Just for You [UK 14-track Version]

Personnel includes: Lionel Richie (vocals); Daniel Bedingfield (vocals)
Composer: Funktwons.
Personnel: Lionel Richie (vocals, background vocals); Paul Bushnell (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Chuckii Booker (vocals, strings, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Trevor Lawrence (vocals, drums, percussion, background vocals); Bashiri Johnson (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Letter M (vocals, background vocals); John Dixson, David Levita, Charles Fearing, Adam Phillips (guitar); Lenny Kravitz (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, drums, shaker, hand claps, background vocals); Darrett Adkins (cello); Ren Swan (saxophone); Cliff Masterson (piano); Curt Bisquera (drums); Rashu Aton (gong); Troy Taylor (programming); Samantha Smith, Brenda White-King, Donovan Blackwood, Marcella Araica, Paul Barry, Robert Hart , Tawatha Agee, Lorraine McIntosh (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Neil Pogue; Manny Marroquin; Dave Pensado; Henry Hirsch; Glen Markezi; Lenny Kravitz; Kevin KD Davis; Mark Taylor ; Ren Swan.
Recording information: Angel Studios, Islington, London, England; Casa De Aurelius, Miami Beach, FL; Edison Studios, New York, NY; Larrabee Sound Studios North, North Hollywood, CA; Metrophonic Studios, England; Sony Studios, London, England; Steakhouse Studio, N. Hollywood, CA; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL; Westlake Studios, LA.
Photographer: Alan Silfen.
Arranger: Lenny Kravitz.
Lionel Richie's talent for crafting picture-perfect pop songs cannot be understated. In fact, his remarkable success during the 1970s and '80s, as both the leader of the Commodores and a solo artist, often overshadows his reputation as a remarkably deft songwriter. His singles--"Hello," "Still," and "Sail On," for example--could seem subdued and simple, but they each contained a certain melancholy mood and stories within stories, like successively smaller Russian dolls. After virtually vanishing for over a decade following his multi-platinum record DANCING ON THE CEILING, he resurfaced in the late '90s.
JUST FOR YOU is the third album by this reborn Lionel Richie, and it finds him getting comfortable in his new mode, which is refreshingly close to the pop classics he penned years before. The album is stocked full of simple yet multifaceted pop songs swimming in hooks; there's a dash of R&B from his old days, especially on the jazzy, funky "Do Ya," but, for the most part, Richie sticks to his trademark brand of adult-contemporary pop.