Can't slow down

chronology
Can't slow down
Lionel Richie's studio album
Publication ; (s)	October 11, 1983
Label (s)	Motown
Format (s)	CD, record
Genre (s)	Pop , world music
Title (number)	8th
running time	40:56
production	Lionel Richie,; David Foster,; James Anthony Carmichael;

Can't Slow Down is Lionel Richie's second studio album , released on Motown on October 11, 1983 , and topped the Billboard 200 on December 3, 1983 . The album stayed in the US album charts for more than two years at 131 weeks. Ten platinum records from the American RIAA, 3 platinum records from the British BPI and a gold record from the German BMI indicate that around 20 million records have been sold for the album. Can't Slow Down received the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1984, and Richie and Carmichael received the Grammy for Producer of the Year for a non-classical work. Five of the eight titles were released as singles and were internationally successful hits.

history

With James Anthony Carmichael , Richie engaged the successful Motown producer for the album, who had already produced numerous hit albums for Thelma Houston , the Temptations and the Commodores .

Stylistically, the album contains world music influences as well as many ballads . The compositions were explicitly produced for the musical taste of the “ adult contemporary ” target group , as Steven Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic notes. Erlewine thinks it is quite possible that Richie adopted this style from Jackson's thriller . All five singles released reached the top ten charts on the Billboard Hot 100 . Four of the five decoupled singles also made it to the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts, only Running With the Night stayed at the top of the chart at number 6. Richie was very involved in the songwriting of all the songs on the album .

The album probably sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The sales resulted in ten RIAA platinum records, three BPI platinum records and one BMI gold record. Can't Slow Down is probably one of the 100 best-selling music albums worldwide.

The bonus track Love Will Find a Way was sampled by Tha Dogg Pound for her song I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin 'Paid .

In the episode, Stewie Lois kills from Family Guy gave Peter Lois album on her birthday. In a cutscene Peter heard the song Hello .

Track list

"Can't Slow Down" (David Cochrane, Lionel Richie) - 4:43
"All Night Long (All Night)" (Lionel Richie) - 6:25
"Penny Lover" (Brenda Harvey Richie, Lionel Richie) - 5:35
"Stuck on You" (Lionel Richie) - 3:15
"Love Will Find a Way" ( Greg Phillinganes , Lionel Richie) - 6:16
"The Only One" ( David Foster , Lionel Richie) - 4:24
"Running with the Night" (Lionel Richie, Cynthia Weil) - 6:02
"Hello" (Lionel Richie) - 4:11

Publications and chart successes

album

year	title	Chart positions
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1983	Can't slow down	2	17th	3	1	1

Singles

year	title	Chart positions
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1983	All Night Long (All Night) ^{"Can't Slow Down"}	2	8th	8th	2	1
1983	Running with the Night ^{"Can't Slow Down"}	33	/	/	9	7th
1984	Hello ^{"Can't Slow Down"}	2	3	1	1	1
1984	Stuck on You ^{"Can't Slow Down"}	45	/	26th	12	3
1984	Penny Lover ^{"Can't Slow Down"}	37	/	/	18th	8th

reception

Allmusic's critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four and a half stars out of five. Unfortunately, the album only has a short running time (like many albums from the early 1980s), but it contains, in addition to the five hits, songs like Love Will Find a Way , which seemed a little tiring, but that is insignificant. Ritchie highlighted all five hits as well as the album as a whole.

occupation

Musician

Singing : Diane Burt - James Anthony Carmichael - Melinda Chatman - Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig - Brenda Harvey Ritchie - Jeanette Hawes - Janice Marie Johnson - Richard Marx - Greg Phillinganes - Deborah Joyce Richie - Lionel Richie - Suzanne Stanford - Deborah Thomas - Kin Vassy

Background vocals : James Anthony Carmichael - David Cochrane - Calvin Harris - Jeanette Hawes - Richard Marx - Lionel Richie - Deborah Thomas

Choir : Diane Burt - James Anthony Carmichael - David Cochrane - Dr. Lloyd Byro Greig - Calvin Harris - Brenda Harvey Ritchie - Jeanette Hawes - Janice Marie Johnson - Richard Marx - Deborah Joyce Richie - Lionel Richie - Suzanne Stanford - Deborah Thomas

Synthesizer : Michael Boddicker - David Cochrane - Greg Phillinganes

Keyboards : Sonny Burke - David Foster - Lionel Richie

Vocoder : Michael Boddicker - David Cochrane

Piano : Sonny Burke (Fender Rhodes) - John Hobbs (Piano, Fender Rhodes)

Guitar : David Cochrane - Mitch Holder - Darryl Jones - Steve Lukather - Tim May (acoustic guitar) - Carlos Rios - Louie Shelton - Fred Tackett (acoustic guitar)

Bass : Joe Chemay - David Cochrane (bass synthesizer) - Nathan East - David Foster - Abraham Laboriel - bass

Drums : Paul Leim - Jeff Porcaro - Lionel Richie - John "JR" Robinson - Paulinho da Costa (percussion)

production

Producer : James Anthony Carmichael - David Foster - Lionel Richie - Brenda Harvey Ritchie (assistant production)

Sound engineers : Jim Cassell - Terry Christian - Jane Clark - Steve Crimmel - David Egerton - Mark Ettel - Larry Ferguson - Humberto Gatica - Calvin Harris - Bernie Grundman (Mastering)

Concertmaster : Israel Baker - Harry Bluestone

Arrangers : James Anthony Carmichael - David Cochrane - Lionel Richie

Mixing : Humberto Gatica - Calvin Harris - Fred Law - Karen Siegel

Synthesizer programmer : Brian Banks - David Cochrane - Anthony Marinelli - synthesizer programming

Sound effects : Melinda Chatman

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	50,608
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 7 × platinum 2 × diamond	12,485,608