Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)

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Can't Slow Down
Studio album by Lionel Richie
Released October 11, 1983
Recorded March–September 1983
Genre Pop, R&B, soul, world
Length 40:56
Label Motown
Producer James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie chronology
Lionel Richie
(1982)		 Can't Slow Down
(1983)		 Dancing on the Ceiling
(1986)
Singles from Can't Slow Down
  1. "All Night Long (All Night)" / "Wandering Stranger"
    Released: September 1983
  2. "Running with the Night" / "Serves You Right"
    Released: November 1983
  3. "Hello" / "You Mean More to Me"
    Released: February 1984
  4. "Stuck on You" / "Round and Round"
    Released: June 1984
  5. "Penny Lover" / "Tell Me"
    Released: September 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau B+[2]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[3]

Can't Slow Down is Lionel Richie's second solo album, which was released on October 11, 1983. The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart on December 3, 1983, where it stayed for three weeks.[4] It also spent 59 consecutive weeks inside the Top 10 (including the entire year of 1984) and a total of 160 weeks (over three years) on the Billboard 200. After being the third best-selling album of 1984, it went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985 and by 1986 the album had sold 15 million copies,[5] eventually selling over 20 million.[6]

Can't Slow Down achieved the feat of having every single released hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Two songs, "Hello" and "All Night Long (All Night)", both went to #1. Other hits include "Stuck on You" (US #3), "Running With the Night" (US #7), and "Penny Lover" (US #8).

The single "Stuck on You" also reached #24 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now Hot Country Songs).

Contents

Track listing [edit]

  • All Songs Copyright Brockman Music, except where noted.
  1. "Can't Slow Down" (David Cochrane, Richie) – 4:43
  2. "All Night Long (All Night)" (Richie) – 6:25
  3. "Penny Lover" (Brenda Harvey Richie, Richie) – 5:35
  4. "Stuck on You" (Richie) – 3:15
  5. "Love Will Find a Way" (Greg Phillinganes, Richie; Copyright WB Music/Poopy's Music, Brockman Music) – 6:16
  6. "The Only One" (David Foster, Richie; Copyright Foster Frees Music, Brockman Music) – 4:24
  7. "Running with the Night" (Richie, Cynthia Weil; Copyright Brockman Music, Dyad Music) – 6:02
  8. "Hello" (Richie) – 4:11

Personnel [edit]

  • Israel Baker – Concert Master
  • Brian Banks – Synthesizer Programming
  • Thomas Dolby - Synthesizers and CMI Programming
  • Harry Bluestone – Concert Master
  • Michael Boddicker – Synthesizer, Vocoder
  • Sonny Burke – Keyboards, Fender Rhodes
  • Diane Burt – Vocals, Chant
  • James Anthony Carmichael – Arranger, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Chant
  • Jim Cassell – Engineer
  • Melinda Chatman – Sound Effects, Vocals
  • Joe Chemay – Bass
  • Terry Christian – Engineer
  • Jane Clark – Engineer
  • David Cochrane – Synthesizer, Guitar, Arranger, Background Vocals, Chant, Vocoder, Synthesizer Bass, Synthesizer Programming
  • Steve Crimmel – Engineer
  • Paulinho Da Costa – Percussion
  • Nathan East – Bass
  • David Egerton – Engineer
  • Mark Ettel – Engineer
  • Larry Ferguson – Engineer
  • David Foster – Bass, Keyboards, Producer
  • Humberto Gatica – Engineer, Mixing
  • Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig – Vocals, Chant
  • Bernie Grundman – Mastering
  • Calvin Harris – Background Vocals, Engineer, Chant, Mixing
  • Brenda Harvey Richie – Vocals, Chant, Production Assistant
  • Jeanette Hawes – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
  • John Hobbs – Piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Mitch Holder – Guitar
  • Janice Marie Johnson – Vocals, Chant
  • Darryl Jones – Guitar
  • Abraham Laboriel – Bass
  • Fred Law – Mixing
  • Paul Leim – Drums
  • Steve Lukather – Guitar
  • Anthony Marinelli – Synthesizer Programming
  • Richard Marx – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
  • Tim May – Acoustic Guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes – Synthesizer, Vocals
  • Jeff Porcaro – Drums
  • Deborah Joyce Richie – Vocals, Chant
  • Lionel Richie – Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Chant
  • Carlos Rios – Guitar
  • John "J.R." Robinson – Drums
  • Louie Shelton – Guitar
  • Karen Siegel – Mixing
  • Suzanne Stanford – Vocals, Chant
  • Fred Tackett – Acoustic Guitar
  • Deborah Thomas – Vocals, Background Vocals, Chant
  • Kin Vassy – Vocals
  • Jerry Hey - Trumpet, Horn Arrangement
  • Chuck Findley - Trumpet
  • Gary Grant - Trumpet
  • Bill Reichenbach - Trombone
  • Charlie Loper - Trombone

Charts and certifications [edit]

Chart positions [edit]

Chart (1983–1984) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 55
UK Albums Chart 1
Australian Albums Chart 1
Media Control Charts 2

Sales and certifications [edit]

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Diamond 1,000,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[8] Platinum 50,608[8]
France (SNEP)[9] Gold 357,000[10]
Germany (BVMI)[11] Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[12] Platinum 20,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Diamond 10,000,000^

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

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Album chart positions from allmusic.com Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  5. ^ Schreiberg, Stu (1986-01-12). "Richie's record rise". The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 55. Retrieved 2012-06-08. 
  6. ^ Atlanta Magazine Vol. 47, No. 3. Emmis Communications. July 2007. Retrieved 2012-06-08. 
  7. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down". Music Canada. 
  8. ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. 
  9. ^ "French album certifications – Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down" (in French). InfoDisc.  Select LIONEL RICHIE and click OK
  10. ^ "Les Albums Or :" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2012. 
  11. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lionel Richie; 'Can't Slow Down')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
  12. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1985". IFPI Hong Kong. 
  13. ^ "British album certifications – Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down". British Phonographic Industry.  Enter Can't Slow Down in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Metal Health by Quiet Riot		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 3–23, 1983		 Succeeded by
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Preceded by
Colour by Numbers by Culture Club
Human's Lib by Howard Jones		 UK number one album
November 12, 1983 – November 18, 1983
March 31, 1984 – April 13, 1984		 Succeeded by
Colour by Numbers by Culture Club
Now That's What I Call Music II by Various Artists
Preceded by
Throbbin' '84 by Various artists		 Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
June 18 – July 8, 1984		 Succeeded by
Breaking Hearts by Elton John
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