Album · 1983
Can't Slow Down
Can't Slow Down is a 1983 pop album by Lionel Richie. It runs 25 tracks across 126 minutes on Island Def Jam Music Group. Riffiter listeners rate it 2.6/5 from 6 ratings.
Pop · R&B · Contemporary R&B
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- 2.6 /5
- 6 ratings
- 84 /100
- 4 critics
- 25
- Tracks
- 126 min
- Runtime
- 122 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
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6 ratings · avg 2.6
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- AllMusic4.5/5
- Robert ChristgauB+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
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Can't Slow Down album cover
The Can't Slow Down cover was photographed by Chris Callis and Greg Gorman and art-directed by Johnny Lee and Rita Leigh.
- Photography
- Chris Callis, Greg Gorman
- Art direction
- Johnny Lee, Rita Leigh
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25 tracks · 126 min
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About
Can't Slow Down is the title of 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. 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, eventually selling over 20 million. 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).
In brief
- Is Can't Slow Down good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Can't Slow Down 2.6/5 from 6 ratings.
- When was Can't Slow Down released?
- Can't Slow Down was released in 1983 on Island Def Jam Music Group.
- How many tracks are on Can't Slow Down?
- Can't Slow Down has 25 tracks, with a runtime of 126 minutes.
- What genre is Can't Slow Down?
- Can't Slow Down is catalogued under Pop, R&B, Contemporary R&B.
- What BPM is Can't Slow Down?
- Can't Slow Down runs at a median tempo of 122 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Can't Slow Down?
- Listeners of Can't Slow Down also rate Thriller by Michael Jackson, Natural High by Commodores, Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder.
Can't Slow Down at a glance
- Label
- Motown
- Produced by
- Lionel Richie, David Foster, James Anthony Carmichael
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