The Vinyl Countdown # 1158

Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (1982)

I grew up listening to this album and many different Commodores albums and the other two 1980s solo albums by Lionel Richie. I didn’t really differentiate - which is to say, yes, I could tell the difference. The Commodores was a funk band - with occasional ballads. But I didn’t have a preference. I admired the solo mat…