Forever and Ever (Howard Hewett album)

Forever and Ever
Studio album by Howard Hewett
Released	1988
Studio	Various Avatar Recording Studio (Malibu, California) Elumba Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Ground Control Recording Studio (Santa Monica, California) Ignited Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Le Gonks Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Lighthouse Recording Studio (North Hollywood, California) Lion Share (Los Angeles, California) Love Town Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Music Grinder Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Rhet's Place (Los Angeles, California) Skip Saylor's Recording Studio (Los Angeles, California) Sound Castle Recording Studio (Silverlake, California) Space Station Recording Studio (Hollywood, California) Studio Masters (Los Angeles, California)
Length	32:52
Label	Elektra
Producer	Howard Hewett Monty Seward Aaron Zigman George Duke Jerry Knight Tom Keane Vincent Brantley
Howard Hewett chronology
I Commit to Love (1986) Forever and Ever (1988) Howard Hewett (1990)
Singles from Forever and Ever
"Strange Relationship" Released: 1988 "Once, Twice, Three Times" Released: 1988 "Forever And Ever" Released: 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Forever and Ever is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Howard Hewett. It was released in 1988 via Elektra Records. Recording sessions for this ten-track album took place at fourteen various recording studios in California. Production was primarily handled by Hewett, along with Monty Seward, Vincent Brantley, George Duke, Tom Keane, Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman.

The album peaked at number 110 on the us Billboard 200 album chart and at number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It was supported by three hit singles: "Strange Relationship", "Once, Twice, Three Times" and "Forever and Ever". "Strange Relationship" and "Once, Twice, Three Times" made it to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reaching number 9 and number 15 respectively. Forever and Ever was certified Gold in the US.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Strange Relationship"	Howard Hewett	Monty Seward	Monty Seward, Hewett	4:17
2.	"Natural Love"	Hewett	Vincent Brantley	Brantley, Hewett	4:55
3.	"Once, Twice, Three Times"	Hewett	Kenny Aubrey	Hewett	4:16
4.	"You'll Find Another Man"	Hewett	Seward	Seward, Hewett	4:13
5.	"Forever and Ever"	Hewett	Seward	Seward, Hewett	5:42
6.	"Shakin' My Emotion"	Seward	Seward	Seward, Hewett	4:23
7.	"Share a Love"	Michael Himelstein, Tom Keane	Himelstein, Keane	Keane, Hewett	5:06
8.	"This Time"	Hewett	George Duke	Duke, Hewett	5:01
9.	"Challenge"	Hewett	Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight	Zigman, Knight, Hewett	4:59
10.	"Goodbye Good Friend"	Hewett	Seward	Seward, Howard Hewett	4:13
Total length:					32:52

Personnel and credits

Musicians

• Howard Hewett – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5–8, 10), vocal arrangements (1-5, 7-10), music arrangements (3)
• Monty Seward – keyboards (1, 3, 6), vocal arrangements (6), synthesizer programming (1, 3-6, 10), music arrangements (1, 3-6, 10), vocal arrangements (6)
• Vincent Brantley – keyboards (2), keyboard bass (2), music arrangements (2)
• David Zeman – keyboards (2), synthesizer programming (2)
• Jeff Carruthers – synthesizer programming (2)
• George Duke – keyboards (3), Synclavier strings (3), Synclavier (8), music arrangements (8)
• Rex Salas – keyboards (4)
• Tom Keane – keyboards (7), backing vocals (7), music arrangements (7), vocal arrangements (7)
• Rhett Lawrence – synthesizer programming (7)
• John Keane – synth bass (7), drum programming (7)
• Jerry Knight – all instruments (9), backing vocals (9), music arrangements (9)
• Aaron Zigman – all instruments (9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 3)
• Ray Fuller – guitars (2, 4, 6, 8)
• Michael Landau – guitars (5, 7)
• Norman Merter – guitars (6)
• Kevin Chokan – guitars (10)
• Jim Blair – hi-hat overdubs (1, 2), cymbal overdubs (3), drums (4)
• Tris Imboden – drums (3, 10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5)
• Gerald Albright – saxophone solo (2, 3, 4)
• Ronnie Laws – saxophone solo (8)
• Lynn Davis – backing vocals (1, 5, 8)
• Josie James – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
• Karyn White – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
• Kimaya Seward – backing vocals (3, 6)
• Alex Brown – backing vocals (5)
• Carl Caldwell – backing vocals (5)
• James Ingram – backing vocals (5, 9)
• Phil Perry – backing vocals (5)
• Marva King – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Tommy Vicari – mixing, recording (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Reginald Dozier – recording (2)
• Gary Skardina – recording (2, 4, 5, 6, 9)
• Joel Soyffer – recording (2)
• Sabrina Buchanek – recording (3)
• David Rideau – recording (3)
• Jeffrey 'Woody' Woodruff – recording (7)
• Mitch Gibson – recording (8)
• Erik Zobler – recording (8)
• Gary Wagner – recording (9)
• Gregg Barrett – additional engineer (1), assistant engineer (3–6)
• Cliff Jones – additional engineer (1), assistant engineer (3, 5, 7, 10), recording (6)
• Pat MacDougau – additional engineer (1), assistant engineer (3, 5, 6, 7)
• Linda Pina – additional engineer (1), assistant engineer (4, 6, 7, 10)
• Walter Spencer – additional engineer (1), assistant engineer (3, 4, 5)
• Lori Fumar – assistant engineer (2, 4, 8)
• Toni Greene – assistant engineer (5)
• Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Dina Andrews – production coordinator
• Carol Bobolts – design
• Randee St. Nicholas – photography

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	110
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [4]	30

References

1. Wynn, Ron. "Forever & Ever – Howard Hewett". AllMusic . Retrieved September 1, 2018.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 318.
3. "Howard Hewett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
4. "Howard Hewett Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2018.

External links

• Howard Hewett – Forever And Ever at Discogs (list of releases)