Just for You (Lionel Richie album)
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| Studio album by Lionel Richie | ||||
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| Length | 53:54 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Tim & Bob, Mark Taylor, Ric Wake, Richie Jones, Se7en Smash Productions, John Dixson, David Bradley, Lenny Kravitz, Daniel Bedingfield, Chuckii Booker, Troy Taylor | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| BBC Music | (average) |
| Entertainment Weekly | D |
| The Guardian | |
| musicOMH | (unfavorable) |
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| Soul Shine Magazine | |
Just for You is the seventh studio album by Lionel Richie, released on March 8, 2004 in the UK, and May 4, the same year in the US. Released shortly after Richie's divorce from his second wife, the album featured Richie in collaboration with singers and musicians from different backgrounds. It received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism targeted at the album's lyrics. It sold 207,000 copies and peaked at #22 on the American Billboard 200.
Richie, previously a member of the Commodores, had become a solo artist in the early 1980s. With the release of Can't Slow Down in 1983, he became one of the biggest solo acts in the country before leaving the industry in 1987. He began working towards a comeback in the late 1990s but saw little success.
Following the release of his hit compilation album The Definitive Collection in 2003 and his daughter Nicole's appearance in The Simple Life, Richie returned to public attention. Shortly before producing Just for You Richie and his wife, Diane, were divorced; the separation was bitter and very public.
For the album Richie brought singers and musicians from different genres. Lenny Kravitz and Daniel Bedingfield sang duets with him, while songwriters Paul Barry and Mark Taylor – who were best known for light works – wrote several songs. Another guest songwriter was 7 Aurelius, of Murder, Inc.
In a 2004 interview with NBC, Richie stated that he had been approached to record Just for You by his manager in London. He found it easy to write, because "all I had to do was play myself." In another interview, Richie said that – as opposed to "Three Times a Lady", which he had dedicated to his ex-wife Brenda – Just for You was dedicated to himself, an "introverted perspective" on what had excited him.
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