Forever and Ever (Howard Hewett album)

Forever and Ever
Studio album by Howard Hewett
Released	1988
Studio	Various Avatar Recording Studio (Malibu, California) Elumba Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Ground Control Recording Studio (Santa Monica, California) Ignited Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Le Gonks Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Lighthouse Recording Studio (North Hollywood, California) Lion Share (Los Angeles, California) Love Town Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Music Grinder Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Rhet's Place (Los Angeles, California) Skip Saylor's Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Sound Castle Recording Studio (Silverlake, California) Space Station Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Studio Masters (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B soul
Length	32:52
Label	Elektra
Producer	Howard Hewett Monty Seward Aaron Zigman George Duke Jerry Knight Tom Keane Vincent Brantley
Howard Hewett chronology
I Commit to Love (1986) Forever and Ever (1988) Howard Hewett (1990)
Singles from Forever and Ever
"Strange Relationship" Released: 1988 "Once, Twice, Three Times" Released: 1988 "Forever And Ever" Released: 1988

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AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Forever and Ever is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Howard Hewett. It was released in 1988 via Elektra Records. Recording sessions for this ten-track album took place at fourteen various recording studios in California. Production was primarily handled by Hewett, along with Monty Seward, Vincent Brantley, George Duke, Tom Keane, Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman.

The album peaked at number 110 on the Billboard 200 album chart and at number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album went Gold and it was supported by three hit singles: "Strange Relationship", "Once, Twice, Three Times" and "Forever and Ever". "Strange Relationship" and "Once, Twice, Three Times" made it to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching No. 9 and No. 15 respectively.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Strange Relationship"	Howard Hewett	Monty Seward	Monty Seward Howard Hewett	4:17
2.	"Natural Love"	Howard Hewett	Vincent Brantley	Vincent Brantley Howard Hewett	4:55
3.	"Once, Twice, Three Times"	Howard Hewett	Kenny Aubrey	Howard Hewett	4:16
4.	"You'll Find Another Man"	Howard Hewett	Monty Seward	Monty Seward Howard Hewett	4:13
5.	"Forever and Ever"	Howard Hewett	Monty Seward	Monty Seward Howard Hewett	5:42
6.	"Shakin' My Emotion"	Monty Seward	Monty Seward	Monty Seward Howard Hewett	4:23
7.	"Share a Love"	Michael Himelstein Tom Keane	Michael Himelstein Tom Keane	Tom Keane Howard Hewett	5:06
8.	"This Time"	Howard Hewett	George Duke	George Duke Howard Hewett (co.)	5:01
9.	"Challenge"	Howard Hewett	Aaron Zigman Jerry Knight	Aaron Zigman Jerry Knight Howard Hewett (co.)	4:59
10.	"Goodbye Good Friend"	Howard Hewett	Monty Seward	Monty Seward Howard Hewett	4:13
Total length:					32:52

Personnel

• Howard Hewett, Jr. – vocals, backing vocals (tracks: 1–3, 5–8, 10), lyrics (tracks: 1–5, 8–10), producer (tracks: 1–7, 10), co-producer (tracks: 7, 8)
• Lynn Blythe Davis – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 5, 8)
• Josie James – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
• Karyn Layvonne White – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 7)
• Kimaya Seward – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 6)
• Alex Brown – backing vocals (track 5)
• Carl Caldwell – backing vocals (track 5)
• James Ingram – backing vocals (tracks: 5, 9)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (track 5)
• Tom Keane – backing vocals & keyboards (track 7), lyrics & producer (track 7)
• Marva King – backing vocals (track 9)
• Jerry Knight – backing vocals & producer (track 9)
• Monty Seward – keyboards (tracks: 1, 3, 6), lyrics (track 6), producer (tracks: 1, 4–6, 10)
• Vincent Brantley – keyboards & producer (track 2)
• David Zeman – keyboards (track 2)
• George Duke – keyboards & strings (track 3), Synclavier synthesizer & producer (track 8)
• Rex Salas – keyboards (track 4)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (tracks: 1, 3)
• Ray Fuller – guitar (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8)
• Michael Landau – guitar (tracks: 5, 7)
• Norman Merter – guitar (track 6)
• Kevin Chokan – guitar (track 10)
• John M. Keane – bass synthesizer & drum programming (track 7)
• Gregory Tristan Imboden – drums (tracks: 3, 10)
• Jim Blair – drums (track 4), hi-hats overdubs (tracks: 1, 2), cymbal overdubs (track 5)
• Paulo Roberto da Costa – percussion (tracks: 2, 5)
• Gerald Albright – saxophone (tracks: 2–4, 8)
• Michael Himelstein – lyrics (track 7)
• Aaron Zigman – producer (track 9)
• Tommy Vicari – mixing, recording (tracks: 1, 3–5, 7, 10)
• Gary Skardina – recording (tracks: 2, 4–6, 9)
• Joel Soyffer – recording (track 2)
• Reginald Dozier – recording (track 2)
• David Rideau – recording (track 3)
• Sabrina Buchanek – recording (track 3)
• Cliff Jones – recording (track 6), additional engineering (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10)
• Jeffrey 'Woody' Woodruff – recording (track 7)
• Erik Zobler – recording (track 8)
• Mitch Gibson – recording (track 8)
• Gary Wagner – recording (track 9)
• Linda Pina – additional engineering (tracks: 1–4, 6, 7, 10)
• Gregg Barrett – additional engineering (tracks: 1, 3–6)
• Walter Spencer – additional engineering (tracks: 1, 3–5)
• Pat MacDougau – additional engineering (tracks: 1, 3, 5–7)
• Lori Fumar – additional engineering (tracks: 2, 4, 8)
• Toni Greene – additional engineering (track 5)
• Brian Knapp Gardner – mastering
• Dina R. Andrews – coordinator
• Carol Bobolts – design
• Randee St. Nicholas – photography

Chart history

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	110
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	30

External links

• Howard Hewett – Forever And Ever at Discogs (list of releases)