I Can't Stop
by Al Green
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. AllMusic
    80
    A well-made, funky, fun record that proves two things -- the Hi sound lives and Al Green still has it.
  2. Amazon.com
    70
    I Can’t Stop blows away the dust and finds more life and gutbucket flash in a seemingly inexhaustible vein.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    78
    The funk on the reverend's latest may be too smooth for some, but I Can't Stop will make even casual fans want to jump up and kiss somebody.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Though the songs are sometimes little more than vamps, the interplay is faultless.
  6. Mojo
    80
    He is, if anything, singing better than ever. [Dec 2003, p.104]
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  7. PopMatters
    70
    This is a great work of soul music.... So what's the problem? Well, I'm not really sure that it's fair to say it, but I will, and let the cards fall where they may: This record is too happy.
  8. Q Magazine
    80
    Almost classic Green. [Jan 2004, p.114]
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  9. Rolling Stone
    70
    If there's a flaw, it's that the production is too sharp; the warm murkiness of Green's Hi era is much missed.
  10. ShakingThrough.net
    80
    I Can't Stop is impressively consistent: There's not a sub-par song in the bunch.
  11. The Guardian
    80
    But I Can't Stop has more to offer than a rush of nostalgia. The songwriting is largely superb, which keeps the album from sounding like a clever pastiche.
  12. Uncut
    80
    It's not amazing... but it's great. [Jan 2004, p.106]
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  13. Vibe
    80
    Though age has dirtied up Green's once angelic tenor, all it takes is a swaying guitar-organ, cooing harmonies, surging horns, and rapturous lyrics to conjure up his ol' black magic. [Jan 2004, p.122]
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  1. [Anonymous]
    Oct 30, 2005
    10
    Al Green's comeback is a thing of beauty. He still sounds like he did all those years ago.
  2. uknownpersonuknown
    Jan 11, 2004
    9
    Good Album- they should put the song " lets stay together"