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The double-disc live album Symphonica in Rosso documents Lionel Richie's triumphant live performance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands, on September 6, 2008. The show was a triumph for Richie because he'd scored a Top Five smash hit earlier in the year in the Netherlands with "Face in the Crowd," a duet with Dutch pop singer Trijntje Oosterhuis from his recent album Just Go (2008). It was also an honor, for he was taking the stage at one of the Netherlands' premier concert stadiums and performing in part of a series of Symphonica in Rosso shows that had spawned hit albums by Dutch superstars Marco Borsato and Paul de Leeuw in past years. It's a fine performance by Richie, who is energetic, engaging, and in fairly good voice, and it's nice to hear him focus on his greatest hits from the '70s and '80s rather than his more recent output. In fact, there are only a handful of songs that post-date the mid-'80s -- "My Destiny" from Back to Front (1992); "Don't Stop the Music" and "Angel" from Renaissance (2000); "All Around the World" from Coming Home (2006); and the aforementioned "Face in the Crowd" -- and they're mostly performed in brief as parts of medleys. Moreover, the symphonic aspect of the show is tasteful and surprisingly modest, adding a lot to some songs (e.g., "Ballerina Girl") but never stealing the show from Richie and his band other than with a few overtures. It's a pleasure to hear him sing so many of his greatest hits, beginning with "Hello," "Running with the Night," "Lady," "Easy," and "Say You, Say Me," yet at the same time, it's a delightful surprise to hear him and the band suddenly break into Laid Back's "White Horse" (in the midst of "Running with the Night"), Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces" (as an interlude in the run-up to "Brick House"), and Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" (as the introduction to "All Around the World"). Dutch fans in particular will enjoy the guest appearance by Oosterhuis late in the show. She joins Richie for "Face in the Crowd" and stays for a song of her own, "Touch Me There," her breakout hit from 1996, when she was a member of Total Touch.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Ewbank, ComposerLyricist - Michael H. Frenchik Jr., ComposerLyricist - Carlos Manuel Rios, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Harvey-Richie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Shirley King, ComposerLyricist - William King Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Alan Gorrie, ComposerLyricist - Hamish Stuart, ComposerLyricist - Owen McIntyre, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Duncan, ComposerLyricist - Candy Dulfer, Saxophone, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Dale Ball, ComposerLyricist - Rob Macintosh, ComposerLyricist - Moe B. Easy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Ronald LaPread, ComposerLyricist - Thomas McClary, ComposerLyricist - Milan Williams, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Walter Lee Orange, ComposerLyricist - William King Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roberto Sam Screnci, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Greg Phillinganes, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Barry, ComposerLyricist - Mark Taylor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
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Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Ewbank, ComposerLyricist - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis, ComposerLyricist - Trijntje Oosterhuis, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael H. Frenchik Jr., ComposerLyricist - Carlos Manuel Rios, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Lionel Richie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
Album review
The double-disc live album Symphonica in Rosso documents Lionel Richie's triumphant live performance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands, on September 6, 2008. The show was a triumph for Richie because he'd scored a Top Five smash hit earlier in the year in the Netherlands with "Face in the Crowd," a duet with Dutch pop singer Trijntje Oosterhuis from his recent album Just Go (2008). It was also an honor, for he was taking the stage at one of the Netherlands' premier concert stadiums and performing in part of a series of Symphonica in Rosso shows that had spawned hit albums by Dutch superstars Marco Borsato and Paul de Leeuw in past years. It's a fine performance by Richie, who is energetic, engaging, and in fairly good voice, and it's nice to hear him focus on his greatest hits from the '70s and '80s rather than his more recent output. In fact, there are only a handful of songs that post-date the mid-'80s -- "My Destiny" from Back to Front (1992); "Don't Stop the Music" and "Angel" from Renaissance (2000); "All Around the World" from Coming Home (2006); and the aforementioned "Face in the Crowd" -- and they're mostly performed in brief as parts of medleys. Moreover, the symphonic aspect of the show is tasteful and surprisingly modest, adding a lot to some songs (e.g., "Ballerina Girl") but never stealing the show from Richie and his band other than with a few overtures. It's a pleasure to hear him sing so many of his greatest hits, beginning with "Hello," "Running with the Night," "Lady," "Easy," and "Say You, Say Me," yet at the same time, it's a delightful surprise to hear him and the band suddenly break into Laid Back's "White Horse" (in the midst of "Running with the Night"), Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces" (as an interlude in the run-up to "Brick House"), and Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music" (as the introduction to "All Around the World"). Dutch fans in particular will enjoy the guest appearance by Oosterhuis late in the show. She joins Richie for "Face in the Crowd" and stays for a song of her own, "Touch Me There," her breakout hit from 1996, when she was a member of Total Touch.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:35:27
- Main artists: Lionel Richie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Universal International Music B.V. ℗ 2008 Universal International Music B.V.
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