Lionel Richie: Dancing On the Ceiling
Adam Sweeting, Q, October 1986
IT IS SAID THAT Lionel Richie's previous solo album, Can't Slow Down, sold an unthinkable 15 million copies, the kind of statistic that can cause upheavals on Wall Street.
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