Forever (Orleans album)

Forever
Forever
Studio album by Orleans
Released	January 1, 1979
Studio	Record Plant; Bearsville Studios;
Genre	Soft rock
Length	39:39
Label	Infinity
Producer	Roy Cicala, Orleans
Orleans chronology
Singles from Forever
	"Love Takes Time"; Released: 1979; "Don't Throw Our Love Away"; Released: 1979; "Forever"; Released: 1979;

Forever is the fifth album by Orleans, released in 1979 on Infinity Records. It is the first album without John Hall.^[1]^[2]

Critical reception

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."^[3] 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."^[4] The Hartford Courant deemed the album "lively without being lightweight."^[5]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Love Takes Time"	Larry Hoppen, Marilyn Mason	Larry Hoppen	3:51
2.	"Don't Throw Our Love Away"	Larry Hoppen, Bob Leinbach, Mason	Larry Hoppen	4:50
3.	"Keep On Rollin'"	Leinbach	Leinbach	5:28
4.	"I Never Wanted To Love You"	Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Leinbach	4:38

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
5.	"Everybody Needs Some Music"	Kal David, Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Leinbach	4:45
6.	"Slippin' Away"	David, Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Leinbach	5:00
7.	"The Flame And The Moth"	R.A. Martin	Martin	3:55
8.	"Isn't It Easy"	Sherman Kelly, Wells Kelly	Leinbach	4:17
9.	"Forever"	Larry Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Larry Hoppen	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

Chart (1979)	Position
US Billboard 200^[6]	76

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Love Takes Time"	US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	11
		US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[8]	13
		Canada RPM Top Singles	23
		Australia Kent Music Report	90
	"Don't Throw Our Love Away"	US Billboard Hot 100	92
	"Forever"	US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[9]	24

References

^ "Orleans - Forever". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 7-12". ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 83. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 22, 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 7, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ McNulty, Henry (8 Apr 1979). "Without Leading Lights". Hartford Courant. p. 7G.
^ "Forever". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "Love Takes Time (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "Love Takes Time (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "Forever (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[1] "Orleans - Forever". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[2] "High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 7-12". ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 83. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Google Books.

[3] "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 22, 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-02-11.

[cb-4] "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 7, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

[5] McNulty, Henry (8 Apr 1979). "Without Leading Lights". Hartford Courant. p. 7G.

[6] "Forever". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[7] "Love Takes Time (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[8] "Love Takes Time (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[9] "Forever (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

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