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Apr 10, 2012A sleek, sure-footed new country duets album by Lionel Richie.
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Mar 28, 2012Richie and his guests are having such a good time and the songs themselves are so irresistible it's easy (like a Sunday morning) to get caught up in the spirit.
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Mar 27, 2012There's plenty here for country fans of pretty much any ilk.
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Mar 27, 2012These collaborations jell because Richie's style is so expansive, musically and emotionally.
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Mar 27, 2012Acoustic guitars replace glistening synths, bittersweet steel guitars slide in to provide the patina of rural rootsiness, yet Richie still never really steps away from the polished sheen that characterized his musical heyday.
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Mar 26, 2012He's a pop artist of substance, and as such brings a touch of class and sufficient flavour of another genre to the mainstream to make music that's interesting and lasting.
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Mar 26, 2012It's not as glossy as the '80s, there are fewer keyboards and more guitars-the sensibility remains the same, so Tuskegee generates a bit of déjà vu: the surroundings are new, yet everything feels familiar.
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Mar 26, 2012It's still gratifying to see how many A-list Nashville stars lined up for guest spots on Tuskegee--Blake! Tim! Shania! Willie!--and to hear how naturally the Alabama native countrifies R&B classics like "Endless Love" and the Jennifer Nettles-assisted "Hello."