''Yours Forever'' is the fifth studio album by American band

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. This album features the hit single "Touch a Four Leaf Clover." ''Yours Forever'' was the last album to feature Sharon Bryant as a lead vocalist before she departed the group to pursue a solo career. This was also the last album to be produced by

James Anthony Carmichael James Anthony Carmichael (born September 14, 1941) is an American Grammy-winning musician, arranger, and record producer. At first he started off in Los Angeles as an arranger and producer for Motown acts like The Temptations and the Jackson 5. C ...

, who was responsible for the group's two previous albums.

Track listing

#"Yours Forever" ( David Lewis) - 5:04 #" Touch a Four Leaf Clover" (David Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:38 #"More, More, More" (

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) - 4:42 #"I Want Your Love" (Jonathan Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:52 #"Second to None" ( Sharon Bryant, Joseph Phillips) - 4:38 #"Island Dream" (David Lewis, Wayne Lewis) - 4:49 #"Who Could Love You Better?" (Clifford Archer, Wayne Lewis) - 4:30 #"More Time for Me" (Maxi Anderson, Nicki Johnson) - 3:42 #"Tryin'" (Deborah Thomas, David Cochrane) - 3:28

Personnel

;Atlantic Starr * Sharon Bryant – lead vocals (2, 3, 5, 8, 9), backing vocals * Wayne Lewis –

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, lead vocals (3, 4, 7), backing vocals * David Lewis –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, lead vocals (1, 6, 8), backing vocals * Clifford Archer –

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* Porter Carroll, Jr. –

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, backing vocals * Joseph Phillips –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Koran Daniels –

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s * Jonathan Lewis –

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* William Suddeth III –

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;Additional musicians *

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– synthesizers *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– synthesizers * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion ;Arrangements * James Anthony Carmichael (1-9) * Wayne Lewis (1, 2, 4, 6, 7) * David Lewis (1, 2, 4, 6, 7) * Atlantic Starr (3, 5, 8, 9)

Production

– producer *

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...

– engineer, mixing * Fred Law – additional engineer * Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer * Ralph Sutton – assistant engineer *

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...

– mastering at

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(Hollywood, CA). * Leslie Jean Bart – back cover photography * Diem Jones – inner sleeve photography * Richard Fuggetta – front cover design * Roderick Taylor – art direction, logo design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control Atlantic Starr albums 1983 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by James Anthony Carmichael