Back To Front (Lionel Richie)
from Motown
Disk 1: - Do It To Me - My Destiny - Love Oh Love - All Night Long (All Night) - Easy - Commodores - Still - Commodores - Endless Love - Lionel Richie, Diana Ross - Running With The Night - Dancing On The Ceiling - Sail On - Commodores - Hello - Truly - Penny Lover - Stuck On You - Say You, Say Me - Three Times A Lady - Commodores
|
|
Binding/Format: Audio CD
Model No: 6 3 05300182
Release Date: 18/06/1999
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Music
|
Music Pod Price: £3.57
 |
Lionel's decision to release a second hits compilation within a decade may have had something to do with the fact that sales of the first were overshadowed by a spousal abuse charge; unsurprisingly then, there isn't too much to distinguish this from the other one. Certain critics have commended Lionel for having spurned the whims of fashion and persisted with sentimental love songs like "Say You Say Me" and "Penny Lover", whatever the weather, and, listening to the tacky 1980s synths of the more upbeat "Running With The Night", it's hard to disagree. Lionel's obviously at his most comfortable with the power ballad--so much so that he has no idea when to exercise a little restraint. For all its baggage--the sickly video with that blind girl and its terrible lyrics--there's the chord structure to a good Charles Aznavour song trying to get out of "Hello", but it's drowning in syrup. Perhaps it's time for a reunion of the old band: the inclusion of "Sail On", "Three Times A Lady" and "Easy" (all Commodores songs) suggests as much. --Peter Paphides
|
Associated music album categories: Adult Contemporary & Bestsellers |
|
|
