Meanwhile, " Deep River Woman" reached No. Other Top 10 singles from the album include " Love Will Conquer All" (US No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart, falling behind " Say You, Say Me" 's earlier performance. The title track was the second biggest single from the album, reaching No. The first concert was in Phoenix, Arizona. To promote the album Richie went on an Outrageous 40-city concert tour, entitled "Outrageous". In South Africa initial shipments were 60,000 prerelease units. The album sold 4 million copies in the US and it became the first album to be simultaneously certified gold, platinum, double platinum, and triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America since the institution established double platinum in 1984. Chart performance ĭancing on the Ceiling was released on August 5, 1986. He considered, however, it a "comedown" after Richie's previous albums, with its songs generally longer than necessary and the lyrics mixing "silliness. Meanwhile, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic retrospectively gave Dancing on the Ceiling four out of five stars, summarizing that, overall, the album was "a solid, enjoyable affair". His criticism centered on "Ballerina" for its mawkishness and lack of interest in some of the faster songs. He found that it provided "lulling, almost mantralike entertainment" with "a knack for tune that puts over the fine line between lulling and boring". Music critic Robert Christgau of The Village Voice ranked the album a B+. Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn found that " We Are the World" had left Richie "with a deeper sense of social purpose, and his attempts to infuse that sense into his traditional approach brings a tension to the new album that makes Dancing on the Ceiling his most satisfying collection." He especially praised the track "Say You, Say Me", but found "Ballerina Girl" a "virtual anthology of Richie's worst saccharine excesses". Anthony Decurtis, reviewing in Rolling Stone, gave the album a positive review, writing that it "sets an impressive standard for mainstream pop craft", encompassing Richie's "finest qualities". Reception Professional ratings Review scoresĭancing on the Ceiling has generally received positive reviews. Recording for the album took over a year and a half, and Richie later stated that he tried to include a mixture of sounds. Ultimately, the album's title was changed to Dancing on the Ceiling, as the titular song was Richie's next single. However, Richie found that he did not "want to do those songs" owing to the social conditions he saw, and as such he began rewriting it "to express what felt the world was boxing itself into". ĭuring early production, the album was intended to be titled Say You, Say Me and released in December 1985. Work on the album was done while Richie was finalizing his work with " We Are the World". The track " Say You, Say Me" was used in that year's film White Nights for which it had won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Recording of the songs later used on Dancing on the Ceiling began in 1985. His first two solo albums, Lionel Richie (1982) and Can't Slow Down (1983), were runaway successes: Lionel Richie sold 4 million copies, while Can't Slow Down sold 10 million copies, and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Lionel Richie had risen to prominence as a member of the Commodores during the late 1970s, but after tensions arose in the band, he left in 1982. Following this album's release, Richie went on a long hiatus, not releasing an album of entirely new material for another ten years. The album was Richie’s second with session guitarist Carlos Rios. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 4 million copies. The album was released to generally positive reviews and it made No. The album was originally to be titled Say You, Say Me, after the Academy Award-winning track of the same name, but it was renamed to a different track's title after Richie rewrote several songs on the album. " Ballerina Girl" / " Deep River Woman"ĭancing on the Ceiling is the third solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on August 5, 1986.
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