Singer/dancer/choreographer Paula Abdul hit the big time with the third single, "Straight Up," off this album, which sparked a string of hits that carried through to her follow-up. Despite having a slight voice, her voice is distinct and perfectly suited to this synthesized type of late-'80s dance-pop. "Cold Hearted" is insistent and catchy, "Forever Your Girl" is sweet and accessible, and "Opposites Attract" gives Abdul a chance to spar with the Wild Pair. There is some filler -- "Next to You," for example -- that hasn't aged as well as the better material, but overall this is a consistent album with some great dance-pop songs. Unfortunately, as Abdul and her material matured, her audience waned. ~ Bryan Buss, All Music Guide
Oliver Leiber (Producer), Chuck Wild (Drums), Glen Ballard (Drums), Daryl Simmons (Vocals (Background)), Jesse Johnson (Keyboards), Oliver Leiber (Guitar), Jeff Lorber (Engineer), Cliff Jones (Engineer), Evelyn Halus (Vocals (Background)), Wally Buck (Engineer), Tim Jaquette (Mixing), Lucia Newell (Vocals (Background)), Keith "KC" Cohen (Mixing), L.A. Reid (Percussion Programming), Elliot Wolff (Producer), Babyface (Vocals (Background)), Patti Brooks (Vocals (Background)), Troy Williams (Saxophone), Pebbles (Vocals (Background)), Al Fleming (Assistant Engineer), Curtis "Fitz" Williams (Programming), Kayo (Synthesizer Bass), St. Paul (Arranger), Bobby Gonzales (Guitar), Dave Cochran (Guitar), L.A. Reid (Producer), Oliver Leiber (Keyboards), Randy Weber (Synthesizer), Curtis "Fitz" Williams (Synthesizer), Jimmy Demers (Vocals (Background)), Angel Rogers (Vocals (Background)), Jeff Lorber (Keyboards), Oliver Leiber (Drum Programming), Jon Gass (Engineer), Babyface (Producer), Elliot Wolff (Arranger), Curtis "Fitz" Williams (Arranger), Delissa Davis (Vocals (Background)), Elliot Wolff (Programming), Annette Cisneros (Assistant Engineer), Jesse Johnson (Producer), Paula Abdul (Vocals (Background)), Eddie M. (Saxophone), Steve Weise (Engineer), Jesse Johnson (Drums), Dann Huff (Guitar), Wild Pair (Vocals), Peter Arata (Mixing Assistant), Jon Gass (Mixing), Russ Bracher (Engineer), Ricky P. (Keyboards), Basil Fung (Guitar), Paula Abdul (Vocals), Kendal Stubbs (Engineer), Tim Jaquette (Engineer), Cliff Jones (Assistant Engineer), Yvette Marine (Vocals (Background)), Wild Pair (Vocals (Background)), Francis Buckley (Mixing), St. Paul (Keyboards), Glen Ballard (Producer), Oliver Leiber (Programming), Jeff Lorber (Drum Programming), Dave Cochran (Vocals (Background)), Tami Day (Vocals (Background)), Pat McDougal (Assistant Engineer), St. Paul (Bass), Elliot Wolff (Synthesizer), Oliver Leiber (Arranger), Francis Buckley (Engineer), Glen Ballard (Programming), L.A. Reid (Drums), St. Paul (Vocoder), Curtis "Fitz" Williams (Producer), Kayo (Synthesizer), Chuck Wild (Programming), Babyface (Keyboards), Elliot Wolff (Drum Programming), St. Paul (Organ), Keith "KC" Cohen (Producer), Randy Weber (Programming), Bob Somma (Guitar), Josh Schneider (Assistant Engineer), Danny Grigsby (Assistant Engineer), David Cochrane (Guitar), Jeff Lorber (Producer), Curtis "Fitz" Williams (Vocals (Background))
Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 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[citation needed]. The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million worldwide.[1] 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 in February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl sold reportedly 191,000 copies in a single day.[citation needed]
Paula Abdul wrote one song on the Album, "One or the Other".
