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Never Too Much (album)

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Track listing
Personnel
Production
Charts
Certifications
See also
Notes

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| name = Never Too Much
| type = studio
| artist = Luther Vandross
| cover = ntm-lv.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 12, 1981
| recorded = April–July 1981
| venue =
| studio = {{ubl|Media Sound Studios|{{small|(New York City)}}}}
| genre = R&B^[1]
| length = 36:50
| label = {{hlist|Epic|Legacy}}
| producer = {{hlist|Luther Vandross|Larkin Arnold {{small|(exec.)}}}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Forever, for Always, for Love
| next_year = 1982
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}^[1]
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}^[2]
| rev3 = Robert Christgau
| rev3Score = B+^[3]
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}^[4]
}}

Never Too Much is the debut solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Luther Vandross, released on August 12, 1981. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200 (then known as Pop Albums), peaked at number one 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

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All songs written by Luther Vandross; except "A House Is Not a Home" written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

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| title1 = Never Too Much
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)
| length2 = 4:57
| title3 = Don't You Know That?
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = I've Been Working
| length4 = 6:35
| title5 = She's a Super Lady
| length5 = 5:04
| title6 = You Stopped Loving Me
| length6 = 5:16
| title7 = A House Is Not a Home
| note7 = Dionne Warwick cover
| length7 = 7:07
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Personnel

Adapted from Allmusic^[5]

Luther Vandross – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), backing vocals (3-6), arrangements (4), song arrangement (7)
Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards (1–7), rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), arrangements (4), backing vocals (4, 5)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–6)
Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (3–6)
Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1, 4, 5, 7), congas (4)
Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (1, 2)
Cissy Houston – backing vocals (1, 2)
Anthony Jackson – bass (7)
Bashiri Johnson – congas (1, 2), percussion (2, 5)
Billy King – congas (3, 5, 6)
Brenda King White – backing vocals (1, 2)
Gary King – arrangements (4)
Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (1, 2)
Steve Love – guitar (3–6)
Marcus Miller – bass (1–7)
Leon Pendarvis – string arrangements (6, 7), horn arrangements (7)
Paul Riser – horn arrangements (2, 5), string arrangements (2, 3, 5)
Sybil Thomas – backing vocals (1, 2)
Fonzi Thornton – vocal contractor, backing vocals (4, 5)
Georg "Jojje" Wadenius – guitar (1, 2, 3, 7)
Ed Walsh – synthesizer (2, 4)
Buddy Williams – drums (1–7)
Norma Jean Wright – backing vocals (4, 5)

Production

Producer – Luther Vandross
Executive Producer – Larkin Arnold
Production Coordination – Sephra Herman
Recorded and Mixed by Michael H. Brauer
Engineer – Carl Beatty
Assistant Engineers – Lincoln Clapp, Andy Hoffman, Nicky Kalliongos, Gregg Mann and Don Wershba.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
Art Direction – Karen Katz
Photography – William Coupon
Wardrobe – Hutaff Lennon
Management – David M. Franklin

Charts

{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Luther Vandross|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 21, 2018}}{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Luther Vandross|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 21, 2018}}{{album chart|UK|41|artist=Luther Vandross|date=1987-02-21|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 21, 2018}}

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Chart (1987)	Peak position

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Never Too Much|artist=Luther Vandross|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1981}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}

Notes

1. ^¹{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21006}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-10-03/entertainment/9310030335_1_star-night-i-fell-luther-vandross|title=The Best Of Vandross On Record|last=Kot|first=Greg|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=1993-10-03|accessdate=2013-04-03}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=luther+vandross|title=CG: Luther Vandross|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|accessdate=2013-04-03}}
4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=nhh_bw2BlQoC&dq=editions%3AySVNwMPYY-AC&source=gbs_similarbooks]
5. ^"Never Too Much" personnel at allmusic

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