Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)
Production
- Lionel Richie,
- David Foster,
- James Anthony Carmichael
Can not Slow Down is the second studio album by Lionel Richie, which was released on October 11, 1983 Motown and on 3 December 1983, on 30 August 1986, the Billboard 200 led. The album spent 131 weeks with more than two years in the U.S. album charts. Ten platinum records of the American RIAA, three platinum records of the British BPI and a gold record of the German BMI suggest about 20 million records sold for the album. Can not Slow Down won the Grammy for album of the year and Richie along with Carmichael at the 1984 Grammy for Producer of the Year for a non- classical work. Five of the eight tracks were released as singles and were internationally successful hits.
- 5.1 musicians
- 5.2 Output
History
With James Anthony Carmichael undertook Richie for the album the success of Motown producer, who had produced numerous hit albums already for Thelma Houston, The Temptations and the Commodores.
Stylistically, the album contains world music influences as well as many ballads. The compositions were explicitly for the musical tastes of the target group " Adult Contemporary " produced, as noted Steven Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. Erlewine considers it conceivable that Richie has adopted this style of Jackson's Thriller. All five of the coupled singles reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 Charts Four of the five out-coupled Singles also sat at the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, only Running With the Night remained at # 6, the chart peak denied. All songs on the album Richie participated very songwriting.
From the album probably more than 20 million copies sold worldwide. The sales resulted in ten platinum records the RIAA, three platinum records and one gold record of BPI in BMI. Can not Slow Down probably heard so that the world's 100 best-selling music albums.
The bonus track Love Will Find a Way sampled from Tha Dogg Pound for their song I Do not Like to Dream About Gettin ' Paid.
In the episode, Stewie Lois from Family Guy Peter Lois kills gave the album for her birthday. In a cutscene, Peter heard the song Hello.
Title list
Publications and chart success
Album
Singles
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine The critic of Allmusic rated the album four and a half out of five stars. The album did indeed unfortunately only a short duration (how many albums in the early 1980s ), though containing in addition to the five hits and songs like Love Will Find a Way that seemed a little tiring, but it was still insignificant. All five hits featured Ritchie out very well, as does the overall album.
Occupation
Musician
Vocals: Diane Burt - James Anthony Carmichael - Melinda Chatman - Dr. Lloyd Greig Byro - 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
Chorus: Diane Burt - James Anthony Carmichael - David Cochrane - Dr. Lloyd Greig Byro - Calvin Harris - Brenda Harvey Ritchie - Jeanette Hawes - Janice Marie Johnson - Richard Marx - Deborah Joyce Richie - Lionel Richie - Suzanne Stanford - Deborah Thomas
Synthesizers: Michael Boddicker - David Cochrane - Greg Phillinganes
Keyboards: Sonny Burke - David Foster - Lionel Ritchie
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 ( Bassynthesizer ) - Nathan East - David Foster - Abraham Laboriel - Bass
Drums: Paul Leim - Jeff Porcaro - Lionel Richie - John " JR " Robinson - Paulinho Da Costa (percussion)
Production
Producers: James Anthony Carmichael - David Foster - Lionel Ritchie - Brenda Harvey Ritchie (production assistant )
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
Mix: Humberto Gatica - Calvin Harris - Fred Law - Karen Siegel
Synthesizer Programmer: Brian Banks - David Cochrane - Anthony Marinelli - synthesizer programming
Sound Effects: Melinda Chatman