Forever (Kool & the Gang album)

Forever
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 1986
RecordedOctober 1985–August 1986
Studio
Genre
Length48:59
LabelMercury
Producer
  • Kool and the Gang
  • Khalis Bayyan
  • I.B.M.C.
Kool & the Gang chronology
Emergency
(1984)
Forever
(1986)
Sweat
(1989)
Singles from Forever
  1. "Victory"
    Released: November 1986
  2. "Stone Love"
    Released: February 1987
  3. "Holiday"
    Released: May 1987
  4. "Special Way"
    Released: 1987
  5. "Peacemaker"
    Released: 1987
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Forever is the seventeenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1986. The album included two major hits on the US Hot 100 Chart: "Victory" (US #10, R&B #2) and "Stone Love" (US #10, R&B #4). Three additional singles charted, "Holiday" reached the top ten on the R&B Chart, "Special Way" reached #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. and "Peacemaker" was released in international markets and charted at #20 in New Zealand.

After this album, lead vocalist James "J.T." Taylor left the group to pursue a solo career. He returned in 1996 for the State of Affairs album.