Forever (Orleans album)

Forever is the fifth album by Orleans, released in 1979 on Infinity Records. It is the first album without John Hall.[1][2][3]

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
Waking and Dreaming (1976) Forever (1979) Orleans (1980)
Singles from Forever
"Love Takes Time" Released: 1979 "Don't Throw Our Love Away" Released: 1979 "Forever" Released: 1979

Track listing

Side A

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

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
5.	"Everybody Needs Some Music"	David, Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Leinbach	4:45
6.	"Slippin' Away"	David, Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	Leinbach	5:00
7.	"The Flame And The Moth"	Martin	Martin	3:55
8.	"Isn't It Easy"	Kelly, Kelly	Leinbach	4:17
9.	"Forever"	Hoppen, Leinbach, Mason	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[4]	76

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Love Takes Time"	US Billboard Hot 100[5]	11
		US Billboard Adult Contemporary[6]	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[7]	24

References

1. "Orleans - Forever". Discogs. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
2. "Orleans - Forever". AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
3. "High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 7-12". ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 83. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
4. "Forever". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
5. "Love Takes Time (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
6. "Love Takes Time (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
7. "Forever (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 8, 2020.