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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| Name = Can't Stop
| name = Can't Stop
| Type = ep
| type = ep
| artist = [[CNBLUE]]
| Cover = CNBLUE_5th_Mini_Album_CantStop.jpg
| cover = Can't_Stop_-_5th_Mini_Album_Art.jpg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[CNBLUE]]
| alt =
| Released = {{start date|2014|02|24|df=y}}<br /><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small>
| released = {{start date|2014|02|24|df=y}}
| Recorded = 2013-2014
| recorded = 2013–2014
| venue =
| Genre = [[Pop-rock]], [[Brit rock]], [[Power pop]], [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = {{duration|m=21|s=56}}
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop-rock]], [[Brit rock]], [[power pop]], [[alternative rock]]
| Language = [[Korean language|Korean]]
| length = {{duration|m=21|s=56}}
| Label = [[FNC Entertainment]] / [[CJ E&M Music and Live]]
| language = [[Korean language|Korean]]
| Producer = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Han Seong-ho, Han Seung-hun, Kim Jae-yang
| label = [[FNC Entertainment]] / [[CJ E&M Music and Live]]
| Last album = ''[[What Turns You On?]]''<br />(2013)
| producer = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Han Seong-ho, Han Seung-hun, Kim Jae-yang
| This album = '''''Can't Stop'''''<br />(2014)
| prev_title = Korea Best Album 'Present'
| Next album = ''[[Truth (CNBLUE album)]]'' (2014)
| Misc =
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [[Wave (CNBLUE album)|Wave]]
{{Singles
| next_year = 2014
| Name = Can't Stop
| Type = ep
| misc = {{Singles
| Single 1 = Can't Stop
| name = Can't Stop
| type = ep
| Single 1 date = {{start date|2014|02|24|df=y}}
| single1 = Can't Stop
| single1date = 24 February 2014
}}
}}
}}
}}


'''''Can't Stop''''' is the fifth Korean [[Extended play|mini-album]] (ninth overall) by the South Korean [[Rock music|rock]] band [[CNBLUE]]. It was released on February 24, 2014 with the track "Can't Stop" as the promotional single. This mini album marks a whole turn on CNBLUE's music. Its lead singer, Jung Yonghwa ditches the guitar and plays piano on most of the songs. The style of this album is, as its leader singer stated on an interview, a bit of brit rock meets melodic pop rock and even latin melodies that can be heard in Diamond Girl<ref name=release>{{cite web|url=http://music.daum.net/musicbar/musicbar/detail?menu_id=5&board_id=4764|title=CNBLUE의 [Can’t Stop] 뉴욕 자켓 촬영기|date=2014-02-24|work=|publisher=[[Daum Communications]]|accessdate=2014-03-01|language=Korean}}.</ref>
'''''Can't Stop''''' is the fifth Korean [[extended play]] (ninth overall) by the South Korean [[Rock music|rock]] band [[CNBLUE]]. It was released on February 24, 2014, with the track "Can't Stop" as the promotional single. This mini album marked a change in CNBLUE's music. Its lead singer, [[Jung Yong-hwa]], ditched the guitar and played piano on most of the songs. The style of this album is, as its lead singer said in an interview, a bit of Brit rock meets melodic pop rock and even Latin melodies that can be heard in "Diamond Girl".<ref name=release>{{cite web|url=http://music.daum.net/musicbar/musicbar/detail?menu_id=5&board_id=4764|title=CNBLUE의 [Can't Stop] 뉴욕 자켓 촬영기|date=2014-02-24|publisher=[[Daum Communications]]|accessdate=2014-03-01|language=Korean|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305224104/http://music.daum.net/musicbar/musicbar/detail?menu_id=5&board_id=4764|archive-date=2014-03-05|url-status=dead}}.</ref>

==Reception==
In December, 2014, [[Billboard K-Town]] included the EP on its list of "The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014" at #9, calling the tracks "Can't Stop" and "Like a Child" "some of the most accessible Korean rock tunes to come out of the scene this year", and "Cold Love" a "gritty ballad" and "Diamond Girl" a feisty rock jam.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jeff Benjamin|first=and Jessica Oak|title=The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/6397820/best-k-pop-albums-2014|date=December 11, 2014|publisher= |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=December 11, 2014}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| collapsed = no
| headline = Track list<ref name=itunes />
| headline = Tracklist<ref name=itunes />
| extra_column = Arrangement
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 22:16
| total_length = 22:16


| all_writing =
| title1 = Can't Stop
| lyrics1 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]<br>Heaven Light
| all_lyrics =
| music1 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light

| writing_credits = no
| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes

| title1 = [[Can't Stop (CNBLUE song)|Can't Stop]]
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| music1 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| extra1 = Heaven Light
| extra1 = Heaven Light
| length1 = 3:57
| length1 = 3:57


| title2 = Diamond Girl
| title2 = Diamond Girl
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Jung Yong-hwa
| writer2 =
| music2 = Jung Yong-hwa
| lyrics2 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra2 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light
| music2 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra2 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| length2 = 3:06
| length2 = 3:06


| title3 = Cold Love
| title3 = Cold Love
| note3 =
| lyrics3 = Jung Yong-hwa
| writer3 =
| music3 = Jung Yong-hwa
| lyrics3 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra3 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light
| music3 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra3 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| length3 = 3:42
| length3 = 3:42


| title4 = Sleepless Night...
| title4 = Sleepless Night...
| note4 =
| lyrics4 = [[Lee Jong-hyun]]<br>Heaven Light
| writer4 =
| music4 = Lee Jong-hyun<br>Heaven Light
| lyrics4 = [[Lee Jong-hyun]], Heaven Light
| extra4 = Lee Jong-hyun<br>Heaven Light
| music4 = [[Lee Jong-hyun]], Heaven Light
| extra4 = [[Lee Jong-hyun]], Heaven Light
| length4 = 3:45
| length4 = 3:45


| title5 = Love Is...
| title5 = Love Is...
| note5 =
| lyrics5 = Jung Yong-hwa
| writer5 =
| music5 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light
| lyrics5 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra5 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light
| music5 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| extra5 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| length5 = 3:57
| length5 = 3:57


| title6 = Like a Child
| title6 = Like A Child
| note6 =
| lyrics6 = Jung Yong-hwa
| writer6 =
| music6 = Jung Yong-hwa
| lyrics6 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra6 = Jung Yong-hwa<br>Heaven Light
| music6 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]]
| extra6 = [[Jung Yong-hwa]], Heaven Light
| length6 = 3:49
| length6 = 3:49
}}
}}


==Album sales==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
===Album sales===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:700px"
|-
|-
! Country !! Chart !! Period !! Peak position !! Sales !! Accumulative sales
! Country !! Chart !! Peak position !! Sales
|-
|-
| Japan || ''Oricon'' Physical sales || || TBD || TBD ||
| Japan || ''Oricon'' Physical sales || ||
|-
|-
| South Korea || ''Gaon'' Album Physical Sales || || #1 || 111,491+ ||
| South Korea || ''Gaon'' Album Physical Sales || 1 || 113,338+
|-
|-
| South Korea || ''Gaon'' Singles Physical Sales || || #3 || ||
| South Korea || ''Gaon'' Singles Physical Sales || 3 ||
|}
|}


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| rowspan=2| February 24, 2014
| rowspan=2| February 24, 2014
| [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|Digital download]]
| [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|Digital download]]
| rowspan=3| [[FNC Entertainment]]<br>[[CJ E&M Music and Live]]
| rowspan=2| [[FNC Entertainment]]<br>[[CJ E&M Music and Live]]
|-
|-
| rowspan=1|Worldwide
| rowspan=1|Worldwide
| Digital download<ref name=itunes>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cant-stop-ep/id826316423|title=iTunes - Music - Can't Stop - EP by CNBLUE|date=2014-02-24|work=|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=2014-03-01|language=}}</ref>
| Digital download<ref name=itunes>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cant-stop-ep/id826316423|title=iTunes Music Can't Stop EP by CNBLUE|date=2014-02-24|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=2014-03-01|language=}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=1| [[South Korea]]
| rowspan=1| November 7, 2016
| rowspan=1| [[Compact Disc|CD]] ([[re-issue]])
| rowspan=1| [[FNC Entertainment]]<br>[[LOEN Entertainment]]
|-
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|id=75KBwVtd_W0|title=CNBLUE Can't Stop M/V}}
* {{YouTube|id=75KBwVtd_W0|title=CNBLUE Can't Stop M/V}}


{{CN Blue}}
{{CNBLUE}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:2014 EPs]]
[[Category:2014 EPs]]
[[Category:CNBLUE EPs]]
[[Category:CNBLUE EPs]]
[[Category:Korean-language EPs]]
[[Category:Korean-language EPs]]
[[Category:FNC Entertainment EPs]]

Latest revision as of 08:21, 7 June 2024

Can't Stop
EP by
Released24 February 2014 (2014-02-24)
Recorded2013–2014
GenrePop-rock, Brit rock, power pop, alternative rock
Length21:56
SpracheKorean
LabelFNC Entertainment / CJ E&M Music and Live
ProducerJung Yong-hwa, Han Seong-ho, Han Seung-hun, Kim Jae-yang
CNBLUE chronology
Korea Best Album 'Present'
(2014)
Can't Stop
(2014)
Wave
(2014)
Singles from Can't Stop
  1. "Can't Stop"
    Released: 24 February 2014

Can't Stop is the fifth Korean extended play (ninth overall) by the South Korean rock band CNBLUE. It was released on February 24, 2014, with the track "Can't Stop" as the promotional single. This mini album marked a change in CNBLUE's music. Its lead singer, Jung Yong-hwa, ditched the guitar and played piano on most of the songs. The style of this album is, as its lead singer said in an interview, a bit of Brit rock meets melodic pop rock and even Latin melodies that can be heard in "Diamond Girl".[1]

Reception

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In December, 2014, Billboard K-Town included the EP on its list of "The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014" at #9, calling the tracks "Can't Stop" and "Like a Child" "some of the most accessible Korean rock tunes to come out of the scene this year", and "Cold Love" a "gritty ballad" and "Diamond Girl" a feisty rock jam.[2]

Track listing

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Track list[3]
No.TitelLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Can't Stop"Jung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
Jung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
Heaven Light3:57
2."Diamond Girl"Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
3:06
3."Cold Love"Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
3:42
4."Sleepless Night..."Lee Jong-hyun
Heaven Light
Lee Jong-hyun
Heaven Light
Lee Jong-hyun
Heaven Light
3:45
5."Love Is..."Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
Jung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
3:57
6."Like A Child"Jung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwaJung Yong-hwa
Heaven Light
3:49
Total length:22:16

Album sales

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Land Chart Peak position Verkauf
Japan Oricon Physical sales
Südkorea Gaon Album Physical Sales 1 113,338+
Südkorea Gaon Singles Physical Sales 3

Release history

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Land Date Format Label
Südkorea February 24, 2014 CD, Digital download FNC Entertainment
CJ E&M Music and Live
Worldwide Digital download[3]
Südkorea November 7, 2016 CD (re-issue) FNC Entertainment
LOEN Entertainment

References

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  1. ^ "CNBLUE의 [Can't Stop] 뉴욕 자켓 촬영기" (in Korean). Daum Communications. 2014-02-24. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-01..
  2. ^ Jeff Benjamin, and Jessica Oak (December 11, 2014). "The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "iTunes – Music – Can't Stop – EP by CNBLUE". iTunes Store. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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