Forever Now (Level 42 album)

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Forever Now is the tenth studio album released by the British pop musical group Level 42, released in 1994. There were two releases of the album with different track listings and cover art. The first release in 1994 RCA records has 11 tracks. In 1996, the album was re-released by the label Resurgence, with 15 tracks including six new tracks, but without the songs "Tired Of Waiting" & "All Over You". Also some of the songs on this version varied in length from those on the RCA release, and the track "Billy's Gone" was completely remixed.

This album was the final release for Level 42 before the breakup, and the last studio in the 90's with the participation of three original members Mark King, Mike Lindup and Phil Gould. Level 42 released a new album in 2006 named Retroglide with King, Lindup and Gary Husband and a small participation by Boon Gould. Phil Gould, dismayed at what he felt was the record company's ineptitude, did not go on the road with the band on their Forever Now tour. He was replaced for the tour with live session drummer Gavin Harrison, and Jakko Jakszyk rejoined on guitar.

Forever Now is Level 42's best album since the mid-'80s heyday of World Machine and Running in the Family. After a two-album hiatus, drummer Phil Gould returned to the band on what would become its final studio release. The jazzy, horn-drenched title track is the highlight, but there are many solid cuts here, including "Learn to Say No" and the Hall & Oates sound-alike "Love in a Peaceful World."

— William Cooper, Allmusic

The album had three British hits: "Forever Now", "All Over You" and the final single that entered in the UK single charts "Love in a Peaceful World", all in the top 40.

(RCA - 1994)

1. "Forever Now" (Musker, Darbyshire, King) – 4:14
2. "Model Friend" (King, Lindup, P. Gould) – 4:56
3. "Tired Of Waiting" (Lindup, Badarou, Gould) – 4:57
4. "All Over You" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 4:02
5. "Love In A Peaceful World" (Gould, White) – 7:13
6. "Romance" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 4:55
7. "Billy's Gone" (King, Gould) – 5:24
8. "One In A Million" (King, Lindup, Badarou, Gould) – 4:27
9. "Sunbed Song" (King, Gould) – 5:16
10. "Talking In Your Sleep" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 3:45
11. "Don't Bother Me" (King, Gould) – 4:50
12. "Past Lives"-5:35
13. "Learn to Say No"-4:13

(Resurgence - 1996)

1. "Billy's Gone" (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:28
2. "The Bends" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould) – 7:13
3. "Play Me" (M.King, W.Badarou, P.Gould) – 6:09
4. "The Sunbed" Song (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:24
5. "Past Lives" (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:39
6. "Don't Bother Me" (M.King, P.Gould) – 4:57
7. "Heart On The Line (Skeletal)" (M.King) – 4:51
8. "Romance" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould) – 4:59
9. "Time Will Heal" (M.King, M.Lindup) – 4:08
10. "Learn To Say No" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould, P.Lorimer) – 4:14
11. "Forever Now" (M.King, Darbyshire, Musker) – 4:21
12. "Model Friend" (M.King, P.Gould, M.Lindup) – 5:04
13. "Love In A Peaceful World" (P.Gould, S.White) – 6:45
14. "One In A Million" (M.Lindup, P.Gould, W.Badarou, M.King) – 4:56
15. "Talking In Your Sleep" (M.King, P.Gould, M.Lindup) – 3:53

Personnel

• Mark King – vocals, bass guitar, organ, loops, synths, harp
• Mike Lindup – vocals, synths, Rhodes, grand piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond XB2
• Phil Gould – vocals, acoustic piano, drums, drum loops, organ

Plus

• Wally Badarou – vocals, synths, guitars, Yamaha DX7 Rhodes, Hammond XB2
• Danny Blume (Erroneously credited as "Danny Bloom") – guitars
• Miles Bould – percussion
• Gary Barnacle – saxophones
• John Thirkell, Derek Watkins and Stuart Brooks – trumpets
• Richard Edwards – trombone

• String arrangements on "Love In A Peaceful World' and "Romance" by Mike Lindup

Charts

Album charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1994	UK album charts	#8

Single charts

Year	Song	Chart	Peak Position
1994	"Forever Now"	UK single charts	#19
1994	"All Over You"	UK single charts	#26
1994	"Love In A Peaceful World"	UK single charts	#31

External links

• Official Level 42 website