Music Review

''Don't Wanna Lose You'' (1996)

Lionel Richie
Reviewed by Bob Cannon | Apr 05, 1996
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Lead Performance: Lionel Richie; Genre: Pop

Lite FM's favorite crooner Lionel Ritchie is in heavy lover-man mode on the down-on-my-knees ballad ''Don't Wanna Lose You'', complete with Barry White-style bedroom whispers. With musical quotes from ''Hello'' and ''Easy,'' this gooey act of contrition shows Richie is trading on his mid-'80s glory years. Once, twice, three times a loser.

Originally posted Apr 05, 1996 Published in issue #321 Apr 05, 1996 Order article reprints

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