Lionel Richie's eighth studio album as a solo artist is led by "I Call It Love," a lightly buoyant and bittersweet single produced by Swedish hitmakers Stargate, the same team that helped boost Ne-Yo's In My Own Words.
It's an ideal match, one that should've been made more than once.
Too much of Coming Home is merely pleasant -- particularly the adult contemporary fare, with the exception of "I Love You" -- or too conscious of remaining with the times.
While the likes of "Why" and "Up All Night" involved Richie's songwriting in some capacity, just about any twentysomething vocalist could be fronting them; the same goes for the Jermaine Dupri-produced "What You Are." The stab at emotionally cleansing reggae of the Bob Marley variety, "Stand Down," comes up short as well.
That said, at least half the album should satisfy Richie's longtime followers.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Call It LoveMikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Taj Jackson | Lionel Richie | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Sweet VacationLionel Richie, Raphael Saadiq | Lionel Richie | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | WhyChuckii Booker, Sean Garrett, Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | What You AreJohnta Austin, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr. | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | Up All NightChuckii Booker, Sean Garrett, Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | I'm Coming HomeChuckii Booker, Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | All Around the WorldLionel Richie, Roberto Sam Screnci | Lionel Richie | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Out of My HeadLionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | Reason to BelieveDallas Austin, Tony Reyes, Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 10 | Stand DownDallas Austin, Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | I Love YouLionel Richie | Lionel Richie | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 43 mins | 98 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 292 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Austin | Composer, Drums, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Percussion, Producer |
| 2 | Johnta Austin | Composer |
| 3 | Chuckii Booker | Composer, Engineer, Multi Instruments, Producer |
| 4 | Chuck Brungardt | Engineer |
| 5 | Kevin KD Davis | Mixing |
| 6 | Jermaine Dupri | Composer, Mixing, Producer |
| 7 | Mikkel Storleer Eriksen | Composer, Multi Instruments |
| 8 | Nino Fabi | Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 9 | Jason Freeman | Flugelhorn, Trumpet |
| 10 | Jerry Freeman | Flugelhorn, Trumpet |
| 11 | Sean Garrett | Composer, Producer, Vocal Producer |
| 12 | Mark "Exit" Goodchild | Vocal Engineer |
| 13 | Tor Erik Hermansen | Composer |
| 14 | Tor Erik Hermanson | Multi Instruments |
| 15 | John Horesco IV | Engineer |
| 16 | Taj Jackson | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 17 | Rodney Jerkins | Producer |
| 18 | Doug Joswick | Package Production |
| 19 | Kristian Lageux | Percussion |
| 20 | Alexandre Lapierre | Engineer |
| 21 | Leticia Manfield | Percussion |
| 22 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 23 | Graham Marsh | Assistant Engineer, Guitar (Electric), Mixing Assistant |
| 24 | Andrew McPherson | Photography |
| 25 | Vernon Mungo | Vocal Engineer |
| 26 | Melissa Nester | Hair Stylist |
| 27 | Amber Noble | Marketing |
| 28 | Billy Odum | Guitar |
| 29 | Richard L. Owens | Trombone |
| 30 | Dave Pensado | Mixing |
| 31 | Tara Podolsky | A&R |
| 32 | L.A. Reid | Executive Producer |
| 33 | Tony Reyes | Bass, Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Slide Guitar |
| 34 | Lionel Richie | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Raphael Saadiq | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals |
| 36 | Joshua Sarubin | A&R |
| 37 | Roberto Sam Screnci | Composer, Engineer, Percussion, Producer, Synthesizer Horn |
| 38 | Manuel Seal, Jr. | Composer, Producer |
| 39 | Rick Sheppard | Engineer, MIDI, Mixing, Sound Design |
| 40 | Glenn Standridge | Engineer |
| 41 | Phil Tan | Engineer, Mixing |
| 42 | James Tanksley | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 43 | Alli Truch | Art Direction, Design |
| 44 | Dirk Vanoucek | Engineer |
| 45 | Kebbi Williams | Sax (Tenor) |
| 46 | Leon Zervos | Mastering |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |