Louder Than Words (album)

Louder Than Words
Studio album by Lionel Richie
Released	April 16, 1996
Genre	R&B, new jack swing
Length	1:07:05
Label	Mercury
Producer	James Anthony Carmichael, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie chronology
Back to Front (1992)Back to Front1992 Louder Than Words (1996) Truly: The Love Songs (1997)Truly: The Love Songs1997

Louder Than Words is Lionel Richie's fourth solo album, released on April 16, 1996. It also marked the first time he released a studio album of new material in ten years. In 1992 he released just three new tracks on his compilation album Back to Front. Louder Than Words debuted at #33 on the Billboard 200 with a disappointing sales of 28,000 copies, and only peaked at #28.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Piece of Love"	Booker T. Jones, Marva King, Jeff Byrd	Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael	4:04
2.	"Still in Love"	Richie	Richie, Carmichael	4:33
3.	"I Wanna Take You Down"	James Harris III, Terry Lewis	Richie, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	5:01
4.	"Can't Get Over You"	Richie	Richie, Carmichael	4:33
5.	"Change"	Richie, David Cochrane	Richie, Carmichael	5:01
6.	"Nothing Else Matters"	Richie	Richie, Carmichael	4:34
7.	"Ordinary Girl"	Richie, Babyface	Richie, Carmichael	5:01
8.	"Say I Do"	Harris III, Lewis, James Wright	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	5:01
9.	"Paradise"	Richie, Lloyd Tolbert	Richie, Carmichael	5:02
10.	"Don't Wanna Lose You"	Richie, Harris III, Lewis	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	5:01
11.	"Now You're Gone"	Richie	Richie, Carmichael	5:43
12.	"Lovers at First Sight"	Richie	Richie, Carmichael	6:59
13.	"Climbing"	Richie	Richie, David Foster	6:26

• The Italian issues include a bonus track, "Amo, T'Amo, Ti Amo" (the Italian version of "Still in Love"). Also worth noting, some issues of Louder Than Words omit the track, "Now You're Gone".