Can't Slow Down (Foreigner album)

Can't Slow Down
Studio album by Foreigner
Released October 2, 2009
Recorded 2009
Length 50:00 (Main Album)
Label Rhino (US), earMusic/Edel (EU)[1]
Producer Marti Frederiksen
Mark Ronson
Foreigner chronology

Mr. Moonlight
(1994)
Can't Slow Down
(2009)

Can't Slow Down is the ninth album by the rock group Foreigner. It is the group's first studio release with lead singer Kelly Hansen & bassist Jeff Pilson and the group's first new studio album since 1994.[2] In the U.S. the album was first available exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers.[2] As of May 28, 2010 it is available anywhere CDs are sold.[3]

Marti Frederiksen and guitarist Mick Jones' stepson, Mark Ronson co-produced the album.[2][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
NU.nl [5]
Allmusic [6]
BBC (negative)[7]
Sleaze Roxx [8]

Can't Slow Down debuted at #29 on the Billboard 200.[9] The first two singles from the album, "When It Comes to Love" and "In Pieces" both reached the Top 20 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, and Marti Frederiksen, except where noted.

Disc 1 (CD) - The Album

  1. "Can't Slow Down" - 3:28
  2. "In Pieces" - 3:53
  3. "When It Comes to Love" - 3:54
  4. "Living In a Dream" - 3:43
  5. "I Can't Give Up" (Jones, Hansen, Frederiksen, McEwan) - 4:32
  6. "Ready" - 3:43
  7. "Give Me a Sign" - 3:52
  8. "I'll Be Home Tonight" - 4:14
  9. "Too Late" (Jones, Frederiksen, Lieber, Irwin) - 3:45
  10. "Lonely" (McEwan, Frederiksen) - 3:29
  11. "As Long As I Live" - 3:48
  12. "Angel Tonight" - 3:32
  13. "Fool For You Anyway" (Jones) - 4:04

Disc 2 (CD) - The Remixes

  1. "Feels Like the First Time"
  2. "Cold as Ice"
  3. "Hot Blooded"
  4. "Blue Morning, Blue Day"
  5. "Double Vision"
  6. "Dirty White Boy"
  7. "Head Games"
  8. "Juke Box Hero"
  9. "Urgent"
  10. "I Want to Know What Love Is"

Disc 3 (DVD) - Live And More

  1. "Double Vision"
  2. "Head Games"
  3. "That Was Yesterday"
  4. "Say You Will"
  5. "Starrider"
  6. "Feels Like the First Time"
  7. "Urgent"
  8. "Juke Box Hero"
  9. "I Want To Know What Love Is"
  10. "Hot Blooded"

Personnel

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Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 58
German Albums Chart 16
Swiss Albums Chart 26
UK Albums Chart 105
US Billboard 200 29
US Billboard Rock Albums 12

References

  1. "Edel AG - Rock, Pop & Dance". Edel.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Christman, Ed. "Foreigner Comeback to be a Wal-Mart Exclusive". billboard.com. July 27, 2009.
  3. Can't Slow Down Now Available Everywhere!
  4. Gundersen, Edna. "Foreigner's Triple Play: New, Old and Live". USA Today. July 16, 2009.
  5. Oitmann, Pierre. "Review: Can't Slow Down". NU.nl. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  6. "Allmusic review".
  7. "BBC review".
  8. "Sleaze Roxx review".
  9. Trust, Gary. "Chart Beat Thursday: Barbra Streisand, Foreigner, Jay Sean". billboard.com. October 8, 2009.