Lionel Richie – Louder Than Words

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Label:	Mercury – 314 532 240-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1996
Genre:	Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:	Pop Rock, Soul

Tracklist

1	Piece Of Love Written-By – Booker T.*, Jeff Byrd, Marva King	4:04
2	Still In Love Written-By – Lionel Richie	4:33
3	I Wanna Take You Down Written-By – James Harris III, Terry Lewis	5:01
4	Can't Get Over You Written-By – Lionel Richie	4:33
5	Change Written-By – David Cochrane, Lionel Richie	5:01
6	Nothing Else Matters Written-By – Lionel Richie	4:34
7	Ordinary Girl Written-By – Babyface, Lionel Richie	5:01
8	Say I Do Written-By – James Wright*, James Harris III, Terry Lewis	5:01
9	Paradise Written-By – Lionel Richie, Lloyd Tolbert	5:02
10	Don't Wanna Lose You Written-By – James Harris III, Lionel Richie, Terry Lewis	4:32
11	Now You're Gone Written-By – Lionel Richie	5:43
12	Lovers At First Sight Written-By – Lionel Richie	6:59
13	Climbing Written-By – Lionel Richie	6:26

Companies, etc.

Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Pressed By – PMDC, USA
Recorded At – Encore Studios
Recorded At – Conway Studios
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Flyte Tyme Studios
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Studios
Recorded At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Speeding Bullet Sound
Recorded At – Cochrane Studios
Recorded At – The Tracken Place
Recorded At – The Hit Factory
Recorded At – Manor Studio, Los Angeles
Mastered At – Quadim Studio
Published By – Full Keel Music Co.
Published By – Must Be Marvlous Music
Published By – Shake City Songs
Published By – LBR Music
Published By – K-Dave's Music
Published By – Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Published By – ECAF Music
Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
Published By – Flyte Tyme Tunes
Published By – New Perspective Publishing
Produced For – Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc.
Published By – Brenda Richie Music
Published By – Windswept Pacific Entertainment Co.
Published By – Sony/ATV Music
Published By – Drumatk Music

Credits

Arranged By [Back Vocals] – Marva King (tracks: 1, 9)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – James Anthony Carmichael (tracks: 5), Lionel Richie (tracks: 5), Lloyd Tolbert (tracks: 9)
Arranged By, Conductor [Horns] – James Anthony Carmichael (tracks: 11)
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] – James Anthony Carmichael (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 11), Jeremy Lubbock (tracks: 6, 12)
Art Direction, Design – John Coulter
Backing Vocals – 4.0 (tracks: 3, 8), Arnold McCuller (tracks: 4, 7, 9), Ayub* (tracks: 7), Jason Sylvain (tracks: 3, 8), Lionel Richie (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), Marva King (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9), Peter Gabriel (tracks: 7), Phillip Ingram (tracks: 4, 5), Ronald Jackson* (tracks: 3, 8), Sammy Crumbley (tracks: 3, 8), Tony Hightower (tracks: 3, 8)
Bass – Nathan East (tracks: 6, 7, 11), Randy Jackson (2) (tracks: 12), Sekou Bunch (tracks: 4, 6)
Coordinator – Ivy Skoff
Design [Styling] – Erin Flanagan
Drum Programming – Alex Richbourg (tracks: 3), Jeff Taylor (6) (tracks: 8), Lloyd Tolbert (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9)
Drum Programming, Arranged By [Horns, Rhythm], Guitar, Synthesizer, Saxophone – David Cochrane (tracks: 5)
Drum Programming, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Babyface (tracks: 7)
Drums – Christopher Dave* (tracks: 10), Jeffrey Porcaro* (tracks: 12), John Robinson (2) (tracks: 7), Omar Hakim (tracks: 11), Ricky Lawson (tracks: 6)
Engineer – Barney Perkins (tracks: 2, 6, 11), Brad Gilderman (tracks: 7), Dave Reitzas* (tracks: 12), Fred Law (tracks: 4, 9), Humberto Gatica (tracks: 6, 12), Jeff Taylor (6) (tracks: 3, 8, 10), John Jessel (tracks: 6), Milton Chan (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 9, 11)
Engineer [Assistant] – Alex Reed, Bill Kinsley, Bill Leonard, Bill Smith, Craig Brock, Darrel Anthony Browning, David Betancourt, Doug Michael (2), Drake Ayen, Gasten Kamal Graham, Greg Pinto, Jeff Taylor (6), Jennifer Monnar*, Jim Champagne, Jim Nelson (14), John Nelson, John Srebalus, Ken Villenveuve*, Kenny Ochoa, Michael Douglas*, Mike Retter, Milton Chan, Patrick Karamian*, Pierre Monroe, Rail Rogut, Sean O'Dwyer
French Horn – Brad Warnaar (tracks: 6, 11), Brian O'Connor (2) (tracks: 11), David Duke (tracks: 11), George Bohanon (tracks: 11), John Dickson (tracks: 6), Marilyn Johnson* (tracks: 6)
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: 2, 12), Michael Thompson (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 9, 11, 12), Mike Scott (7) (tracks: 3, 8, 10), Robert Palmer (2) (tracks: 5), Steve Lukather (tracks: 12), Timothy May* (tracks: 2,)
Harmonica – Tommy Morgan (tracks: 2), Jean Toots Thielemans* (tracks: 6)
Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: 1, 11), Big Jimmy Wright* (tracks: 3, 8, 10), James Anthony Carmichael (tracks: 2, 4), Lloyd Tolbert (tracks: 1, 9)
Keyboards, Arranged By [Rhythm] – David Paich (tracks: 12)
Management – The DeMann Entertainment Co.*, Freddy Demann
Mastered By – Guy Costa
Mixed By, Engineer – Calvin Harris* (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 11), Steve Hodge (tracks: 3, 8, 10)
Percussion – Michael Fisher (tracks: 12), Paulinho DaCosta* (tracks: 2, 4, 7)
Photography By, Art Direction, Design – Alan Silfen
Piano – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: 5), Lionel Richie (tracks: 12)
Producer – David Foster (tracks: 13), James Anthony Carmichael (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 11, 12), Lionel Richie (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 13)
Producer, Instruments [All Other] – Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (tracks: 3, 8, 10)
Programmed By – Tony Smith (2) (tracks: 6, 12)
Programmed By, Arranged By [Rhythm] – Steve Porcaro (tracks: 12)
Saxophone – Brandon Fields (tracks: 6, 11), Daniel Higgins* (tracks: 6, 11), Kim Hutchcroft (tracks: 11)
Speech [French] – Marla Winston (tracks: 11)
Synth [Bass] – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: 9), Lloyd Tolbert (tracks: 1)
Synthesizer – Claude Gaudette (tracks: 12), John Barnes (tracks: 2, 6, 11), Michael Boddicker (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 9, 11), Simon Franglen (tracks: 2, 7), Simon Franglen (tracks: 7), Steve Porcaro (tracks: 6, 12), Bill Ross* (tracks: 12)
Tenor Saxophone [Solo] – Lionel Richie (tracks: 11)
Trombone – Andrew Martin* (tracks: 6), William Reichenbach* (tracks: 11), George Bohanon (tracks: 6)
Trumpet – Charles Davis (tracks: 11), Daniel Fornero* (tracks: 6), Darrel Browning* (tracks: 5), Gary Grant (tracks: 6, 11), Jerry Hey (tracks: 1), Oscar Brashear (tracks: 6, 11), Warren Leuning* (tracks: 11)
Tuba – Donald Waldrop* (tracks: 6)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 731453224025
Barcode (Text): 7 314-532-240-2 5
Matrix / Runout (Stamped mould text): MADE IN USA BY PMDC
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 314 532 240-2 01 !
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L005
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0346
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 314 532 240-2 01! A
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L005
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0306

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Louder Than Words (CD, Album)	Mercury	532 241-2	Europe	1996
Recently Edited	Louder Than Words (CD, Album)	Mercury	532 241-2	Europe	1996
New Submission	Louder Than Words (CD, Album, Promo)	PolyGram, Mercury	314 532 240-2AD, 314 532 240-2		1996
New Submission	Louder Than Words (Cassette, Album)	Mercury	532 241-4	Turkey	1996
New Submission	Louder Than Words (Cassette, Album)	Mercury	532 241-4	Poland	1996