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| Released | August 16, 2024 | |||
| Length | 36:49 | |||
| Label | Lucky Number Music | |||
| Producer | Jake Luppen Caleb Wright Sam Hendricks | |||
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Forever is the third studio album of Brooklyn power pop group Charly Bliss. Forever is the band's first studio album since Young Enough , which was released in 2019. [1]
Forever was produced by Jake Luppen (of the band Hippo Campus), Caleb Wright (who has worked with Samia), and the band's drummer Sam Hendricks. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 [3] |
| Metacritic | 78/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [2] |
| Paste | 6.2/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [1] |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tragic" | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Calling You Out" | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Back There Now" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Nineteen" | 3:22 |
| 5. | "In Your Bed" | 3:22 |
| 6. | "I'm Not Dead" | 3:00 |
| 7. | "How Do You Do It" | 3:02 |
| 8. | "I Don't Know Anything" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Here Comes the Darkness" | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Waiting For You" | 2:46 |
| 11. | "Easy to Love You" | 2:42 |
| 12. | "Last First Kiss" | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 36:49 | |
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