Can't Get Enough (Barry White album) explained

Can't Get Enough
Type:	studio
Artist:	Barry White
Cover:	Barry White Cant Get Enough.jpg
Released:	August 6, 1974
Studio:	Sound City (Van Nuys)
Genre:	Philadelphia soul^[1]
Length:	31:23
Label:	20th Century
Producer:	Barry White
Prev Title:	Stone Gon'
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Just Another Way to Say I Love You
Next Year:	1975

Can't Get Enough is the third studio album by American R&B/disco singer Barry White, released on August 6, 1974 by the 20th Century label.

Release

The album topped the R&B albums chart, his third album to do so. It also topped the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album included two Billboard R&B number-one singles, "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and "You're the First, the Last, My Everything". Both were also successful on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at numbers 1 and 2 respectively. Both singles were also hits on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at numbers 8 and 1 respectively. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on March 19, 1996 by Island/Mercury Records.

Critical reception

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau mockingly wrote: "Inspirational Clichés: 'doin' our own thing,' 'different strokes for different folks,' 'rather fight than switch.' Inspirational Emphases: 'very important,' 'very very very very true,' 'truly truly.' Inspirational Epithet: 'hope-to-die woman.' Inspirational Drum Sound: thwop.'"

In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 281 the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,^[2] and at 283 in a 2012 revised list.^[3]

Personnel

• Barry White – lead vocals, arranger, artwork concept
• Gene Page – arranger

Technical

• Paul Elmore, Frank Kejmar – engineer
• Al Harper – cover painting

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974-75)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[4]	28
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[5]	2
Italian Albums (HitParadeItalia)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	10
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	42

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US ^[9]	US R&B ^[10]	US Dan ^[11]	UK ^[12]
1974	"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"	1	1	-	8
	"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"	2	1	2	1

See also

• List of number-one albums of 1974 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

External links

• Can't Get Enough at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dolan. Joe. Martoccio. Angie. Rob. Sheffield. The 74 Best Albums of 1974. . November 20, 2024. [White's Philadelphia soul] was a visionary sound that had a huge influence on the disco era, and he was at his best here, from upbeat hits like “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” and “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe”.... November 30, 2024.
2. The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone. 2012-05-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120524195839/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/cant-get-enough-barry-white-19691231. 2012-05-24. dead.
3. 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 2012. Rolling Stone. September 10, 2019.
4. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. doc. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W . 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
5. CAN Charts > Barry White. RPM. 2012-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020041328/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ocv31cubjsh5l1e3bukj3tl923&q1=Barry+White&q2=&interval=20#. 2014-10-20. dead.
6. Web site: HitParadeItalia - Top Album N.13 del 29 Marzo 1975. it. HitParadeItalia.
7. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. 1975. GfK Entertainment Charts. de. 2 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129003943/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1975. 29 November 2021.
8. December 27, 1975. Top Selling Albums For 1975. live. PDF. Music Week. 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf. 9 March 2021. worldradiohistory.com. November 30, 2021.
9. Web site: Barry White - Chart history (The Hot 100) Billboard. www.billboard.com. en. 2017-07-18. 2017-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730094748/http://www.billboard.com/artist/280728/barry-white/chart. dead.
10. Web site: Barry White - Chart history (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) Billboard. www.billboard.com. en. 2017-07-18. 2017-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621211309/http://www.billboard.com/artist/280728/barry-white/chart?f=367. dead.
11. Web site: Barry White - Chart history (Dance Club Songs) Billboard. www.billboard.com. en. 2017-07-18. 2019-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201174837/https://www.billboard.com/artist/280728/barry-white/chart?f=359. dead.
12. Web site: Barry White full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. en. 2017-07-18.