Forever (Damage album)

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."

Forever
Studio album by
Released7 April 1997
Length52:23
LabelBig Life
Producer
  • Linslee Campbell
  • Cutfather & Joe
  • Dodge
  • The Ethnic Boyz
  • Fabian Hamilton
  • Steve Mac
  • Dominic Owen
  • Bryan Powell
  • Terri Robinson
  • Femi "Fem" Williams
Damage chronology
Forever
(1997)
Since You've Been Gone
(2001)
Singles from Forever
  1. "Anything"
    Released: 8 July 1996
  2. "Love II Love"
    Released: 30 September 1996
  3. "Forever"
    Released: 7 December 1996
  4. "Love Guaranteed"
    Released: 1 March 1997
  5. "Wonderful Tonight"
    Released: 28 April 1997
  6. "Love Lady"
    Released: 28 July 1997

Track listing

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Forever track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Reminder"
  • Coreé Richards
  • Noel Simpson
  • Jade Jones
  • Andrez Harriott
  • Rahsaan J Bromfield
Dodge2:38
2."Love II Love"
  • Powell
  • Dominic Owen
  • Aliway[a]
4:27
3."Love Guaranteed"4:34
4."Girlfriend (The Morning After)"
  • Richards
  • Bromfield
  • Dodge McLean
7:19
5."Let It Be Me"
Linslee Campbell4:45
6."Wonderful Tonight (Mission)"Eric ClaptonMac5:14
7."Love Lady"
  • Filo Brown
  • Mervyn Africa
  • Femi "Fem" Williams
Fem5:58
8."Anything (Personal Business)"
  • Terri Robinson
  • Dominic Owen
  • Fabian Hamilton
6:07
9."Be My Baby (M-Pyre)"
  • Robinson
  • Owen
  • Hamilton
  • Robinson
  • Owen
  • Hamilton
  • Giscombe[a]
8:33
10."Forever (Lady of Soul)"
  • Mac
  • Hector
  • Tennant
  • Johnson
Mac7:29
11."Do Me That Way"
  • Hector
  • Tennant
  • Johnson
  • Davies
  • The Ethnic Boyz
  • Aliway[a]
  • Mark Beswick[a]
3:48
12."Storyteller"
5:18
13."In Your Eyes (One Last Time)"
  • Campbell
  • Escoffery
  • Richards
  • Bromfield
12:13
Total length:52:23

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies vocal producer(s)
  • ^[b] signifies additional producer(s)
  • ^[c] signifies original producer(s)

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Forever
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 57
European Albums Chart (Billboard)[3] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC)[4] 95
Taiwan Albums (IFPI)[5] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 13

Certifications

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Certifications for Forever
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Damage – Forever". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Damage – Forever" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Billboard: Hits of the World (April 26, 1997)". Billboard. 26 April 1997. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  5. ^ "IFPI Taiwan - International Top 10 (1997/33)". ifpi.org.tw. Archived from the original on 22 February 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Artists". OfficialCharts.com.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Damage – Forever". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012.