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For the song of the same name, see Forever Your Girl (song).
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 64 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one.[3] The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million worldwide.[4] It also included four number one Hot 100 singles - "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract." This ties for second most #1 songs from a single album, and is tied for the most number ones in 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", it shot to number one spot 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.[5]

Paula Abdul wrote one song on the Album, "One or the Other".

Track listing

  1. "The Way That You Love Me" (Oliver Leiber) – 5:22 (#3 US)
  2. "Knocked Out" (Babyface; Daryl Simmons; L.A. Reid) – 3:52 (#41 US)
  3. "Opposites Attract" (w/The Wild Pair) (Oliver Leiber) – 4:24 (#1 US)*
  4. "State of Attraction" (Glen Ballard; Siedah Garrett) – 4:07
  5. "I Need You" (Jesse Johnson; Ta Mara) – 5:01
  6. "Forever Your Girl" (Oliver Leiber) – 4:58 (#1 US)
  7. "Straight Up" (Elliot Wolff) – 4:11 (#1 US)
  8. "Next To You" (Curtis "Fitz" Williams; Kendall Stubbs; Sandra Williams) – 4:26
  9. "Cold Hearted" (Elliot Wolff) – 3:51 (#1 US)
  10. "One or the Other" (Paula Abdul; Curtis "Fitz" Williams; Duncan Pain) – 4:10

Production and personnel (by track)

  • Tracks 1, 3 & 6 Arranged & Produced By Oliver Leiber (for The Noise Club). Engineered By Steve Wiese, Pete Martinson, Russell Bracher, Jeff Lorber & Cliff Jones. Mixed By Keith "KC" Cohen. Oliver Leiber: Guitars, Keyboards, Drum Programming; Ricky P. & Jeff Lorber: Additional Keyboards; St. Paul: Vocoder, Bass & Keyboards; Troy Williams: Saxophone
  • Track 2 Arranged & Produced By LA Reid & Babyface (for LaFace Productions, Inc). Engineered & Mixed By Jon Gass. Babyface: Keyboards, Vocal Backing; Kayo: Synthesized Bass; LA Reid: Drum & Percussion Programming; Pebbles, Yvette Marine, Daryl Simmons: Vocal Backing
  • Track 4 Arranged & Produced By Glen Ballard (for Aerowave Inc). Engineered & Mixed By Francis Buckley; assisted by Al Fleming & Theodore Blaisdell. Glen Ballard & Chuck Wild: Drums, Keyboards, Programming; Basil Fung: Guitars
  • Track 5 Arranged & Produced By Jesse Johnson (for JWJ Productions), with co-production by Dave Cochrane. Engineered By Wally Buck, with assistance by Cliff Jones & Pat McDougall. Mixed By Keith Cohen. Bobby Gonzales & Dave Cochrane: Guitars; Eddie M.: Saxophone; Jesse Johnson: Drums & Keyboards
  • Tracks 7 & 9 Arranged & Produced By Elliot Wolff, with co-production by Keith Cohen. Engineered & Mixed By Keith "KC" Cohen (assistant recording engineers: Josh Schneider & Annette Cisneros; assistant mix engineer: Peter Arata). Elliot Wolff: Keyboards & Synthesizers, Synth & Drum Programming; Dann Huff: Guitars
  • Tracks 8 & 10 Arranged & Produced By Curtis Williams (for Willpower Productions). Engineered By Kendall Stubbs & Tim Jacquette, with assistance by Mike Wisenger & Danny Grigsby. Mixed By Tim Jacquette, Curtis Williams (both track 8) and Keith Cohen (track 10). Curtis Williams & Randy Weber: Synthesizer Programming; Bob Somma: Guitars

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Forever Your Girl". Robert Christgau.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 2. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Paula Abdul - Biography, Photos, News, Videos, Movie Reviews". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  4. ^ People. Forever Your Girl sold 12 million
  5. ^ "Forever Your Girl". Paula-Abdul.net. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  6. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  7. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "IFPIHK". IFPIHK. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  9. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
October 7–13, 1989
February 3 - April 6, 1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
May 13–19, 1990 		Succeeded by
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