Always & Forever (Eternal album)

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Always & Forever
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Studio album by Eternal
Released 29 November 1993
Recorded 1992–93
Studio Prime Time Studios
(Los Angeles)
Sarm West Studios
Roundhouse Studios
(London)
Mad Fly Productions
(New York)
Genre
Length 58:32
Label EMI
Producer
Eternal chronology
Always & Forever
(1993)		 Power of a Woman
(1995)Power of a Woman1995
Singles from Always & Forever
  1. "Stay"
    Released: September 20, 1993
  2. "Save Our Love"
    Released: January 3, 1994
  3. "Just A Step From Heaven"
    Released: April 18, 1994
  4. "So Good"
    Released: August 8, 1994
  5. "Oh Baby I..."
    Released: October 24, 1994
  6. "Crazy"
    Released: December 12, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
The Observer Negative[2]

Always & Forever is the debut album by the British R&B vocal group Eternal, released in 1993. The album became a sales success, selling over one million copies and yielding six single releases. It is the only Eternal album to feature Louise Nurding, who left to embark on a solo career before Eternal's follow up album Power of a Woman. The album had an American release in March 1994; it reached the lower 100s on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Single releases

Always & Forever yielded two Top 5 singles; "Stay" and "Oh Baby I..."[3] "Stay" was the first single to be released from the album, peaking at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. This was followed by "Save Our Love" and "Just A Step From Heaven", both of which peaked at No. 8. "So Good" was the next single, peaking at No. 13, followed by "Oh Baby I..." which reached No. 4. "Crazy" was the final single released from the album, peaking at No. 15 in the UK Singles Chart.

Sales

Always & Forever was a huge success, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified 4x Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 1.2 million copies. It was 1994's third best-selling album in the UK,[4] spending over 76 weeks in the charts. The album broke records for being the first to sell over 1 million copies in the UK by a female group.[5] As of 2015, it is the only album by a debut act to contain six top 15 hits and the first album by a female group to be nominated for best album at the BRIT Awards.

Track listing

  1. "Stay" – 3:56 (Bobby Khouzouri, Mark Steven)
  2. "Crazy" – 4:02 (BeBe Winans)
  3. "Save Our Love (West End Mix)" – 4:21 (Ann Preven, Eddie Chacon, Scott Cutler)
  4. "Oh Baby I..." – 5:29 (Lotti Golden, Tommy Faragher)
  5. "I'll Be There" – 5:13 (Geoffrey Williams, Simon Stirling)
  6. "Sweet Funky Thing" – 4:46 (Evelyn "Champagne" King, Lotti Golden, Tommy Faragher)
  7. "Never Gonna Give You Up" – 3:58 (Maria Christanson, Lotti Golden, Tommy Faragher)
  8. "Just a Step from Heaven" – 4:16 (Shepard Solomon, Wayne Cohen)
  9. "Let's Stay Together" – 4:38 (Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.)
  10. "This Love Is for Real" – 3:44 (Lotti Golden, Robbie Nevil, Tommy Faragher)
  11. "So Good" – 3:57 (Easther Bennett, Vernie Bennett, Kéllé Bryan, Louise Nurding)
  12. "If You Need Me Tonight" – 4:00 (Dennis Charles, Easther Bennett, Vernie Bennett, Kéllé Bryan, Louise Nurding, Ronnie Wilson)
  13. "Don't Say Goodbye" – 4:14 (Dennis Charles, Easther Bennett, Vernie Bennett, Kéllé Bryan, Louise Nurding, Ronnie Wilson)
  14. "Amazing Grace" – 1:50 (John Newton)

Peak positions

Chart (1993-95) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 48
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[7] 35
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 12
European Albums Chart[9] 17
French Albums Chart[10] 43
German Albums Chart[11] 85
Irish Albums Chart[12] 9
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 25
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 46
Scottish Albums Chart[15] 6
UK Albums Chart[16] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
UK Albums Chart[17] 4
Chart (1995) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[18] 61
UK Albums Chart[17] 52

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Ireland (IRMA)[19] Gold 7,500
Japan (RIAJ)[20] N/A 86,940
Netherlands (NVPI)[21] Gold 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] 4× Platinum 1,200,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[23] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  6. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eternal&titel=Always+%26+Forever&cat=a
  7. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eternal&titel=Always+%26+Forever&cat=a
  8. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eternal&titel=Always+%26+Forever&cat=a
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  10. ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_Runs.php
  11. ↑ Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de
  12. ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie/
  13. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/46926/ranking/cd_album/
  14. ↑ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eternal&titel=Always+%26+Forever&cat=a New Zealand Archive.
  15. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19950101/40/
  16. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/eternal/
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