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Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Three additional singles charted, "Holiday" reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, "Special Way" reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1] and "Peacemaker" was released in international markets and charted at #20 in New Zealand.

After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor left the group to pursue a solo career. He returned in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.

Track listing

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Personnel

Kool & The Gang

Additional musicians

  • Randy Taylor-Weber – synthesizer programming, creative software programming
  • Mark Attalla – instruments
  • Kendal Stubbs – instruments, drum programming, backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Alex Williams – instruments
  • Bert Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Jeff Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Lisa Foster – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Barbara Hernandez – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Starleana Young – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Kool & the Gang – backing vocals (6)

Production

  • Gabe Vigorito – executive producer
  • Kool & the Gang – producers
  • Khalis Bayyan – producer, mixing
  • I.B.M.C. Group (Khalis Bayyan, Peter Duarte, Meekaaeel Muhammad, Kendal Stubbs and Randy Taylor/Weber) – producers, recording
  • Jay Biolic – recording
  • Alex Williams – recording
  • Craig Vogel – second engineer
  • Peter Duarte – assistant engineer
  • Roger Talkov – assistant engineer
  • Kendal Stubbs – mixing
  • Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs (New York, NY)
  • Bill Levy – art direction
  • George Corsillo – design
  • Gil Gilbert – cover photography
  • Carl Davis for Lemans Designs – fashions
  • Rosalyn Burns-Brock – make-up

Certifications

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References

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