Forever My Lady

Forever My Lady is the debut studio album from American R&B group Jodeci, released August 27, 1991 on Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records.

Forever My Lady peaked at eighteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached number one on the R&B Albums chart where it remained for three weeks.^[1] It spawned five singles including the group's first three #1 R&B singles: the title track, "Stay" and "Come and Talk to Me." The album also charted the highest on the Billboard Year-End chart as an R&B Album for 1992. Forever My Lady sold over 3 million copies and was certified 3x platinum.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[3]

Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly gave the effort a good review, calling the work "sophisticated beyond the band members' years" and noting that "if they can keep up the momentum of this commercially successful debut (which has already gone Top 40 on the Billboard pop album chart), Jodeci will be a force to be reckoned with."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay"	DeVante Swing	5:11
2.	"Come and Talk to Me"	DeVante Swing	4:36
3.	"Forever My Lady"	Al B. Sure!, DeVante Swing	5:20
4.	"I'm Still Waiting"	DeVante Swing	4:21
5.	"U&I"	DeVante Swing	4:04
6.	"Interlude (553-Nasty)"	DeVante Swing	1:47
7.	"My Phone"	DeVante Swing	5:49
8.	"Gotta Love"	DeVante Swing, K-Ci Hailey, JoJo Hailey	4:43
9.	"Play Thang"	DeVante Swing	4:45
10.	"It's Alright"	DeVante Swing	4:36
11.	"Treat U"	DeVante Swing	3:42
12.	"Xs We Share"	DeVante Swing	4:29
13.	"Cherish" (bonus track, originally from the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack album)	Terry Kirkman	3:59

Chart history

Album

Chart (1991)^[1]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	18
U.S. Heatseekers	1
U.S. R&B Albums	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions^[4]
Year	Single	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
1991	"Gotta Love"	—	—	79	—
	"Forever My Lady"	25	—	1	—
	"Stay"	41	8	1	—
1992	"Come and Talk to Me"	11	18	1	7
1992	"I'm Still Waiting"	85	—	10	—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[5]

Art Direction – Reiner Design Consultants
Assistant Engineering – Ellen Fitton, Michael Gilbert, Marnie Riley, Jay A. Ryan
Engineering – Paul Logus, Dennis Mitchell, Mark Partis
Mastering – Herb Powers
Mixing – Al B. Sure, Mick Guzauski
Multi-Instruments – DeVante Swing
Production Coordination – Eloise Bryan
Programming – Al B. Sure!, Dalvin DeGrate, DeVante Swing

Notes

1 2 "allmusic ((( Forever My Lady > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ "allmusic ((( Forever My Lady > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
1 2 Berger, Arion (1991-11-15). "MUSIC REVIEW: Forever My Lady - Jodeci". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
↑ "allmusic ((( Forever My Lady > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
↑ "allmusic ((( Forever My Lady > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

External links

Forever My Lady at AllMusic
Forever My Lady at Discogs