Genre
R&B, dance-pop, and soul. Can't Slow Down moves confidently across the tonal spectrum of early 1980s pop - from the Afro-Caribbean euphoria of "All Night Long (All Night)" and the funk-rock drive of "Running with the Night" to the adult contemporary balladry of "Hello" and the soft-rock intimacy of "Stuck on You" - unified by Richie's meticulous craftsmanship as both songwriter and melody-builder.
Release
Released on October 14, 1983, by Motown Records. It was Richie's second solo studio album. The album was recorded between March and September 1983.
Production
Produced by James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie, with David Foster producing "The Only One." Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, with vocals on "The Only One" at Sunset Sound; mixed at Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Reception
Can't Slow Down won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1984, defeating albums by Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Prince, and Cyndi Lauper. It has been certified ten-times platinum by the RIAA, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide. It produced five major singles: "All Night Long (All Night)" (Hot 100 No. 1), "Running with the Night" (No. 7), "Hello" (No. 1), "Stuck on You" (No. 3), and "Penny Lover" (No. 8).
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949, Tuskegee, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, one of the most commercially successful pop artists of the 20th century. He grew up on the campus of Tuskegee University, where he enrolled on a tennis scholarship before co-founding the Commodores with fellow students. As Commodores songwriter he penned "Three Times a Lady," "Still," and "Easy"; as a solo artist he became one of only two songwriters in history to achieve number-one records for nine consecutive years. He co-wrote "We Are the World" (1985) with Michael Jackson for USA for Africa. His accolades include six Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for "Say You, Say Me" (1985), the Kennedy Center Honors (2017), the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2022), and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2022). He has sold over 125 million records worldwide.
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