Can't Slow Down

'Can't Slow Down' is a must-have 80s album and is strong throughout / no weak filler songs. The reason for my review is to address the new format release in Blu-ray audio*.This is uncompressed 24bit/96kHz material that excels the experience of listening to the original LP on my dad's turntable. The dynamics and stereo separation on the record and blu ray are fabulous. The blu ray distinguishes itself with added presence and soundstage and above all, clarity. Lionel's voice is lifelike and passionate. You can easily pick out individual bass and drum rhythms. Backing vocals, horns, synthesizers and guitars seem to float in and out surrounding the seductive vocals in a warm embrace. The instrumentations are lush. This music feels ALIVE!!! Its hard not to get up and dance to the beat on the title track. Steve Lukather's guitar solo in 'Running with the Night" is top drawer! (although it could've been brought more to the fore in the mix.)A few of the talents involved with this album include David Foster, Richard Marx and half of TOTO.NOTE: To really appreciate this slickly produced sound you need a good pair of full range speakers, a good quality amp that will decode one or more of the following: PCM / DTS-HD / DOLBY TrueHD (all 3 of these are 24bit/96kHz) and a blu ray player.You can also enjoy this on a computer with good speakers, blu-ray drive and a 24 bit sound card. (ie. Audigy or other high end sound card supporting 96kHz/24 bit sources)Also, the blu-ray includes a passcode to download the album audio tracks albeit in a compressed 320 kbps MP3 digital format from the web. (So you can have inferior to CD quality for itunes or your portable collection)*(hi-res formats like Blu-Ray Audio, SACD, DVD-A, & flac files capture the nuances (high frequencies and rich tones) of recorded music that can be lost when converting from the original analog recording to the digital domain. (for example SACDs create an analogue-like wave pattern which more closely resembles the sound from the original source than say, a 16 bit CD could.)

My favorite Christmas gift.

Anything Lionel Richie does is fabulous! love love love!!

Arrived on time and in good condition

Love Old School Music

This is a fine cd with a good mix of party music and superb love songs. Highly recommended.

Forgot how great this album is...

Do you want to dance? Do you want to groove? Do you want to remember the greatest decade of the 20th century. Buy this album. Feel the groove wash over you, and the smooth and silky vocals of our host, Lionel Richie. The former member of the Commodores was never better - his music almost a salve for a generation lost in the realization that the dream of the 60's was dead, and greed was good. Listening to "All Night Long" at a local fern bar, drinking some fruity drink in a suit leftover from your late 70's fetish with disco, you could feel good about your upwardly mobile situation.Buy this album, and remember a time before facebook and the selfie ruined the young generation forever.