Forever (Orleans album)

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

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Music Week	[3]

Record World called the title track a "pretty love song" that "opens with a soft acoustic guitar and touching vocal that build in drama and intensity via a soaring electric lead bridge." ^[4] Cash Box said of the single "Don't Throw Our Love Away" that it is a smart, rock-tinged pop song, with some neat lead and slide guitar work." ^[5] The Hartford Courant deemed the album "lively without being lightweight." ^[6]

Track listing

Side A

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

Side B

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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Love Takes Time"	US Billboard Hot 100 [8]	11
		US Billboard Adult Contemporary [9]	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 [10]	24

References

1. "Orleans - Forever". AllMusic . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
2. "High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 7-12". ABC Leisure Magazines. 1979. p. 83. Retrieved February 8, 2020– via Google Books.
3. "Album Reviews: Orleans — "Forever"" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. May 12, 1979. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
4. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 22, 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
5. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 7, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
6. McNulty, Henry (8 Apr 1979). "Without Leading Lights". Hartford Courant. p. 7G.
7. "Forever". Billboard . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
8. "Love Takes Time (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
9. "Love Takes Time (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved February 8, 2020.
10. "Forever (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved February 8, 2020.