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Forever
Forever
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released	November 3, 1986
Recorded	October 1985–August 1986
Studio	Quiet Sound Studios; The Hit Factory (New York, NY); Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California); Record Plant (Los Angeles, California);
Genre	Adult contemporary; urban; dance-pop;
Length	48:59
Label	Mercury
Producer	Kool and the Gang; Khalis Bayyan; I.B.M.C.;
Kool & the Gang chronology
Singles from Forever
	"Victory"; Released: November 1986; "Stone Love"; Released: February 1987; "Holiday"; Released: May 1987; "Special Way"; Released: 1987; "Peacemaker"; Released: 1987;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Stereo Review	(favourable)^[2]

Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Three additional singles charted, "Holiday" reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, "Special Way" reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[3] and "Peacemaker" was released in international markets and charted at #20 in New Zealand.

After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor left the group to pursue a solo career. He returned in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Victory"	James "J.T." Taylor, Khalis Bayyan	4:37
2.	"I.B.M.C."	Taylor, Bayyan	4:14
3.	"Stone Love"	Charles Smith, Taylor, Kool & the Gang	4:37
4.	"Forever"	Dwania Kyles, Taylor, Bayyan	5:03

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Holiday"	Curtis Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang	4:12
2.	"Peacemaker"	George Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang	4:35
3.	"Broadway"	Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang	3:40
4.	"Special Way"	Kyles, Brown, Taylor, Kendall Stubbs, Bayyan	5:26
5.	"God's Country"	Gary Curtis Culpepper, Taylor	5:04

Personnel

Kool & The Gang

James "J.T." Taylor – all vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8), lead vocals (2, 5, 6, 9), percussion
Khalis Bayyan – keyboards, saxophone
Curtis "Fitz" Williams – keyboards
Charles Smith – guitars
Robert "Kool" Bell – bass
George Brown – drums
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas – alto saxophone
Clifford Adams – trombone
Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet
Michael Ray – trumpet

Additional musicians

Randy Taylor-Weber – synthesizer programming, creative software programming
Mark Attalla – instruments
Kendal Stubbs – instruments, drum programming, backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Alex Williams – instruments
Bert Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Jeff Clardy – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Lisa Foster – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Barbara Hernandez – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Starleana Young – backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9)
Kool & the Gang – backing vocals (6)

Production

Gabe Vigorito – executive producer
Kool & the Gang – producers
Khalis Bayyan – producer, mixing
I.B.M.C. Group (Khalis Bayyan, Peter Duarte, Meekaaeel Muhammad, Kendal Stubbs and Randy Taylor/Weber) – producers, recording
Jay Biolic – recording
Alex Williams – recording
Craig Vogel – second engineer
Peter Duarte – assistant engineer
Roger Talkov – assistant engineer
Kendal Stubbs – mixing
Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs (New York, NY)
Bill Levy – art direction
George Corsillo – design
Gil Gilbert – cover photography
Carl Davis for Lemans Designs – fashions
Rosalyn Burns-Brock – make-up

Certifications

Certifications and sales for *Forever*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[4]	Gold	50,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[5]	Gold	100,000^*
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.