Forever (Spice Girls album) 1229316 225228399 2008-07-12T16:02:24Z Escape Orbit 4788526 UK spelling per [[WP:ENGVAR]]. removed reviews and uncited POV. {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Forever | Type = studio | Artist = [[Spice Girls]] | Cover = Spicegirls-forever.jpg | Released = [[November 6]] [[2000]] | Recorded = 1999–2000 | Genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[pop rock]] | Length = 49:28 | Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] | Producer = [[Matt Rowe]], [[Richard Stannard (songwriter)|Richard Stannard]], [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]], [[Harvey Mason]], Jr., [[Fred Jerkins III]], [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aud7yl43xpcb~T1 link] * ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating-5|2.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/albums/album/188922/review/5943248/forever link] | Last album = ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]''<br>(1997) | This album = '''''Forever'''''<br>(2000) | Next album = ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]''<br>(2007) {{Singles | Name = Forever | Type = studio | Single 1 = [[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]] | Single 1 date = [[14 December]] [[1998]] | Single 2 = [[Holler]]"/"[[Let Love Lead the Way]] | Single 2 date = [[23 October]] [[2000]] | Single 3 = [[If You Wanna Have Some Fun]] | Single 3 date = 2001 | Single 4 = [[Tell Me Why (Spice Girls song)|Tell Me Why]] | Single 4 date = 2001 | Single 5 = [[Weekend Love]] | Single 5 date = 2001 }} }} '''''Forever''''' is the third [[studio album]] by [[England|English]] [[pop music|pop]] group the [[Spice Girls]], released in 2000 (see [[2000 in music]]). It is their only album without [[Geri Halliwell]] (who reunited with the [[Spice Girls]] in [[2007]] for their ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]'' release). The album saw a huge drop in sales compared to their last two albums, but it was also because of lack of promotion especially in the [[United States]], where most albums were sold. Also this was the point as some say the ''Spice Mania'' began to fade. Despite everything that happened ''Forever'' managed to sell two million copies worldwide and managed to peak at number-two in the [[United Kingdom]], beaten off the top spot due to competition from [[Westlife]]. ==Track listing== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Title !! Time |- | 1. || '''"[[Holler]]"'''<br><small>Writers: R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producer: Rodney Jerkins || 4:15 |- | 2. || '''"[[Tell Me Why (Spice Girls song)|Tell Me Why]]"'''<br><small>Writers: R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins III, L. Daniels, M. Butler, M. Brown, V. Beckham, E. Bunton<BR>Producer: Rodney Jerkins || 4:13 |- | 3. || '''"[[Let Love Lead the Way]]"'''<br><small>Writers: R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, H. Mason Jr, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Rodney Jerkins, Harvey Mason Jr. || 4:57 |- | 4. || '''"Right Back at Ya"'''<br><small>Writers: E. Kennedy, T. Lever, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producer: Uncle Freddie || 4:09 |- | 5. || '''"Get Down with Me"'''<br><small>Writers: R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, F. Jerkins III, R. Smith, M. Butler, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Rodney Jerkins, Robert Smith || 3:45 |- | 6. || '''"Wasting My Time"'''<br><small>Writers: F. Jerkins III, L. Daniels, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producer: Uncle Freddie || 4:13 |- | 7. || '''"[[Weekend Love]]"'''<br><small>Writers: R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins III, L. Daniels, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producer: Rodney Jerkins || 4:04 |- | 8. || '''"Time Goes By"'''<br><small>Writers: F. Jerkins III, R. Jerkins, L. Daniels, M. Butler, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Rodney Jerkins, Uncle Freddie || 4:51 |- | 9. || '''"[[If You Wanna Have Some Fun]]"'''<br><small>Writers: J. Harris III, T. Lewis, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Tierry Lewis, Jimmy Jam || 5:25 |- | 10. || '''"Oxygen"''' <br><small>Writers: J. Harris III, T. Lewis, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Tierry Lewis, Jimmy Jam || 4:55 |- | 11. || '''"[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]"''' <small>(Video Edit)</small> <br><small>Writers: R. Shannard, M. Rowe, V. Beckham, M. Brown, E. Bunton, M. Chisholm<BR>Producers: Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe || 4:35 |} Some international editions of ''Forever'' do not include Goodbye. ==Promotion== ===Singles=== *"[[Goodbye]]" - 1998 - #1 UK *"[[Holler/Let Love Lead The Way]]" - 2000 - #1 UK ===Cancelled singles=== Further planned singles to be released off the album never materialized in 2001. However promotional singles of the songs, ''Weekend Love'', ''If You Wanna Have Some Fun'' and ''Tell Me Why'' surfaced and went into circulation. ''Weekend Love'' was to be the second single within the [[US]] and [[Asia]] (fifth in the [[UK]] and third in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]]). All [[US]] promotional singles were trashed by [[Virgin Records]], however some singles managed to leak from the (US) record companies printing room. The most popular promo single is the one from [[Asia]], which can be found sporadically on [[eBay]]. ''If You Wanna Have Some Fun'' was set to be the second single within the [[UK]] (forth in the [[US]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]] and the [[Australian]] region). [[Virgin Records]] had composed a promotional music video of concert footage of the girls. This video was created as a stalling tacit till the official video was released. However the official video never surfaced due to cancellation. ''Tell Me Why'' was the next single and by far the most popular single. The song was to be released as the third single within the [[US]], [[Asia]], [[UK]] and the second single in the[[ Australian]] and [[Europe]]an regions. Remixes were provided by [[Thunderpuss]] and [[Jonathan Peters]]. The promo single for ''Tell Me Why'' is still obtainable through collectors and bidding internet stores. The single even went on to become a massive club hit for the girls. 500 competition winners in [[Australia]] were lucky enough to win a copy of the single. {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *'''UK:''' #[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]] - released #[[Holler]]/[[Let Love Lead the Way]]- released #[[If You Wanna Have Some Fun]] #[[Tell Me Why (Spice Girls song)|Tell Me Why]] #[[Weekend Love]] *'''North America/Asia:''' #Goodbye - released #Holler- released in Canada/Asia, airplay in U.S. #Let Love Lead the Way <small>released in Canada/Asia.</small> #Weekend Love #Tell Me Why #If You Wanna Have Some Fun {{col-2}} *'''Europe/Australia''' #Goodbye - released #Holler/Let Love Lead The Way- released #Tell Me Why #Weekend Love #If You Wanna Have Some Fun *'''Latin America''' #Holler #Let Love Lead The Way #Tell Me Why/If You Wanna Have Some Fun - <small>"Tell Me Why" was sent to radio stations and "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" to video outlets at the same time. {{col-end}} ==Credits== *[[Melanie Brown]] &mdash; vocals (except 'Wasting My Time') and writing *[[Emma Bunton]] &mdash; vocals and writing *[[Victoria Beckham]] &mdash; vocals and writing (except 'Wasting My Time') *[[Melanie Chisholm]] &mdash; vocals and writing (except '[[Tell Me Why (Spice Girls song)|Tell Me Why]]') ===Personnel=== *Susan Drake &mdash; background vocals *Eliot Kennedy &mdash; background vocals *Producers: [[Rodney Jerkins]], [[Harvey Mason, Jr.]], [[Matt Rowe]], [[Richard Stannard (songwriter)|Richard Stannard]] *Engineers: Adrian Bushby, Paul Foley, Ben Garrison, Brad Gilderman, Steve Hodge, Ian Robertson, Dave Russell, Tony Salter *Assistant engineers: Jake Davies, Bradley Yost *Mixing: Ben Garrison, Brad Gilderman, Steve Hodge, Fred Jenkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Jan Kybert, Mark "Spike" Stent, Paul Waller, Bradley Yost *Mastering: Bernie Grundman *Digital editing: Harvey Mason, Jr. *Vocal production assistance: LaShawn Daniels, Susan Drake, Eliot Kennedy *[[Drum]] programming: Paul Waller *String arrangements: Will Malone *Design: Vince Frost *[[Photography]]: Terry Richardson ==Certifications, Peaks & Sales== {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Country !align="left"|Peak Position<ref>[http://www.spiceheart.com/sg13.php Chart Positions Around the World]</ref> !align="left"|Certification (If Any) !align="left"|Sales/shipments |- |[[Australia]] |align="center"|9 |Gold<ref>[http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm Chartifacts<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |35,000+ |- |[[Austria]] |align="center"|10 |Gold<ref>[http://www.ifpi.at/u_frame.php3?seite=search.php3&a_id=9 IFPI Austria]</ref> |25,000+ |- |[[Belgium]] |align="center"|44 |Gold<ref>[http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-BelgiumDatabaseGold.htm Belgian Certifications]</ref> |25,000+ |- |[[Brazil]] |align="center"|1 |Gold<ref>[http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados.asp ABPD]</ref> |100,000+ |- |[[Canada]] |align="center"|6 |2x Platinum<ref>[http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=2&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25spice+girls%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=37&csearch=0&nextprev=1 CRIA]</ref> |200,000+ |- |[[Eurochart]] |align="center"|5 | | |- |[[Finland]] |align="center"|24 | | |- |[[France]] |align="center"|43 | |25,000+<ref>[http://fanofmusic.free.fr/ParcoursAlbum-S.php French Sales]</ref> |- |[[Germany]] |align="center"|6 |Gold<ref>[http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Forever IFPI Germany]</ref> |170,000+ |- |[[Hungary]] |align="center"|20 | | |- |[[Italy]] |align="center"|11 | | |- |[[Ireland]] |align="center"|15 | | |- |[[Mexico]] |align="center"|6 | | |- |[[Netherlands]] |align="center"|30 |Gold<ref>[http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat NVPI]</ref> |45,000+ |- |[[New Zealand]] |align="center"|25 |Gold<ref>[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp RIANZ – December 17th, 2000]</ref> |7,500+ |- |[[Norway]] |align="center"|26 | | |- |[[Philippines]] |align="center"|2 | | |- |[[Poland]] |align="center"|15 | | |- |[[Portugal]] |align="center"|17 | | |- |[[Russia]] |align="center"|5 | | |- |[[Singapore]] |align="center"|4 | | |- |[[Spain]] |align="center"|26 |Gold<ref>[http://www.spiceheart.com/sg13.php Spiceheart.Com // Tu Punto De Referencia Spice<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |75,000+ |- |[[Sweden]] |align="center"|24 | | |- |[[Switzerland]] |align="center"|11 |Platinum<ref>[http://swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=forever IFPI Switzerland]</ref> |50,000+ |- |[[United Kingdom]] |align="center"|2 |Platinum<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=29197 BPI]</ref> |260,000+ |- |[[United States]] |align="center"|39 | |245,000+<ref>[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003608469 Ask Billboard July 2007]</ref> |- |United World Chart |align="center"|9 | | |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Spice Girls}} [[Category:2000 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Darkchild]] [[Category:Spice Girls albums]] [[Category:Virgin Records albums]] [[bg:Forever (Spice Girls album)]] [[de:Forever (Album)]] [[fr:Forever (album des Spice Girls)]] [[it:Forever (Spice Girls)]] [[he:Forever (אלבום)]] [[ja:フォーエヴァー]] [[pl:Forever (album Spice Girls)]] [[pt:Forever (álbum das Spice Girls)]] [[fi:Forever]] [[sv:Forever (musikalbum av Spice Girls)]]