Forever (Lilly Hiatt album)

The album, produced by Hiatt's husband, Coley Hinson,{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Maeri |date=January 28, 2025 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: For Lilly Hiatt, "Forever" Means Letting Go of Expectations |url=https://nodepression.com/album-reviews/album-review-lilly-hiatt-forever/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=No Depression |language=en-US}} introduced a stylistic shift in Hiatt's music from Americana in her 2020 project, Walking Proof, towards alternative rock,{{Cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Lilly Hiatt: Forever |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lilly-hiatt-forever/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} and centers on the themes of personal identity and solitude.{{Cite web |last=Winograd |first=Jeremy |date=January 27, 2025 |title=Lilly Hiatt 'Forever' Review: An Unrelentingly Focused Rock Album |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lilly-hiatt-forever-album-review/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Slant |language=en-US}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = Pitchfork

| rev2score = 7.5/10

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}}

| rev4 = Slant

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}

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AllMusic stated about the album, "Was anyone asking Lilly Hiatt to make a 1990s alternative album? No, and that's part of why Forever works so well – here, she's just doing what feels right in the moment, and it sounds every bit as right to the listener." Pitchfork rated it 7.5 out of ten, and described it as "an album that wears its intimacy as a point of pride yet doesn't sound like we expect intimacy to sound."

No Depression remarked "Forever is proof that great art doesn't exclusively come out of periods of misery and heartbreak, but neither out of that quiet moment when all the cheering from the sidelines fades away and all that's left are the familiar routines and surroundings." Slant Magazine assigned Forever a rating of four stars, stating it "adds to her repertoire is its unrelenting barrage of brawling guitars, punkish attitude, and hopped-up melodicism," and calling it "by far Hiatt's most exhilarating album."

Guitar Player wrote "Hiatt and Coley coated the songs in a confection of melody and buzzy guitar riffs, with Hiatt's vocals hovering above the fray, encased in watery reverb."{{Cite web |last=Beaugez |first=Jim |date=March 4, 2025 |title=How Lilly Hiatt found domestic bliss and conquered her inner critic on new album Forever |url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/playing-power-chords-but-with-the-e-tuned-to-low-d-its-cool-but-theres-a-little-bit-of-sadness-in-there-in-a-driving-way-lilly-hiatt-found-domestic-bliss-and-conquered-her-inner-critic-shes-enjoying-the-ride-again-on-forever |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Guitar Player |language=en}} PopMatters rated the album eight out of ten and noted "Forever celebrates the experiences couples have, the memories they create, and the struggles they overcome together."{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Michael |date=January 29, 2025 |title=Lilly Hiatt Puts Love in Motion on Forever |url=https://www.popmatters.com/lilly-hiatt-forever-review |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Forever track listing

| all_writing = Lilly Hiatt.

| title1 = Hidden Day

| length1 = 2:43

| writer1 = Scot Sax

| title2 = Shouldn't Be

| length2 = 3:12

| title3 = Ghost Ship

| length3 = 3:58

| title4 = Somewhere

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Evelyn's House

| length5 = 2:55

| title6 = Forever

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Man

| length7 = 3:14

| title8 = Kwik-E-Mart

| length8 = 3:35

| title9 = Thoughts

| length9 = 3:18

| total_length = 29:24

}}

Credits for Forever adapted from Bandcamp.

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• Lilly Hiatt – vocals, guitar
• Coley Hinson – producer, engineer, guitar, drums, bass, mandolin, keyboard, vocals
• Steven Hinson – pedal steel (tracks 5, 7)
• John Hiatt – vocals (track 9)
• Bear Mitchell – bass (track 1)
• Scot Sax – guitar, drums (track 1)
• Rachel Mitchell – vocals (track 1)
• Coley Hinson – engineer
• Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
• Jonathan DeBaun – mixing (track 1)
• John Golden – mastering
• Chip Douglas – art direction
• Fetzer Design – design
• Kristy Benjamin – photography

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://lillyhiatt.bandcamp.com/album/forever Forever] on Bandcamp

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