Never Too Much (album)

Never Too Much
Studio album by Luther Vandross
Released August 12, 1981
Recorded April–July 1981
Studio Media Sound Studios
(New York City)
Genre R&B, soul, pop, quiet storm, post-disco
Length 36:50
Label Epic, Legacy
Producer Luther Vandross, Larkin Arnold
Luther Vandross chronology
Never Too Much
(1981)		 Forever, for Always, for Love
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Never Too Much is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on August 12, 1981 (see 1981 in music). It peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 (then known as Pop Albums), peaked at #1 on the R&B Albums chart, and went double platinum by the RIAA. The album earned Vandross two Grammy Award nominations in 1982—"Best New Artist" and "Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male".

The album's title track topped the Black Singles chart for two weeks. Vandross's rendition of Dionne Warwick's 1964 "A House Is Not a Home" became one of his signature songs, and received attention for its transformation into an "epic", since its duration was extended to seven minutes.

Track listing
"A House Is Not a Home"
A sample of Luther Vandross's cover of Dionne Warwick's "A House Is Not a Home" from Never Too Much
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All songs written by Luther Vandross; except "A House Is Not a Home" written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

No. Title Length
1. "Never Too Much"   3:50
2. "Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)"   4:57
3. "Don't You Know That?"   4:01
4. "I've Been Working"   6:35
5. "She's a Super Lady"   5:04
6. "You Stopped Loving Me"   5:16
7. "A House Is Not a Home"   7:07

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 41
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums 19
U.S. Billboard Black Albums 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[6] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Never Too Much (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (1993-10-03). "The Best Of Vandross On Record". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Luther Vandross". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Never Too Much" personnel at allmusic
  6. ↑ "American album certifications – Luther Vandross – Never Too Much". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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