Can't Stop Dreaming

Can't Stop Dreaming is a solo album by Daryl Hall, released in 1996. It was originally released in Japan as a Limited Collector's Edition with 12 tracks^[2] and was subsequently released in the United States on June 10, 2003, albeit missing one of its original tracks ("Something About You"), which was featured on the 2002 Hall & Oates album, Do It for Love. All versions of the album contain a remake of the popular Hall & Oates song "She's Gone".^[3]

Can't Stop Dreaming
Studio album by Daryl Hall
Released	November 21, 1996 (1996-11-21)
Recorded	June 1995
Studio	A-Pawling Studios (Pawling, New York) Marion Recording Studios (Fairview, New Jersey) Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Rock, pop, jazz
Length	56:18
Label	BMG
Producer	Walter Afanasieff David Bellochio Buster & Shovani Daryl Hall Michael Peden
Daryl Hall chronology
Soul Alone (1993) Can't Stop Dreaming (1996) Laughing Down Crying (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listings

Original 1996 release

1. "Can't Stop Dreaming" (Walter Afanasieff, Hall, Alan Gorrie, Dan Shea) - 4:14
2. "Let Me Be the One" (Gorrie, Hall, Melvin "Wah Wah" Regin) - 4:55
3. "Something About You" (Hall, Sara Allen, David Bellochio) - 4:00
4. "Cab Driver" (Louis Brown, Hall, Gorrie) - 5:22
5. "Never Let Me Go" (Arthur Baker, Gorrie, Hall) - 4:29
6. "Holding Out for Love" (Gorrie, Hall) - 3:57
7. "Justify" (Brown, Hall) - 3:57
8. "What's in Your World" (David Brown, Gorrie, Hall, Scott Parker) - 5:50
9. "Hold On to Me" (Afanasieff, S. Allen, Gorrie, Hall) - 4:36
10. "She's Gone" - (Hall, John Oates) 5:16
11. "All by Myself"- (Gorrie, Hall) 5:00
12. "Fools Rush In" - (Bellochio, Gorrie, Hall) 4:23

2003 version

1. "Cab Driver"
2. "Let Me Be the One"
3. "Can't Stop Dreaming"
4. "Never Let Me Go"
5. "Holding Out for Love"
6. "Justify"
7. "What's in Your World"
8. "Hold On to Me"
9. "She's Gone"
10. "All by Myself"
11. "Fools Rush In"

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

• Daryl Hall – producer (1-9, 11, 12)
• David Bellochio – producer (1-3, 5-9, 11, 12)
• Walter Afanasieff – producer (1, 8, 9)
• Buster & Shovani – producers (4, 8, 11)
• Michael Peden – producer (10)
• 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)
• Wah-Wah Watson – 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