Louder Than Words
by Lionel Richie

Louder Than Words by Lionel Richie
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 96,755th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 10 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1996 (1,528th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (14,147th)
Award Best albums of all time (96,755th)

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Louder Than Words is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Lionel Richie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lionel Richie is Can't Slow Down which is ranked number 4738 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 299.

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Overall rank: 96,755th | 1990s rank: 14,147th | 1996 rank: 1,528th

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05/11/2026 19:20 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.3/100, a mean average of 66.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 04/09/2015 19:54 | #139227
Average album. Best 10 songs average is 75,8/100 and the album can get average 75/100. Best and only good song is "Still in love" 80/100. All other songs average 75/100 only and they sound all quite similar to me.
Genre: Soul, Pop
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