Forever (Damage album)

Forever
Studio album by Damage
Released	7 April 1997
Length	52:23
Label	Big Life
Producer	Linslee Campbell Cutfather & Joe Dodge The Ethnic Boyz Fabian Hamilton Steve Mac Dominic Owen Bryan Powell Terri Robinson Femi "Fem" Williams
Damage chronology
Forever (1997) Since You've Been Gone (2001)
Singles from Forever
"Anything" Released: 8 July 1996 "Love II Love" Released: 30 September 1996 "Forever" Released: 7 December 1996 "Love Guaranteed" Released: 1 March 1997 "Wonderful Tonight" Released: 28 April 1997 "Love Lady" Released: 28 July 1997

Forever is the debut studio album by British boyband Damage. It was released on 7 April 1997 through Big Life Records. Produced by Cutfather & Joe, Dodge, Steve Mac, and others, it reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 1 May 1997. The highest-charting single from the album was a cover of the Eric Clapton cover "Wonderful Tonight", which peaked at number three 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."

Track listing

Forever track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Reminder"	Coreé Richards Noel Simpson Jade Jones Andrez Harriott Rahsaan J Bromfield	Dodge	2:38
2.	"Love II Love"	Wayne Hector Ali Tennant Bryan Powell	Powell Dominic Owen Aliway [a]	4:27
3.	"Love Guaranteed"	Powell Jimmy Harris III Terry Lewis	Cutfather & Joe Aliway [a] Powell [b]	4:34
4.	"Girlfriend (The Morning After)"	Richards Bromfield Dodge McLean	Dodge Don-E [c]	7:19
5.	"Let It Be Me"	Steve Mac Richards Jones Aliway	Linslee Campbell	4:45
6.	"Wonderful Tonight (Mission)"	Eric Clapton	Mac	5:14
7.	"Love Lady"	Filo Brown Mervyn Africa Femi "Fem" Williams	Fem	5:58
8.	"Anything (Personal Business)"	Terri Robinson Dominic Owen Fabian Hamilton	Robinson Owen Hamilton Junior Giscombe [a]	6:07
9.	"Be My Baby (M-Pyre)"	Robinson Owen Hamilton	Robinson Owen Hamilton Giscombe [a]	8:33
10.	"Forever (Lady of Soul)"	Mac Hector Tennant Johnson	Mac	7:29
11.	"Do Me That Way"	Hector Tennant Johnson Davies	The Ethnic Boyz Aliway [a] Mark Beswick [a]	3:48
12.	"Storyteller"	Linslee Campbell Michelle Escoffery Simpson Harriott	Campbell Shelle [a] Damage [a]	5:18
13.	"In Your Eyes (One Last Time)"	Campbell Escoffery Richards Bromfield	Campbell Shelle [a] Damage [a]	12:13
Total length:				52:23

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies vocal producer(s)
• ^{^[b]} signifies additional producer(s)
• ^{^[c]} signifies original producer(s)

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Forever

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1]	67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [2]	57
European Albums Chart [3]	46
Scottish Albums (OCC) [4]	95
Singapore Albums (SPVA) [5]	10
Taiwan Albums (IFPI) [6]	3
UK Albums (OCC) [7]	13

Certifications

Certifications for Forever

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8]	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Australiancharts.com – Damage – Forever". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Damage – Forever" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
3. "Billboard: Hits of the World (April 26, 1997)". Billboard. 26 April 1997. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
4. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
5. "Top 10 Albums of the Week". The Straits Times . 22 March 1997. p. 14. Retrieved 24 August 2024– via National Library Board of Singapore and SPH Media.
6. "IFPI Taiwan - International Top 10 (1997/33)". ifpi.org.tw. Archived from the original on 22 February 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
7. "Artists". OfficialCharts.com .
8. "British album certifications – Damage – Forever". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 July 2012.