Can't Stop Dreaming

Can't Stop Dreaming
2003 North American edition
Studio album by
ReleasedJapanNovember 21, 1996 (1996-11-21)
United StatesJune 10, 2003 (2003-06-10)
RecordedJune 1995
Studios
  • A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, New York)
  • Marion Recording Studios (Fairview, New Jersey)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Genres
Length56:03
Labels
Producers
Daryl Hall chronology
Soul Alone
(1993)
Can't Stop Dreaming
(1996)
Laughing Down Crying
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]

Can't Stop Dreaming is the fourth studio album by American singer Daryl Hall. It was originally released in 1996 by RCA and BMG as a limited collector's edition with 12 tracks in Japan[2] and was subsequently released in the United States on June 10, 2003, by independent label Liquid 8, albeit missing one of its original tracks ("Something About You"), which was featured on the 2002 Hall & Oates album, Do It for Love. Despite this, all versions of the album contain a remake of the popular Hall & Oates song "She's Gone".[3]

Track listings

Original 1996 release
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Can't Stop Dreaming"
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
4:14
2."Let Me Be the One"
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:55
3."Something About You"
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:00
4."Cab Driver"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Louis Brown
  • Hall
  • Buster & Shovani
5:22
5."Never Let Me Go"
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:29
6."Holding Out for Love"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
3:57
7."Justify"
  • Hall
  • Brown
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Buster & Shovani
3:58
8."What's in Your World"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Brown
  • Scott Parker
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
  • Buster & Shovani
5:50
9."Hold On to Me"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Allen
  • Afanasieff
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
4:36
10."She's Gone"Michael Peden5:16
11."All by Myself"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Buster & Shovani
5:00
12."Fools Rush In"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Bellochio
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:23
Total length:56:03
2003 release
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cab Driver"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Brown
  • Hall
  • Buster & Shovani
5:23
2."Let Me Be the One"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Regin
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:56
3."Can't Stop Dreaming"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Afanasieff
  • Shea
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
4:13
4."Never Let Me Go"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Baker
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:30
5."Holding Out for Love"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
3:58
6."Justify"
  • Hall
  • Brown
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Buster & Shovani
3:58
7."What's in Your World"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Brown
  • Parker
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
  • Buster & Shovani
5:51
8."Hold On to Me"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Allen
  • Afanasieff
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Afanasieff
4:36
9."She's Gone"
  • Hall
  • Oates
Peden5:17
10."All by Myself"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
  • Buster & Shovani
5:02
11."Fools Rush In"
  • Hall
  • Gorrie
  • Bellochio
  • Hall
  • Bellochio
4:23
Total length:52:06

Singles

The album's lead single, "Cab Driver", did not chart on the Hot 100 in the US, but it did reach No. 21 on the Adult Contemporary chart in September 2003, staying there for four consecutive weeks and remaining on the chart for 13 weeks.[4]

The next single, "What's in Your World", went to number 27 on the Adult Contemporary chart for one week on July 3, 2004, and remained on the chart for eight weeks.[4]

Production

  • Peter Moshay – engineer, mixing
  • Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer (1, 8, 9)
  • Frank Fagnano – engineer (1, 7–9, 11)
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
  • Phillips Design – package design
  • David A. Stewart – photography
  • All Access Entertainment Management Group, Inc. – management

Personnel

  • Daryl Hall – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards
  • David Bellochio – keyboards (1–3, 5–12), drums (1, 5, 6)
  • Dan Shea – acoustic piano (1)
  • Louis "Buster" Brown – keyboards (4, 7, 8)
  • Scott "Shovani" Parker – keyboards (4, 7, 8)
  • Paul Livant – guitars (1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11)
  • Craig Ross – guitars (2, 12)
  • Alan Gorrie – guitars (4)
  • Melvin "Wah Wah" Regin – guitars (4, 11)
  • Bob Mayo – acoustic guitar (6)
  • Ray Fuller – guitars (7)
  • Dann Huff – guitars (8, 9)
  • Jack Daley – electric bass (1–3, 6–12)
  • Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – electric bass (10)
  • Steven Wolf – drums (2, 3, 12)
  • Jerry Krenach – drums (9, 11)
  • Rupert Brown – drum programming (10)
  • Peter Moshay – percussion (2, 3, 5–7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Andy Snitzer – saxophone (2)
  • Roger Ball – saxophone (4)
  • Sandy B – backing vocals (2)
  • Klyde Jones – backing vocals (2, 8, 9)
  • Lajuan Carter – backing vocals (8, 9)
  • Alexis England – backing vocals (8, 9)

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5] 28

References

  1. ↑ Can't Stop Dreaming at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Can't Stop Dreaming: Daryl Hall: Music". Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jurek, Thom (December 28, 1997). "Can't Stop Dreaming - Daryl Hall : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Daryl Hall - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Daryl Hall - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.