Lionel Richie is known as a quintessential soul and R&B singer, but he was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, where country is still the number one taste in music. His tenth studio album is named after his hometown and is unsurprisingly infused with country influences. Richie decided not to write new songs, but to put fourteen of his greatest hits in a contemporary country jacket. Perhaps he can be
… blamed for a lack of inspiration, but Tuskegee has become a beautiful record thanks to the help of various big names from the country scene. Shania Twain, for example, makes her contribution to the beautiful Endless Love, Willie Nelson can be heard Easy and Kenny Rogers brightens up the romantic Lady, with which he had a hit in 1980. The great thing about Tuskegee is that it has become a real country album, without losing the charm of the original soul records. His tenth album remains unmistakably Lionel Richie. (BvdV)more
