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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
It just wasn't commercial enough for pop radio, I really believe that and Richie agrees with that. I don't think anything nefarious went down, his name just wasn't well known enough to make a bluesy album commercially successful.
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The bluesiness of Richie's solo stuff is incredibly overstated on these forums. Also, Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues was a HUGE hit just around that time. It certainly wasn't just due to it being bluesy.
That being said... it's not very poppy indeed, but it is a great album just the same.