Forever (Spice Girls album)

Infobox Album
Name = Forever
Type = studio
Artist = Spice Girls


Released = 6 November 2000
Recorded = 1999–2000
Genre = Pop, R&B, dance-pop
Length = 49:28
Label = Virgin
Producer = Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe, Darkchild, Fred Jerkins III, Harvey Mason, Jr., Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aud7yl43xpcb~T1 link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/albums/album/188922/review/5943248/forever link]
Last album = "Spiceworld"
(1997)
This album = "Forever"
(2000)
Next album = "Greatest Hits"
(2007)
Misc = Singles
Name = Forever
Type = studio
Single 1 = Goodbye
Single 1 date = 14 December 1998
Single 2 = Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way
Single 2 date = 23 October 2000

"Forever" is the third studio album by English 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" 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 four million copies worldwide and managed to peak at number two in the United Kingdom behind Westlife's "Coast to Coast".

Track listing

#"Holler" (Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III) – 4:15
#"Tell Me Why" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Jerkins, Daniels, Jerkins, Mischke Butler) – 4:13
#"Let Love Lead the Way" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Jerkins, Daniels, Jerkins, Harvey Mason, Jr.) – 4:57
#"Right Back at Ya" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Eliot Kennedy, Tim Lever) – 4:09
#"Get Down with Me" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Jerkins, Daniels, Jerkins, Butler, Robert Smith) – 3:45
#"Wasting My Time" (Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Daniels, Jerkins) – 4:13
#"Weekend Love" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Jerkins, Daniels, Jerkins) – 4:04
#"Time Goes By" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Jerkins, Daniels, Jerkins, Butler) – 4:51
#"If You Wanna Have Some Fun" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, James Harris III, Terry Lewis) – 5:25
#"Oxygen" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Harris, Lewis) – 4:55
#"Goodbye" (Beckham, Brown, Bunton, Chisholm, Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe) – 4:35

Some international editions of "Forever" do not include "Goodbye".

Promotion

ingles

*"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. In November 2000 "Tell Me Why" was syndicated to UK radio networks, whilst a promotional montage video for "If You Wanna Have Some Fun" was released to UK television networks. "Tell Me Why" was widely believed to be the second single to be released from the album.

Vocals and Writers

*Melanie Brown
*Emma Bunton
*Victoria Beckham
*Melanie Chisholm

Personnel

*Susan Drake — background vocals
*Eliot Kennedy — background vocals

*Producers: Rodney Jerkins, Harvey Mason, Jr., Matt Rowe, 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 and sales

References