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Forever (Damage album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Forever

| type = Studio

| artist = Damage

| cover = Damage-forever-front.jpg

| released = 7 April 1997

| recorded =

| genre =

| length = 52:23

| label = Big Life

| producer =

  • Linslee Campbell
  • Cutfather & Joe
  • Dodge
  • The Ethnic Boyz
  • Fabian Hamilton
  • Steve Mac
  • Dominic Owen
  • Bryan Powell
  • Terri Robinson
  • Femi "Fem" Williams

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Since You've Been Gone

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Forever

| type = Studio

| single1 = Anything

| single1date = 8 July 1996

| single2 = Love II Love

| single2date = 30 September 1996

| single3 = Forever

| single3date = 7 December 1996

| single4 = Love Guaranteed

| single4date = 1 March 1997

| single5 = Wonderful Tonight

| single5date = 28 April 1997

| single6 = Love Lady

| single6date = 28 July 1997

}}

}}

Forever is the debut studio album by British boyband Damage. It was released on 7 April 1997 through Big Life Records. Produced by Cutfather & Joe, Dodge, Steve Mac, and others, it reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 1 May 1997. The highest-charting single from the album was a cover of the Eric Clapton cover "Wonderful Tonight", which peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. Other hits to feature on the album include the album's title track "Forever", "Love Guaranteed" and one of the band's signature songs, "Love II Love."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Forever track listing

| total_length = 52:23

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Reminder

| writer1 = {{hlist|Coreé Richards|Noel Simpson|Jade Jones|Andrez Harriott|Rahsaan J Bromfield}}

| extra1 = Dodge

| length1 = 2:38

| title2 = Love II Love

| writer2 = {{hlist|Wayne Hector|Ali Tennant|Bryan Powell}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Powell|Dominic Owen|Aliway{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 4:27

| title3 = Love Guaranteed

| writer3 = {{hlist|Powell|Jimmy Harris III|Terry Lewis}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Cutfather & Joe||Aliway{{ref|a|[a]}}|Powell{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length3 = 4:34

| title4 = Girlfriend (The Morning After)

| writer4 = {{hlist|Richards|Bromfield|Dodge McLean}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Dodge|Don-E{{ref|c|[c]}}}}

| length4 = 7:19

| title5 = Let It Be Me

| writer5 = {{hlist|Steve Mac|Richards|Jones|Aliway}}

| extra5 = Linslee Campbell

| length5 = 4:45

| title6 = Wonderful Tonight (Mission)

| writer6 = Eric Clapton

| extra6 = Mac

| length6 = 5:14

| title7 = Love Lady

| writer7 = {{hlist|Filo Brown|Mervyn Africa|Femi "Fem" Williams}}

| extra7 = Fem

| length7 = 5:58

| title8 = Anything (Personal Business)

| writer8 = {{hlist|Terri Robinson|Dominic Owen|Fabian Hamilton}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Robinson|Owen|Hamilton|Junior Giscombe{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 6:07

| title9 = Be My Baby (M-Pyre)

| writer9 = {{hlist|Robinson|Owen|Hamilton}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Robinson|Owen|Hamilton|Giscombe{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 8:33

| title10 = Forever (Lady of Soul)

| writer10 = {{hlist|Mac|Hector|Tennant|Johnson}}

| extra10 = Mac

| length10 = 7:29

| title11 = Do Me That Way

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hector|Tennant|Johnson|Davies}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|The Ethnic Boyz|Aliway{{ref|a|[a]}}|Mark Beswick{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 3:48

| title12 = Storyteller

| writer12 = {{hlist|Linslee Campbell|Michelle Escoffery|Simpson|Harriott}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Campbell|Shelle{{ref|a|[a]}}|Damage{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 5:18

| title13 = In Your Eyes (One Last Time)

| writer13 = {{hlist|Campbell|Escoffery|Richards|Bromfield}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Campbell|Shelle{{ref|a|[a]}}|Damage{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length13 = 12:13

}}

Notes

  • {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies vocal producer(s)
  • {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies additional producer(s)
  • {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies original producer(s)

Charts

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Forever

! scope="col"| Chart (1997)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|67|artist=Damage|album=Forever |rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2024}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|57|artist=Damage|album=Forever |rowheader=true|access-date=31 October 2024}}
scope="row"|European Albums Chart{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DA8EAAAAMBAJ|title=Billboard: Hits of the World (April 26, 1997)|date=1997-04-26|magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2013-05-28}}

| style="text-align:center;"|46

scope="row"|Scottish Albums (OCC){{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970413/40/|title = Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website = OfficialCharts.com}}

|align="center"|95

scope="row"|Singapore Albums (SPVA){{cite web|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970322-1.2.139.7.10|title=Top 10 Albums of the Week|work=The Straits Times|date=March 22, 1997|page=14|via=National Library Board of Singapore and SPH Media|access-date=August 24, 2024}}

|align="center"|10

scope="row"|Taiwan Albums (IFPI){{cite web |url=http://ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/intl33.htm |title=IFPI Taiwan - International Top 10 (1997/33) |website=ifpi.org.tw |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990222101943/http://ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/intl33.htm |archive-date=22 February 1999 |url-status=dead}}

|style="text-align:center;"|3

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/damage/|title = Artists|website = OfficialCharts.com}}

|style="text-align:center;"|13

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Forever}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Damage|title=Forever|award=Silver|accessdate=25 July 2012|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|id=2350-966-2}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

References

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{{Damage}}

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Category:1997 debut albums

Category:Damage (British band) albums