Forever (Orleans album)

Forever is the fifth album by Orleans, released in 1979 on Infinity Records. It is the first album without John Hall.

Critical reception
Record World called the title track a "pretty love song" that "opens with a soft acoustic guitar and touching vocal that build in drama and intensity via a soaring electric lead bridge." Cash Box said of the single "Don't Throw Our Love Away" that it is a smart, rock-tinged pop song, with some neat lead and slide guitar work." The Hartford Courant deemed the album "lively without being lightweight."

Personnel

 * Orleans
 * Larry Hoppen - guitar, lead and backing vocals, trumpet
 * Lance Hoppen - bass, backing vocals
 * Bob Leinbach - keyboards, lead and backing vocals, trombone
 * Wells Kelly - drums, backing vocals, percussion
 * Robert Martin - keyboards, lead and backing vocals, saxophone, conductor


 * Additional musicians
 * The Leanhorns - horns (3, 5)
 * Maurice Bialkin - cello (4)
 * David Sackson - viola (4)
 * Joe Malin - violin (4)
 * Peter Buonconsiglio - violin (4)


 * Production
 * Producer: Roy Cicala, Orleans
 * Engineers: Roy Cicala, Sam Ginsberg
 * Photography: Elliott Landy, Alen MacWeeney

Charts

 * Album


 * Singles