I Can't Stand Still: Difference between revisions

| recorded = January-MayJanuary–May 1982

| single3date = December 1982

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike DeGagne |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-cant-stand-still-mw0000190305 |title=I Can't Stand Still – Don Henley &#124;{{pipe}} Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-05-10}}</ref>

'''''I Can't Stand Still''''' is the debut solo [[Album#Studio|studio album]] by American musician [[Don Henley]], drummer and co-lead vocalist for the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]. It was released in August 1982 by [[Asylum Records]]. Henley, [[Danny Kortchmar]] and [[Greg Ladanyi]] produced the album. ''I Can't Stand Still'' achieved gold status, and peaked at No. 24 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and at the same position on the [[UK Albums Chart]]. Three singles were released from the album, including the hit "[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]", which peaked at No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and became Henley's best-selling single. The title track "I Can't Stand Still" reached No. 48 and the controversial track "[[Johnny Can't Read]]" reached No. 42 on the charts.

The album showcased some of Henley's frustrations at the time. "Dirty Laundry" displays his disgust with the media and tabloid news coverage, and "Johnny Can't Read," shows his displeasure with the American educational system.<ref name=allmusic/>

[[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]], music critic for ''[[The New York Times]],'' was surprised by ''I Can't Stand Still'' and wrote that it "rings with the righteous indignation of a man who has taken a good look at what's going on around him and decided at least to speak his mind about it...The record doesn't offer any solutions, but how many pop records do? ''I Can't Stand Still'' scores points for its palpable anger; for its lean, stripped-down arrangements; for the lack of self-indulgence in the playing, the production and Mr. Henley's soaring vocals, and for its overall point of view, which links the disparate songs together and gives the album an admirable coherence. As far as this listener is concerned, it's better than anything Mr. Henley did with the Eagles."<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert Palmer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/04/arts/the-pop-life-060195.html |title=The Pop Life |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>

Reviewing retrospectively for [[AllMusic]], critic Mike DeGagne has written of the album, "Henley's first solo album may still have had the ghost of the Eagles lingering in the corners, but for the most part it showcases his stalwart partnership with producer and songwriter [[Danny Kortchmar]]," and then added "Henley's adept combination of lyrical wit and thought-provoking staidness begins to materialize on ''I Can't Stand Still'', paving the way for an extremely accomplished solo career."<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|author=Mike DeGagne |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-cant-stand-still-mw0000190305 |title=I Can't Stand Still – Don Henley &#124;{{pipe}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>

''[[Cash Box]]'' said of the title track that "using the same organ that made “"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Laundry]]”" so unique, Henley weaves the chords through a ballad about a guy’sguy's bitterness over his lost love’slove's new find."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-01-08.pdf|date=January 8, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-07|page=8}}</ref> ''Cash Box'' also said that it's "a slow, dramatic, organ-dominated tune that’sthat's almost, but not quite, [[reggae]]" and that Henley's vocal tingles with a jealous edge as he sings of his lover’slover's 'undercover' relationship."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-10-23.pdf|date=October 23, 1982|accessdate=2022-07-07|page=8}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it "[[reggae]] California style, using heavy bass and syncopated organ for the rhythm track."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Top Single Picks|date=January 15, 1983|accessdate=2023-02-08|page=51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] critic Mike DeGagne called it "a trouble-in-paradise love song, [that] has Henley pouring his heart out with sugary angst, but is helped along with some avid keyboard work."<ref name=allmusic/>

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* [[Don Henley]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[Vocal harmony|harmony vocals]] (1), [[Drum kit|drums]] (1, 2, 8, 10), [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]] (3, 6), arrangements (11)

* [[Danny Kortchmar]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (1), [[guitar]]sguitars (1), [[electric guitar]] (2, 4, 5, 8, 10), [[baritone guitar]] (3, 7, 11), [[rhythm guitar]] (6), backing vocals (6), arrangements (11)

* [[Benmont Tench]] – keyboards (3, 4, 53–5, 11), acoustic [[piano]] (5, 10)

* [[Garth Hudson]] – [[synthesizer]]ssynthesizers (5)

* [[Steve Lukather]] – electric guitar (2), [[acoustic guitar]] (5), 2nd guitar solo (6)

* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – electric guitar (4, 11), [[slide guitar]] (10)

* [[Bob Glaub]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]] (1, 2, 7, 11)

* Steve Forman – [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] (3)

* [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]] – [[harp]] (9)

* [[J. D.JD Souther]] – harmony vocals (2), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 10)

* Don Henley – producer[[Record producer|producer]]

* Greg Ladanyi – producer, [[Audio engineer|recording]], [[Mixing engineer|mixing]]

* [[Niko Bolas]] – additional engineer, assistant engineer

* Jim Nipar – additional engineer

* Jamie Ledner – assistant engineer

* Wayne Tanouye – assistant engineer

* [[Doug Sax]] – mastering[[Mastering engineer|mastering]]

* Mike Reese – mastering

* The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA) – mastering location

* Paul Gurian – [[Art director|art direction ]]

* Ron Coro – graphic coordinator

* Kristen Kasell Nikosey – graphic coordinator

* [[Jo Ann Callis]] – [[photography ]]

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! scope="col"| Chart (1982-1983)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{citeCite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-linktitle=David [[Kent (historian)Music Report|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated]] |publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |location=St Ives, New South Wales|page=137|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}</ref>

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