Never Too Much
by Luther Vandross
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Never Too Much is ranked as the best album by Luther Vandross.
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Never Too Much track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 21:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,499 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 20:01 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 18:35 |  MagicSix | 1,092 | 60/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 00:27 | daCritic | 4,612 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2025 00:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,716 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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sszwalbenest 08/03/2023 20:33 | #298474 | TOP COMMENT
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Still getting into R&B as a genre myself so I can't make any pronouncements about greatness, but wow this album is fantastic. The final track had me in tears. Vandross' voice here is just incredible and the arrangements behind him keep the album exciting no matter the mood. A real must-listen. (Edited)
Album Rating: 69.00
(489/7)
1.Never Too Much. 84
2.Sugar And Spice (I Found Me A Girl). 51
3.Don't You Know That? 56
4.I've Been Working. 67
5.She's A Super Lady. 79
6.You Stopped Loving Me. 72
7.A House Is Not A Home. 74
planetneutral 01/15/2021 04:11 | #264445 | TOP COMMENT
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Funky, compact, and, just when you think it's over, the Slow Jamz sample.
Kingturtle 07/02/2017 21:11 | #193577 | TOP COMMENT
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Best R&B LP of 1981, no?
I go through stages of being absolutely obsessed with this album. Currently in the middle of one of those stages. Marcus Miller's bass playing here is absolutely heavenly. The string and keyboard arrangements are so tight, acting as the perfect counterpoint to that slippery bass, whilst Vandross' lead and backing vocal arrangements are wonderfully unpredictable throughout, constantly twisting and turning over and through the tracks, never settling for the obvious. Then, of course, there's the strength of the songs, the immediacy of 'Never Too Much' or 'I've Been Working', the sheer beauty of 'You Stopped Loving Me' or 'A House Is Not A Home'. Pretty much the essential '80s R'n'B album. He would show flashes of this genius again, but never over the course of a whole album. As close to perfect as music gets.
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