Album
Forever Your Girl
1988 · Electronic, Funk / Soul
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
Forever Your Girl is a Pop album by Paula Abdul, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 144 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
Forever Your Girl is the debut studio album by American singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 through Virgin Records. Released on June 13, 1988, 64 weeks later, it hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million copies worldwide. It also included four number one Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract", which ties Forever Your Girl for second most #1 songs from a single album, and ties it for the most number ones in a debut album. She was the first female artist to have four number one singles from a debut album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3, and "Knocked Out" reached #41. The album also reached #4 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," "Knocked Out," and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart. After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", the album shot to number one again on February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl reportedly sold 191,000 copies in a single day. Abdul co-wrote one song on the album, "One or the Other".
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Tracklist
- 1The Way That You Love Me5:22
- 2Knocked Out3:52
- 3Opposites Attract4:24
- 4State Of Attraction4:07
- 5I Need You5:01
- 6Forever Your Girl4:58
- 7Straight Up4:11
- 8Next To You4:26
- 9Cold Hearted3:51
- 10One Or The Other4:10
Sound DNA
- Pop
- Dance-Pop
- synthetic
- playful
- club
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
1, 3 & 6, Produced for The Noise Club
2, Produced for Laface Productions, Inc.
4, Produced for Aerowave, Inc.
5, Produced for J.W.J. Productions, Inc.
8 & 10, Produced for Willpower Productions
This is the "Non BMG Club" retail version
A separate "Club Version" with identical cat# exists.
Cat # 7 90943-2 appears on spines, 2-90943 on disc.
Babyface appears courtesy of Solar Records
L.A. Reid appears courtesy of Solar Records
Pebbles appears courtesy of MCA Records
Daryl Simmons appears courtesy of Solar Records
Kayo appears courtesy of Solar Records
Delissa Davis appears courtesy of Solar Records
St. Paul appears courtesy of MCA Records
Jesse Johnson appears courtesy of A&M Records
The music on this compact digital disc was originally recorded on analog equipment. We have attempted to preserve, as closely as possible, the sound of the original recording. Because of the high resolution, however, the Compact Disc can reveal limitations of the source tape.
CD packaged in jewel case with black tray. 12 page booklet includes all lyrics and credits.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Paula AbdulLEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Yvette MarineBACKING VOCALS
- Angel RogersBACKING VOCALS
- BabyfaceBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS
- Basil FungELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Bob SommaELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Bobby GonzalesGUITAR
- Chuck WildDRUMS DRUMS, DRUM PROGRAMMING DRUMS, PROGRAMMED BY
- Curtis WilliamsARRANGED BY BACKING VOCALS PROGRAMMED BY
- Dann HuffELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Daryl SimmonsBACKING VOCALS WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY, BACKING VOCALS WRITTEN-BY, BACKING VOCALS
- Dave CochraneBACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- David CochraneBACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Delisa DavisBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN, BACKING VOCALS
- Ed ManionSAXOPHONE
- Eddie MSAXOPHONE
- Elliot WolffDRUM PROGRAMMING DRUM PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMED BY , SYNTHESIZER DRUM PROGRAMMING, SYNTHESIZER
- Evelyn HalusBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
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