Give Me The Reason
by Luther Vandross

Give Me The Reason by Luther Vandross
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-00-00
Overall rank: 13,578th   
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73/100 (from 16 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (191st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,863rd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,578th)

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Luther Vandross bestography

Give Me The Reason is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Luther Vandross on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Luther Vandross is Never Too Much which is ranked number 6136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 215.

Luther Vandross album bestography « Higher ranked (6,136th)
Never Too Much
This album (13,578th)
Give Me The Reason
Lower ranked (18,095th) »
The Night I Fell In Love

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Overall rank: 13,578th | 1980s rank: 1,863rd | 1986 rank: 191st

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From 07/11/2020 09:31 | #255412
A great writer, singer and producer, unfairly ignored on this site, one of the best R&B albums should not be at number 25,200.
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My favourite Luther V. album contains 8 amazing songs Tracks 1-8 and a cover of Anyone Who Had A Heart which although good isn't up to the high standard of the rest of this great album.
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