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1	Victory Written-By – James Taylor*, Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*	4:37
2	I.B.M.C. Backing Vocals – Barbara Hernandez, Bert Clardy, Jeff Clardy, Kendal Stubbs*, Lisa Foster, Starleana YoungWritten-By – James Taylor*, Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*	4:19
3	Stone Love Written-By – Charles Smith*, James Taylor*, Kool & The Gang	4:31
4	Forever Written-By – Dwania Kyles, James Taylor*, Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*	5:03
5	Holiday Backing Vocals – Barbara Hernandez, Bert Clardy, Jeff Clardy, Kendal Stubbs*, Lisa Foster, Starleana YoungWritten-By – Curtis Williams, James Taylor*, Kool & The Gang	4:12
6	Peace Maker Backing Vocals – Barbara Hernandez, Bert Clardy, Jeff Clardy, Kendal Stubbs*, Kool & The Gang, Lisa Foster, Starleana YoungWritten-By – George Brown, James Taylor*, Kool & The Gang	4:35
7	Broadway Written-By – Curtis Williams, James Taylor*, Kool & The Gang	3:40
8	Special Way Written-By – D. Kyles*, G. Brown*, J. Taylor*, K. Stubbs*, K. Bayyan (R. Bell)*	5:26
9	God's Country Backing Vocals – Barbara Hernandez, Bert Clardy, Jeff Clardy, Kendal Stubbs*, Lisa Foster, Starleana YoungWritten-By – Gary Culpepper, James Taylor*	5:04

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Distributed By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc.

Credits

• Artwork [Art Direction] – Bill Levy
• Artwork [Design] – George Corsillo
• Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell*
• Drum Programming – Kendal Stubbs*
• Drums – George Brown
• Engineer – Kendal Stubbs*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Ibrahim Duarte*, Roger Talkov
• Engineer [Second Engineer - Hit Factory] – Craig Vogel
• Executive-Producer – Gabe Vigorito
• Guitar – Charles Smith*
• Keyboards – Curtis "Fitz" Williams*
• Lead Vocals, Percussion, Vocals [All] – James "J.T." Taylor*
• Mastered By – Herb "Pump" Powers, Jr.*
• Mixed By – Kendal Stubbs*, Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*
• Performer [Additional Musicians] – Alex Williams , Kendal Stubbs*, Mark Attalla
• Photography [Cover] – Gil Gilbert
• Producer – I.B.M.C., Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*, Kool & The Gang
• Programmed By [Synthesizer, Creative Software] – Randy Weber*
• Recorded By – Alex Williams , I.B.M.C. Group Processing*, Jay Biolic, Kendal Stubbs*, Khalis Bayyan (Ronald Bell)*, Peter Ibrahim Duarte*, Randy Weber*
• Saxophone [Alto] – Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas*
• Saxophone, Keyboards – Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan)*
• Trombone – Clifford Adams
• Trumpet – Michael Ray, Robert "Spike" Mickens*

Notes

℗&©1986 PolyGram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Recorded at Quiet Sound Studios; Larrabee Sound; Record Plant; Hit Factory.
Mixed At Quiet Sound Studios & Hit Factory.
Mastered At Frankford/Wayne Mastering Lab, N.Y.C.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988011302138
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
422 830 398-1 M-1	Kool & The Gang	Forever ‎(LP, Album, Hau)	Mercury	422 830 398-1 M-1	US	1986
830 398-1	Kool & The Gang	Forever ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	830 398-1	Italy	1986
830 398-4	Kool & The Gang	Forever ‎(Cass, Album)	Mercury	830 398-4	Europe	1986
830 398-1	Kool & The Gang	Forever ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	830 398-1	Canada	1986
90.087-L	Kool & The Gang	Forever ‎(LP, Album)	Mercury	90.087-L	Venezuela	1986

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