Forever (Orleans album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Forever
| type = studio
| artist = Orleans
| cover = Orleans_Forever.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1, 1979
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{ubl|Record Plant|Bearsville Studios}}
| genre = Soft rock
| length = 39:39
| label = Infinity
| producer = Roy Cicala, Orleans
| prev_title = Waking and Dreaming
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Orleans
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Forever
| type = studio
| single1 = Love Takes Time
| single1date = 1979
| single2 = Don't Throw Our Love Away
| single2date = 1979
| single3 = Forever
| single3date = 1979
}}
}}
Forever is the fifth album by Orleans, released in 1979 on Infinity Records. It is the first album without John Hall.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-mw0000840048|title=Orleans - Forever|website=AllMusic|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kY0JAQAAMAAJ|title=High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 7-12|pages=83|date=1979|publisher=ABC Leisure Magazines|accessdate=February 8, 2020|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Music Week
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|4}}{{cite magazine|date=May 12, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Orleans — "Forever"|magazine=Music Week|page=34|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-05-12.pdf#page=44|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825165351/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-05-12.pdf#page=44|archive-date=August 25, 2024|access-date=March 27, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}
}}
Record World called the title track a "pretty love song" that "opens with a soft acoustic guitar and touching vocal that build in drama and intensity via a soaring
electric lead bridge."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=September 22, 1979|accessdate=2023-02-11|title=Single Picks|page=28|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-09-22.pdf}} Cash Box said of the single "Don't Throw Our Love Away" that it is a smart, rock-tinged pop song, with some neat lead and slide guitar work."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=July 7, 1979|page=18|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-07-07.pdf}} The Hartford Courant deemed the album "lively without being lightweight."{{cite news |last1=McNulty |first1=Henry |title=Without Leading Lights |work=Hartford Courant |date=8 Apr 1979 |page=7G}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Love Takes Time
| writer1 = Larry Hoppen, Marilyn Mason
| extra1 = Larry Hoppen
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = Don't Throw Our Love Away
| writer2 = Larry Hoppen, Bob Leinbach, Mason
| extra2 = Larry Hoppen
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Keep On Rollin'
| writer3 = Leinbach
| extra3 = Leinbach
| length3 = 5:28
| title4 = I Never Wanted To Love You
| writer4 = Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason
| extra4 = Leinbach
| length4 = 4:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title5 = Everybody Needs Some Music
| writer5 = Kal David, Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason
| extra5 = Leinbach
| length5 = 4:45
| title6 = Slippin' Away
| writer6 = David, Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason
| extra6 = Leinbach
| length6 = 5:00
| title7 = The Flame And The Moth
| writer7 = R.A. Martin
| extra7 = Martin
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = Isn't It Easy
| writer8 = Sherman Kelly, Wells Kelly
| extra8 = Leinbach
| length8 = 4:17
| title9 = Forever
| writer9 = Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason
| extra9 = Larry Hoppen
| length9 = 2:48
}}
Personnel
;Orleans
- Larry Hoppen - guitar, lead and backing vocals, trumpet
- Lance Hoppen - bass, backing vocals
- Bob Leinbach - keyboards, lead and backing vocals, trombone
- Wells Kelly - drums, backing vocals, percussion
- Robert Martin - keyboards, lead and backing vocals, saxophone, conductor
;Additional musicians
- The Leanhorns - horns (3, 5)
- Maurice Bialkin - cello (4)
- David Sackson - viola (4)
- Joe Malin - violin (4)
- Peter Buonconsiglio - violin (4)
;Production
- Producer: Roy Cicala, Orleans
- Engineers: Roy Cicala, Sam Ginsberg
- Photography: Elliott Landy, Alen MacWeeney
Charts
;Album
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1979) !Position |
| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/orleans/chart-history/tlp/|title=Forever|website=Billboard|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}
|align="center"|76 |
;Singles
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Single !Chart !Position |
| rowspan="6"|1979
|rowspan="4"|"Love Takes Time" |US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/orleans/chart-history/hsi/|title=Love Takes Time (Hot 100)|website=Billboard|accessdate=February 8, 2020}} |align="center"|11 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/orleans/chart-history/asi/|title=Love Takes Time (Adult Contemporary)|website=Billboard|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}
|align="center"|13 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles
|align="center"|23 |
| Australia Kent Music Report
|align="center"|90 |
| "Don't Throw Our Love Away"
|US Billboard Hot 100 |align="center"|92 |
| "Forever"
|US Billboard Adult Contemporary{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/orleans/chart-history/asi/|title=Forever (Adult Contemporary)|website=Billboard|accessdate=February 8, 2020}} |align="center"|24 |
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