Forever | ||||
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Studio album by Kool & the Gang | ||||
Released | November 3, 1986 | |||
Genre |
AC Urban Dance-pop |
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Length | 48:59 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Kool and the Gang, Khalis Bayyan, I.B.M.C. | |||
Kool & the Gang chronology | ||||
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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). Two further singles, "Holiday" and "Special Way" were also released from the album; the former reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, the latter hit reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor would leave the group for a solo career. He would return in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.