Can't Slow Down (2 CD/1 DVD)

Foreigner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Rhino Records
• ASIN: B002QUG6X2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,086 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Can't Slow Down is a three disc set featuring a CD of new material, a CD of remixed favorites, and a DVD of live concert footage and making of the album footage. It includes a disc of the band's best-known songs remixed by Frederiksen and Anthony Focx, giving new energy to classic songs like "Urgent," "Cold As Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Juke Box Hero" and "Feels Like The First Time." The DVD captures the band performing many of its hits live and in 5.1 surround sound, plus a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Can't Slow Down.

Track listing:

Disc 1

1. Can't Slow Down

2. In Pieces

3. When It Comes To Love

4. Living In A Dream

5. I Can't Give Up

6. Ready

7. Give Me A Sign

8. I'll Be Home Tonight

9. Too Late

10. Lonely

11. As Long As I Live

12. Angel Tonight

13. Fool For You Anyway

Disc 2 - Remixes CD

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

DVD

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

Customer Reviews

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Top Quality Production Work, October 7, 2009

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D. Grooms (Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't Slow Down (Audio CD)

First of all, this album was just released last week exclusively at Walmart and sells for $12.00 there, so unless you don't have access to a Walmart, don't get gouged on the price here at Amazon. Now, as for the album, to start with, it's a CD of new material, plus a CD of remastered Foreigner hits, and finally, a DVD of Foreigner live in concert, with backstage interviews included. Three discs for $12.00 is pretty freakin' hard to beat. Say what you will about Walmart, but when these bands (like Foreigner, Kiss, Journey, the Eagles, etc.) sign these exclusive deals with Walmart, the customers REALLY benefit from it in terms of "bang for your buck".

So anyway, CD 1 is the disc of all new material. For me, it's kind of hit & miss. There are 13 tracks on the disc, and I was surprised that 5 of them are ballads. I'm not really a ballad fan, but I did like "I"ll Be Home Tonight". As to the more uptempo stuff, the musicianship is top notch all the way, and unlike a lot of CDs coming out these days, this one doesn't have the volume cranked up to 11. I think that is SOOOOOO annoying, and takes away from the music terribly (of course, I think some bands NEED to have emphasis taken off the music, and that might be why they crank it up). But the sound is clean, level, and very well done. I've only listened to the CD one time through, but I think the first 2 tracks, "Can't Slow Down" and "In Pieces" stand out the most to me so far. There's nothing revolutionary in this new material, it's just the classic Foreigner sound, and it still sounds great, I just don't think the songs themselves really stand out.

Disc 2 is 10 of Foreigner's biggest hits, including "Feels Like the First Time", "Hot Blooded", "Double Vision", "Dirty White Boy", "Head Games" & "Urgent". I was thinking these would be rerecorded versions of the originals, with Kelly Hansen on lead vocal, but they're actually Lou Gramm's original vocals. At first, this may not seem like much of an offering, but this remastering and remixing REALLY sounds great. I think it sounds better than any other remastering I've ever heard on any other album. It actually kind of caught me off guard to hear how sharp and well-defined everything sounded. It sounds so good, it really almost reinvents the song. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it myself. I was blown away with how good this sounded, compliments of Marti Frederiksen.

Disc 3 is a 10 song DVD of Foreigner live in concert around Europe. Once again, the production is top-notch, and I know it's a cliche, but seriously, the band sounds better than I've ever heard them. Hansen, Tom Gimbel, Jeff Pilson, Michael Bluestein, Brian Tichy, and the always underappreciated legend Mick Jones not only sound great live, but in their backstage interviews, they're all very laid back, with no "rock & roll posing" going on. They all come off as regular guys, very candid, mature, and aware of who they are and what Foreigner is meant to be. And they're all fine with it. There's something to be said for people who are comfortable in their own skin, and these guys appear that way. The highlight of the concert DVD is the song "Say You Will". This is not a song most people think of when they think of Foreigner, but it has always been one of my favorites, and I never really thought it could be improved upon. I was wrong. For me, that performance alone makes this set worth buying. These guys don't just rock, they can strip down and harmonize, and this version of "Say You Will" proves it.

So I gave the album 4 stars, but it should probably be 4-and-a-half. The DVD and the remastered/remixed hits CD makes up for the "iffy" CD of new material. A few more listens might swing me into a 5 star rating, but if not, this set is STILL worth owning, without a second thought. Great package, great price (at Walmart), great band.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FOREIGNER'S BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!THE 70s ARE BACK..., October 13, 2009

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Eddie Ganz "Eddie Ganz" (New Jersey,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't Slow Down (Audio CD)

This Is what I've been waiting for...Hey Program directors lets give this some..airplay today.This is real Pop rock nicely worked out tunes...Killer recordings...I love All The Tunes on This Cd.There isn't one bad song.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars better then you might think, October 5, 2009

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David B. Johns "daveyboy" (forest city,nc usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Can't Slow Down (Audio CD)

ok only one original member left,but don't let that stop you from picking up this cd . kelly henson great vocalist.this is a great pop-rock cd. They stayed true to the foreigner sound, with a little update....