Forever (Damage album)

Forever is the debut album by British boyband Damage. The album was released on 7 April 1997. The highest-charting single from the album was a cover of the Eric Clapton classic "Wonderful Tonight", which peaked at #3 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". The album was released on Big Life Records.

Forever
Studio album by
Released7 April 1997
Recorded1995–97
GenreR&B, pop
Length52:23
LabelBig Life Records
ProducerSteve Mac, Wayne Hector, Dodge, Femi Fem, Linslee Campbell
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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reminder"Coree Richards, Noel Simpson, Jade Jones, Andrez Harriott, Rahsaan J Bromfield 
2."Love II Love"Wayne Hector, Ali Tennant, Bryan Powell 
3."Love Guaranteed"Powell, Jimmy "Jam" Harris III, Terry Lewis 
4."Girlfriend (The Morning After)"Richards, Bromfield, Dodge McLean 
5."Let It Be Me"Steve Mac, Richards, Jones, Aliway 
6."Wonderful Tonight (Mission)"Eric Clapton 
7."Love Lady"Brown, Mervyn Africa, Williams 
8."Anything (Personal Business)"Terri Robinson, Dominic Owen, Fabian Hamilton 
9."Be My Baby (M-Pyre)"Robinson, Owen, Hamilton 
10."Forever (Lady of Soul)"Mac, Hector, Tennant, Johnson 
11."Do Me That Way"Hector, Tennant, Davies 
12."Storyteller"Linslee Campbell, Michelle Escoffery, Simpson, Harriott 
13."In Your Eyes (One Last Time)"Campbell, Escoffery, Richards, Bromfield 

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 67
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[2] 57
European Albums Chart[3] 46
Scottish Albums (OCC)[4] 95
Taiwan Albums (IFPI)[5] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 13

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Damage&titel=Forever&cat=a
  3. "Billboard: Hits of the World (April 26, 1997)". Billboard. 1997-04-26. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  4. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970413/40/
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/19990222101943/http://ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/intl33.htm
  6. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/damage/
  7. "British album certifications – Damage – Forever". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Forever in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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