation following Back To Front (1992) and Truly-The Love Songs (1997). 12 of Back To Front's songs are on this 20 track collection. If you own Truly, than 12 of its songs are also on this CD. But Definitive Collection digs a little big deeper than those other two. It adds "Dancing on the Ceiling" and "You Are", both Top 5 solo hits that weren't on the other CD's. Some might wonder why 5 Commodores songs are included when 2 Top 10 solo hits: "My Love" and "Love Will Conquer All" are not here, but my only complaint with this strategy is that they left off Lionel's first ballad hit with the Commodores: 1975's "Sweet Love". The 2 new songs are good and don't sound out of place on this collection. The liner notes are 2003-up-to-date with a lot of looking back from Richie himself. This is Lionel's best and best-sounding compilation. SPECIAL NOTE: the initial versions of this CD included a 5 track bonus CD. The track listings are: Commoders - Zoom (long version alternate mix), Commoderes - Oh No (original version), Lionel- Can't Slow Down (different take on title track from album), Lionel- Lady (1998 version of Kenny Rogers' #1 hit that Richie wrote), and Commodores - Brick House (original version).
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Look, obviously this is a good collection, almost if not all the hits are here, fidelity is fine.
But if you love the ending of the version of "All Night Long" on the original album "Can't Slow Down," you won't find the full ending here. The editors have cut it 15 or 20 seconds early, starting the slow fade sooner. One of the nicest things about this track in its original form is the way it faded in the end with the horns. The original gave the horns full play and then slowly faded, while on "Definitive Collection" the fade out starts almost as soon as the horns begin playing.
I do wish people would stop dicking with songs on the margins on Greatest Hits Collections. It is happening everywhere. It's getting to the point where you just can't trust a Greatest Hits collection to deliver the full goods anymore.
Curses to whoever edited this album!
But if you love the ending of the version of "All Night Long" on the original album "Can't Slow Down," you won't find the full ending here. The editors have cut it 15 or 20 seconds early, starting the slow fade sooner. One of the nicest things about this track in its original form is the way it faded in the end with the horns. The original gave the horns full play and then slowly faded, while on "Definitive Collection" the fade out starts almost as soon as the horns begin playing.
I do wish people would stop dicking with songs on the margins on Greatest Hits Collections. It is happening everywhere. It's getting to the point where you just can't trust a Greatest Hits collection to deliver the full goods anymore.
Curses to whoever edited this album!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of Money
I tried playing this today and it sounded like the junk I taped from the radio when I was in high school. This is one poor quality cd.
Published 14 days ago by claire bright
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you Love Loinel
This is a gotta have if you love Lionel Richie. All his hits on this CD great singing nice date music and dancing to. Love this collection
Published 20 days ago by Dolores Velez
5.0 out of 5 stars
One more for the collection
Seems like I keep finding more Lionel Richie albums that I don't have yet.
This is a great one to add to your collection.
So many good songs for the good old days! Read more
This is a great one to add to your collection.
So many good songs for the good old days! Read more
Published 24 days ago by Emily Arriaga
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great CD
I have always been a fan of Lionel Richie. Listening to the songs again brought some good memories from my past. I love the CD
Published 1 month ago by Amina Yamena
5.0 out of 5 stars
LIONEL RICHIE
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CD. HIS VOICE IS NEXT TO SINATRA IN MY ESTIMATION. HE HAS ALL THE GOOD OLDIES AND SOME I HADN'T HEARD BUT NOW LOVE. Read more
Published 1 month ago by EVELYN
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good collection
Lionel Richie has always been a favorite of ours. Great voice, great music, great selection of songs! Great addition to any collection. The autorip is great too!
Published 2 months ago by Specialized 29er
2.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been better.
What there was of the songs was fine, they just keep editing the songs too short. Seems like they're trying to save too much time or money or something. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mike Tingey
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I was looking...
I needed some Lionel Richie music for my flash drive and this CD contained all the essential Richie hits that I wanted and had to have. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Juan Jose Gonzales
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gift
Gave this to a family member for Christmas this cd has multiple songs really liked by them . Good for long car rides
Published 2 months ago by Maxxine m.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
classic 80's pop hits from the former Commodore. spans his entire solo career. all of his hits are here from his remarkable era.
Published 3 months ago by Lonny Neal Allison Jr.
Listmania!
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