Lionel Richie is the debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records. Originally intended as a side project at the suggestion of Motown, it was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores; he left the group shortly after the album's release. The first single from the album, "Truly", topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five. The album reached number one on the Cashbox albums chart on December 11, 1982. In 2003, Lionel Richie was re-released as part of a remaster series that saw two additional tracks added: a solo version of "Endless Love" and an instrumental version of "You Are". Eagles member Joe Walsh provided the guitar solo for the song "Wandering Stranger". Track listing Personnel Musicians Lionel Richie – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-8), acoustic piano (4, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (7), rhythm arrangements (7) Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (1), Roland Jupiter 8 (1), Minimoog (1), arrangements (1) Clarence McDonald – Fender Rhodes (2) Michael Lang – acoustic piano (2, 9), Fender Rhodes (9) David Cochrane – Prophet-5 (3), electric guitar (3, 7), synthesizer bass (3, 7), backing vocals (3, 7), arrangements (3, 5), acoustic piano (5), bass guitar (5), saxophone solo (5) Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (3, 5, 7), vocoder (3, 5, 7) Bill Payne – Fender Rhodes (6) Thomas Dolby [uncredited] – synthesizer programming (7), backing vocals (7) Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (1, 2, 6) Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (2) Joe Walsh – guitar solo (2) Richie Zito – guitar solo (3) Darrell Jones – electric guitar (4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (8) Tim May – acoustic guitar (6) Nathan Watts – bass guitar (1) Joe Chemay – bass guitar (2, 6, 8) Nathan East – bass guitar (4) John Robinson – drums (1, 5, 7) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2, 4) Paul Leim – drums (3, 6, 8) Lenny Castro – percussion (1) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 7) Rick Shlosser – percussion (5) Gene Page – arrangements (2, 6, 9) Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (2-9) James Anthony Carmichael – arrangements (3, 4, 5, 8), string arrangements (3, 7), horn arrangements (7), rhythm arrangements (7), celeste (8) Howard Kenney – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) Richard Marx – backing