Forever Now (Level 42 album)

Forever Now
Studio album by Level 42
Released March 14, 1994. Re-released in 1996
Recorded 1993 - 1994
Genre Rock, nu-jazz
Label RCA
Producer Level 42, Wally Badarou
Level 42 chronology
Guaranteed
(1991)
Forever Now
(1994)
Retroglide
(2006)
Alternative cover
Resurgence (1996) cover.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Forever Now is the tenth studio album released by the British pop musical group Level 42, released in 1994. There were two releases of the album with different track listings and cover art. The first release in 1994 RCA records has 11 tracks. In 1996, the album was re-released by the label Resurgence, with 15 tracks including six new tracks, but without the songs "Tired Of Waiting" & "All Over You". Also some of the songs on this version varied in length from those on the RCA release, and the track "Billy's Gone" was completely remixed.

This album was the final release for Level 42 before the breakup, and the last studio in the 90's with the participation of three original members Mark King, Mike Lindup and Phil Gould. Level 42 released a new album in 2006 named Retroglide with King, Lindup and Gary Husband and a small participation by Boon Gould. Phil Gould, dismayed at what he felt was the record company's ineptitude, did not go on the road with the band on their Forever Now tour. He was replaced for the tour with live session drummer Gavin Harrison, and Jakko Jakszyk rejoined on guitar.

Forever Now is Level 42's best album since the mid-'80s heyday of World Machine and Running in the Family. After a two-album hiatus, drummer Phil Gould returned to the band on what would become its final studio release. The jazzy, horn-drenched title track is the highlight, but there are many solid cuts here, including "Learn to Say No" and the Hall & Oates sound-alike "Love in a Peaceful World."
William Cooper, Allmusic

The album had three British hits: "Forever Now", "All Over You" and the final single that entered in the UK single charts "Love in a Peaceful World", all in the top 40.

(RCA - 1994)

  1. "Forever Now" (Musker, Darbyshire, King) – 4:14
  2. "Model Friend" (King, Lindup, P. Gould) – 4:56
  3. "Tired Of Waiting" (Lindup, Badarou, Gould) – 4:57
  4. "All Over You" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 4:02
  5. "Love In A Peaceful World" (Gould, White) – 7:13
  6. "Romance" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 4:55
  7. "Billy's Gone" (King, Gould) – 5:24
  8. "One In A Million" (King, Lindup, Badarou, Gould) – 4:27
  9. "Sunbed Song" (King, Gould) – 5:16
  10. "Talking In Your Sleep" (King, Lindup, Gould) – 3:45
  11. "Don't Bother Me" (King, Gould) – 4:50
  12. "Past Lives"-5:35
  13. "Learn to Say No"-4:13

(Resurgence - 1996)

  1. "Billy's Gone" (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:28
  2. "The Bends" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould) – 7:13
  3. "Play Me" (M.King, W.Badarou, P.Gould) – 6:09
  4. "The Sunbed" Song (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:24
  5. "Past Lives" (M.King, P.Gould) – 5:39
  6. "Don't Bother Me" (M.King, P.Gould) – 4:57
  7. "Heart On The Line (Skeletal)" (M.King) – 4:51
  8. "Romance" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould) – 4:59
  9. "Time Will Heal" (M.King, M.Lindup) – 4:08
  10. "Learn To Say No" (M.King, M.Lindup, P.Gould, P.Lorimer) – 4:14
  11. "Forever Now" (M.King, Darbyshire, Musker) – 4:21
  12. "Model Friend" (M.King, P.Gould, M.Lindup) – 5:04
  13. "Love In A Peaceful World" (P.Gould, S.White) – 6:45
  14. "One In A Million" (M.Lindup, P.Gould, W.Badarou, M.King) – 4:56
  15. "Talking In Your Sleep" (M.King, P.Gould, M.Lindup) – 3:53

Personnel

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Charts

Album charts

Year Chart Peak Position
1994 UK album charts #8

Single charts

Year Song Chart Peak Position
1994 "Forever Now" UK single charts #19
1994 "All Over You" UK single charts #26
1994 "Love In A Peaceful World" UK single charts #31

References

  1. Cooper, William. Forever Now (Level 42 album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-01.

External links

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