Can't Slow Down

by Lionel Richie

Can't Slow Down cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 1983
  • Label: Motown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:20
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The former Commodores frontman achieved unparalleled global superstardom with this diamond-selling blockbuster. Seamlessly blending upbeat Caribbean-infused dance-pop ('All Night Long') with sweeping, emotional balladry ('Hello'), the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year and dominated the international pop charts. It remains one of the defining commercial achievements of 1980s R&B-pop.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, male vocalist, melodic, soulful, vocal, rhythmic, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Can't Slow Down (4:42)
  2. All Night Long (All Night) (6:22)
  3. Penny Lover (5:32)
  4. Stuck On You (3:12)
  5. Love Will Find A Way (6:10)
  6. The Only One (4:17)
  7. Running With The Night (5:55)
  8. Hello (4:06)

Credits

  • Rita Leigh - creative director [creative assistant]
  • David Cochrane - arranged by, guitar, synthesizer [bass synthesizer], synthesizer, programmed by [synthesizer programming], vocoder, written-by, backing vocals, voice [chant]
  • Paul Leim - electronic drums [simmons drum]
  • Deborah Thomas - backing vocals, voice [chant]
  • Kin Vassy - backing vocals
  • Richard Marx - backing vocals, voice [chant]
  • Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar
  • John Robinson - drums

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