Louder Than Words
by Lionel Richie
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Lionel Richie bestography
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 4812 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 297.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Louder Than Words track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Louder Than Words rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 73/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1996 | 70/100 | - |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2015 | Eastwood | Recently listened #4 (sort by listening date, newest first) | 74/88 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
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Louder Than Words ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/11/2026 19:20 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 09:59 | Leginlists | 3,843 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2023 15:49 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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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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Eastwood 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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